MFB: September 1973

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

September 1973

Vol. 40 No. 476

Along the Way
UK - 1972 - 57m - col
MGM-EMI (U)
D: Tom Lyndon-Haynes, John Reeve

Angels Hard As They Come
(aka: Angel Warriors)
USA - 1971 - 90m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Joe Viola

Badge 373
USA - 1973 - 116m - col
CIC (X)
D: Howard W. Koch

The Bitches
Les chiennes
France - 1973 - 75m - col
Cinecenta (X)
D: Michel Lemoine

Blacula
USA - 1972 - 93m - col
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: William Crain
Followed by: Scream Blacula Scream (1973, May/1975).

Charley Varrick
USA - 1973 - 111m - col
CIC (X)
D: Don Siegel

Come Back Charleston Blue
USA - 1972 - 100m - col
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: Mark Warren
Series: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970, Jun/1971).

Emperor of the North
Emperor of the North Pole
USA - 1973 - 119m - col
Fox-Rank (AA) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich

The Hireling
UK - 1973 - 108m - col
Columbia-Warner (A)
D: Alan Bridges

Inside the Old Lady's Mansion
Dentro la casa della vecchia signorina
Italy - 1971 - 76m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Giacomo Battiato

Jesus Christ Superstar
UK - 1973 - 107m - col / scope
CIC (A)
D: Norman Jewison
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

The Killer
大殺手
(USA: Sacred Knives of Vengeance)
Hong Kong - 1972 - 93m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: Chor Yuen

The King of Marvin Gardens
USA - 1972 - 104m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Bob Rafelson

The Legend of Hell House
UK - 1973 - 94m - col
Fox-Rank (X)
D: John Hough

Love-Making: Hot Style
Flash Love
(aka: Continental Nights of Lust)
(aka: Night Games)
France - 1968 - 72m - col
English Film Company (X) (cut)
D: Max Kalifa [as: Jean-Marie Pontiac]

Lust for Sex
Όσο υπάρχει έρωτας
Greece - 1969 - 110m - bw
Aphrodite (X)
D: Omiros Efstratiadis

Night Watch
UK - 1973 - 101m - col
Avco Embassy (X)
D: Brian G. Hutton

No Sex Please, We're British
UK - 1973 - 91m - col
Columbia-Warner (A)
D: Cliff Owen

The Porn Brokers
UK - 1973 - 86m - col
Target (X - London) (cut)
D: John Lindsay, Laurence Barnett
Rejected by the BBFC in 1973, then passed with cuts in 1977. In the interim, the film had been screened in London with a local certificate.

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Sex is Beautiful
La révélation
France - 1971 - 82m - col
English Film Company (X) (cut)
D: Alain Lavalle

Sex Obsessed
Ανήλικες αμαρτωλές
(aka: Sexual Eroticism)
(aka: Teenage Desires)
Greece - 1972 - 80m - bw
Aphrodite (X) (cut)
D: Omiros Efstratiadis, Apostolos Tegopoulos

The Sex Thief
(USA: Her Family Jewels)
(aka: Handful of Diamonds)
UK - 1973 - 89m - col
LMG (X) (cut)
D: Martin Campbell

Sid's Family
UK - 1972 - 50m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Nick Gifford

Six Reels of Film to Be Shown in Any Order
(aka: Permutations)
UK - 1971 - 60m - col / scope
The Other Cinema
D: Barry Salt

Super Dick
Cry Uncle
(aka: American Oddballs)
USA - 1971 - 87m - col
Eagle (X) (cut)
D: John G. Avildsen
Initially rejected by the BBFC when submitted by Ian Merrick, then passed with cuts.

Ten Fingers of Steel
Screaming Tiger
唐人票客
(aka: King of Boxers)
(aka: Screaming Ninja)
Hong Kong - 1973 - 96m - col / scope
Ember (X) (cut)
D: Kim Lung

'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Addio fratello crudele
Italy - 1971 - 109m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

We Have Come For Your Daughters
Medicine Ball Caravan
USA - 1971 - 88m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: François Reichenbach
4-channel stereo

Wang Yu: Ten Fingers of Steel
[see: Ten Fingers of Steel]