MFB: June 1976

Introduction for newcomers

Die Nibelungen

Monthly Film Bulletin

June 1976

Vol. 43 No. 509

Aces High

UK/France - 1976 - 114m - col

EMI (A)

D: Jack Gold

All the Way, Boys!

Più forte, ragazzi!

(aka: Plane Crazy)

Italy - 1972 - 120m - col / scope

Seven Keys (A) (cut)

D: Giuseppe Colizzi

Blood Reincarnation

陰陽界

(aka: The Line Between Ying and Yang)

Hong Kong - 1974 - 99m - col / scope

Kai Fa

D: Ting Shan-hsi

Centerfold Girls

USA - 1974 - 91m - col

Saga (X) (cut)

D: John Peyser

The Count of Monte-Cristo

USA (TV) - 1974 - 104m - col

Scotia-Barber (U)

D: David Greene

The Devil’s Rain

USA - 1975 - 86m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (X)

D: Robert Fuest

The Diamond Mercenaries
Killer Force

USA/Switzerland/Ireland - 1975 - 101m - col
Seven Keys (AA) (cut)
D: Val Guest

Escape From the Dark

(USA: The Littlest Horse Thieves)

UK/USA - 1976 - 104m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Charles Jarrott

Finishing School

Gefährlicher Sex frühreifer Mädchen

(USA: Private School Girls)

(aka: Dormitory Girls)

(aka: Smarty Pants)

W.Germany - 1971 - 92m - col

Tigon (X)

D: Alois Brummer
Initially rejected by the BBFC when submitted by Columbia, then passed in an abbreviated version.
Followed by: Virgin on the Run (1972, Jan/1983).

The French Kiss

Les couples du Bois de Boulogne

(USA: The Couples of Boulogne)

France - 1974 - 79m - col

Cinecenta (X) (cut)

D: Christian Gion [as: Bernard Legrand]

Greaser’s Palace

USA - 1972 - 91m - col

Pleasant Pastures

D: Robert Downey

Group Marriage

USA - 1972 - 90m - col

Saga (X) (cut)

D: Stephanie Rothman

Highway Through the Bedroom

Motorvej på sengekanten

(USA: Bedside Highway)

Denmark - 1972 - 103m - col

Gala (X)

D: John Hilbard
Series: Bedroom Mazurka (1970, Apr/1971).

Hollywood Cowboy
Hearts of the West

USA - 1975 - 103m - col
CIC (A)
D: Howard Zieff

The ‘Human’ Factor

UK - 1975 - 96m - col

Fox-Rank (X) (cut)

D: Edward Dmytryk

Intimate Games

UK - 1976 - 90m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Tudor Gates
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Juvenile Liaison

UK - 1975 - 97m - col

BFI

D: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
Followed by: Juvenile Liaison 2 (1990).

The Lost World

USA - 1925 - silent - bw

First National (U)

D: Harry O. Hoyt

Monsters From an Unknown Planet

メカゴジラの逆襲

(USA: Terror of Godzilla)

Japan - 1975 - 83m - col / scope

Miracle (A) (cut)

D: Ishirō Honda
Series: Godzilla (1954, Feb/1957).

Die Nibelungen

Germany - 1924 - silent - 2 eps - bw

BFI (U)

D: Fritz Lang
Released in two separate episodes: Siegfried and Kriemhild's Revenge (Kriemhilds Rache).

Order to Kill

El clan de los inmorales

(USA: Order to Assassinate)

(aka: The Snake’s Head)

Spain/Italy/Dominican Republic - 1973 - 95m - col

Fox-Rank (AA) (cut)

D: José Gutiérrez Maesso

The Tenderness of the Wolves

Siegfried

[see: Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache, Die]

The Sin of Father Mouret

La faute de l’abbé Mouret

(USA: The Demise of Father Mouret)

France/Italy - 1970 - 100m - col

Essential Cinema / BFI (X)

D: Georges Franju

Sizzlers
Delinquent School Girls

(aka: Carnal Madness)
(aka: Delinquent College Girls)
(aka: Delinquents)
(aka: Scrubbers 2)
USA - 1975 - 89m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Gregory Corarito

Spot
Dogpound Shuffle

Canada - 1974 - 97m - col
Scotia-Barber (A) (cut)
D: Jeffrey Bloom

Stubby

Fimpen

(aka: The Butt)

Sweden - 1974 - 89m - col / scope

Contemporary (U)

D: Bo Widerberg
4-channel stereo

The Swordsman

(aka: Zapper’s Blade of Vengeance)

UK - 1974 - 91m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (AA) (cut)

D: Lindsay Shonteff
Series: Big Zapper (1973, Jan/1974).

The Tenderness of the Wolves

Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe

W.Germany - 1973 - 82m - col

Cinegate (X)

D: Ulli Lommel

That’s Entertainment, Part II

USA - 1976 - 133m - bw and col

CIC (U)

D: Gene Kelly
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: That's Entertainment! (1974, Oct/1974).
6-channel stereo

A Touch of Zen

俠女

Taiwan - 1969 - 175m - col / scope

Seven Keys (AA)

D: King Hu

Vampyres

UK - 1974 - 84m - col

Fox-Rank (X) (cut)

D: José Ramón Larraz [as: Joseph Larraz]

W.C. Fields and Me

USA - 1976 - 112m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Arthur Hiller

The Wrestler

USA - 1974 - 101m - col

Fox-Rank (A) (cut)

D: Jim Westman

MFB: May 1976

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1976

Vol. 43 No. 508

Acupuncture Anaesthesia

针刺麻醉

China - 1972 - 50m - col

Contemporary

D: [uncredited]

All the President’s Men

USA - 1976 - 138m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Alan J. Pakula

American Tough Guy

[see: Tough Guy]

Between Wars

Australia - 1974 - 100m - col

Cinegate (X)

D: Michael Thornhill

The Black Bounty Killer
Boss Nigger

(aka: Black Bounty Boss)

(aka: Boss)

USA - 1974 - 92m - col / scope

Intercontinental (AA) (cut)

D: Jack Arnold

Chen-t’zu ma-tsui

[see: Acupuncture Anaesthesia]

Doctor Maniac
House of the Living Dead

S.Africa - 1973 - 87m - col
Carnaby (X) (cut)
D: Ray Austin

Double Day

USA - 1976 - 52m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Helena Solberg-Ladd

Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf

Doctor Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo

(aka: Dr. Jekyll Versus the Werewolf)

Spain - 1971 - 96m - col

Golden Era (X) (cut)

D: León Klimovsky
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: Hell's Creatures (1967, Apr/1972).

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

USA - 1976 - 104m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (AA)

D: Melvin Frank

The Eagle

USA - 1925 - silent - bw

United Artists (U) (cut)

D: Clarence Brown
Also reviewed: Apr 1949.

Execution in Autumn

秋決

Taiwan - 1972 - 99m - col / scope

Kai Fa

D: Lee Hang

Girls for Rent

(aka: Fatal Pursuit)

(aka: I Spit on Your Corpse)

USA - 1974 - 97m - col

Nationwide (X) (cut)

D: Al Adamson

The Horrible Sexy Vampire

El vampiro de la autopista

Spain - 1970 - 91m - col / scope

Border (X)

D: José Luis Madrid [as: Jim Delavena]
35mm and 70mm release prints.

The Hour of Liberation: The Struggle in Oman

الوقت شرم Fahrir Dakkat، بارا او الساخنه مارس

(aka: The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived)

Lebanon/France/UK - 1974 - 62m - bw and tinted

The Other Cinema

D: Heiny Srour

The Invincible Iron Palm

無敵鐵沙掌

Hong Kong - 1971 - 85m - col / scope

Hong Kong Films (X) (cut)

D: Zhu Mu

Iron Ox: The Tiger’s Killer

鐵牛伏虎

(aka: Angry Fist)

Taiwan - 1974 - 96m - col / scope

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Gam Sing-yan

It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet

UK - 1976 - 93m - col

EMI (A)

D: Eric Till
Series: All Creatures Great and Small (1974, Jan/1975).

Keep It Up Downstairs

UK - 1976 - 94m - col

EMI (X) (cut)

D: Robert Young

Kung-Fu Gangbusters
Smugglers
男子漢
Hong Kong - 1973 - 98m - col / scope
Supreme (X) (cut)
D: Suen Ga-man [as: John Sun]

The Likely Lads

UK - 1976 - 90m - col

EMI (A) (cut)

D: Michael Tuchner

Out of an Old Man's Head

I huvet på en gammal gube

Sweden - 1968 - 76m - col

Darvill

D: Tage Danielsson

Överklassens hemmelige sexglaeder

[see: Loves of Cynthia, The]

Peeper

USA - 1975 - 87m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (A)

D: Peter Hyams

Poker in Bed

La signora gioca bene a scopa?

(aka: The Good, the Bad and the Sexy)

Italy - 1974 - 92m - col / scope

Border (X)

D: Giuliano Carnimeo

Policewomen

(aka: The Insiders)

USA - 1974 - 96m - col

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Lee Frost

Promised Lands

France/Poland - 1974 - 87m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Susan Sontag

Redneck

Senza ragione

Italy/UK - 1972 - 87m - col

Crawford (X) (cut)

D: Silvio Narizzano

Robin and Marian

USA - 1976 - 107m - col

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Richard Lester

Saat el Fahrir Dakkat Barra Ya Isti’Mar

[see: Hour of Liberation: The Struggle in Oman, The]

The Sell Out

UK/Italy/Israel - 1975 - 102m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Peter Collinson

Sexy Sisters
The Loves of Cynthia

(aka: Cynthia’s Sister)
USA/Denmark - 1972 - 86m - col
Nationwide (X) (cut)
D: Arnold Baxter

The Sexy Virgin

Ancora una volta prima di lasciarci

Italy - 1973 - 94m - col

Gemini (X) (cut)

D: Giuliano Biagetti

Shout at the Devil

UK - 1976 - 147m - col / scope

Hemdale (AA) (cut)

D: Peter Hunt

Sky Riders

USA - 1976 - 91m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (A)

D: Douglas Hickox

The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

UK - 1976 - 146m - col / scope

CIC (U)

D: Bryan Forbes
4-channel stereo

The Spy
Spione

(USA: Spies)

Germany - 1928 - silent - bw

BFI

D: Fritz Lang

Super Dragon
Tough Guy
下南洋
(aka: The Black Dragon)
Hong Kong - 1974 - 86m - col / scope
Intercontinental (X) (cut)
D: Tony Liu Jun-guk

Swedish Playgirls

Der Ostfriesen-Report

(USA: Sorry, Wrong Bedroom)

W.Germany - 1974 - 80m - col

Atlantic (X)

D: Walter Boos
Followed by: Die Rache der Ostfriesen (1974).

O thiassos

[see: Travelling Players, The]

The Tiger Lily

UK - 1975 - 50m - col

Gala (AA)

D: Paul Bernard

The Travelling Players

Ο Θίασος

Greece - 1975 - 230m - col

Artificial Eye (X)

D: Theodoros Angelopoulos

Whispers of Fear

UK - 1975 - 73m - col / scope

Carnaby (X)

D: Harry Bromley Davenport

Wings in the Wilderness

Canada - 1975 - 92m - col

EMI (U)

D: Robert J. Ryan

Win, Place or Steal

USA - 1974 - 84m - col

EMI (A) (cut)

D: Richard Bailey

Wives

Hustruer

Norway - 1975 - 84m - col

Contemporary (X)

D: Anja Breien
Followed by: Housewives [10 Years After] (1985, Mar/1987).

Yessongs

UK - 1973 - 75m - col

Fair Enterprises (U)

D: Peter Neal
Quadraphonic Sound

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Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1976

Vol. 43 No. 507

The Antichrist

L’anticristo

(USA: The Tempter)

Italy - 1974 - 112m - col

Fox-Rank (X) (cut)

D: Alberto De Martino

The Battle of Billy’s Pond

UK - 1976 - 56m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Harley Cokeliss

Bed Champions

Bettkanonen

(USA: The Swinging Swappers)

W.Germany - 1974 - 84m - col

Cinecenta (X) (cut)

D: Ralf Gregan [as: Ilja von Anutroff]

Benji

USA - 1974 - 86m - col

Columbia-Warner (U)

D: Joe Camp
Followed by: For the Love of Benji (1977), Benji at Work (1980), Oh Heavenly Dog (1980), Benji the Hunted (1987), Benji: Off the Leash! (2004).

Bisexual

Les onze milles verges

(aka: The 11,000 Sexes)

France/Italy - 1975 - 98m - col

Antony Balch (X) (cut)

D: Eric Lipmann

The Black Bird

USA - 1975 - 98m - col

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: David Giler
Series: The Maltese Falcon (1941, Apr/1942).

Candy Stripe Nurses

USA - 1974 - 80m - col

EMI (X)

D: Alan Holleb

Cannibal Girls

(aka: Sisters of Blood)

Canada - 1972 - 84m - col

Target (X)

D: Ivan Reitman

Cat Dance of Sex

Les enjambées

France - 1974 - 85m - col

Cinecenta (X)

D: Jeanne Chaix [as: Jeanne Varoni]

The Crimes of the Black Cat

7 scialli di seta gialla

Italy - 1972 - 108m - col / scope

Border (X) (cut)

D: Sergio Pastore

Le doigt dans l’oeil

[see: Lip Service]

e’Lollipop

(USA: Forever Young, Forever Free)

S.Africa - 1975 - 93m - col

Columbia-Warner (U)

D: Ashley Lazarus

Exposé

(USA: The House on Straw Hill)

UK - 1975 - 82m - col

Target (X) (cut)

D: James Kenelm Clarke

The Gentleman Tramp

USA - 1975 - 78m - bw and col

Fox-Rank (U)

D: Richard Patterson

The Hindenburg

USA - 1975 - 125m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: Robert Wise

Hot Sex in Bangkok

Heißer Sex in Bangkok

(aka: Banging in Bangkok)

(aka: Inn of Temptation)

(aka: Sex Dens of Bangkok)

Switzerland - 1974 - 77m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Erwin C. Dietrich [as: Michael Thomas]
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Hot Times

(aka: The Adventures of Archie)

(aka: A Hard Day for Archie)

(aka: My Erotic Fantasies)

USA - 1974 - 84m - col

DUK (X) (cut)

D: Jim McBride

Housewives on the Job

Hausfrauen-Report 4

(aka: Wide Open Marriage)

W.Germany - 1973 - 84m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

D: Quirin Steinar, Eberhard Schröder
Series: On the Side (1971, Aug/1972).

It Could Happen to You

(aka: Intimate Teenage Secrets)

UK - 1975 - 78m - col

Variety (AA) (cut)

D: Stanley Long

I Was, I Am, I Shall Be

Ich war, ich bin, ich werde sein

E.Germany (TV) - 1974 - 71m - bw

The Other Cinema / ETV

D: Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann

Jory

USA - 1972 - 97m - col

Fox-Rank (AA) (cut)

D: Jorge Fons

Lies My Father Told Me

Canada - 1975 - 102m - col

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Jan Kadar

Lip Service

La chatte sur un doigt brûlant

(USA: Village Girls)

France - 1974 - 93m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Cyrille Chardon

Mahogany

USA - 1975 - 109m - col / scope

CIC (AA)

D: Berry Gordy (and Tony Richardson)

The Man Who Fell to Earth

UK - 1976 - 138m - col / scope

British Lion (X)

D: Nicolas Roeg
4-channel stereo

Metropolis

Germany - 1926 - silent - bw

Wardour (A) (cut)

D: Fritz Lang
Also reviewed: Dec 1984.

Poachers

Furtivos

Spain - 1975 - 83m - col

Connoisseur (AA)

D: José Luis Borau

Rendezvous at Bray

Rendez-vous à Bray

(USA: Appointment in Bray)

France/Belgium/W.Germany - 1971 - 93m - col

Essential Cinema (A)

D: André Delvaux

Sette scialli di seta gialla

[see: Crimes of the Black Cat, The]

Sex Rally

La rallye des joyeuses

France - 1974 - 86m - col

Target (X) (cut)

D: Alain Nauroy

Sheba, Baby

USA - 1975 - 89m - col

Focus (AA) (cut)

D: William Girdler

The Story of Q

Histoire d’Q

(aka: French Tickler)

Switzerland - 1975 - 89m - col

DUK (X) (cut)

D: David Khan

The Story of Sin

Dzieje grzechu

Poland - 1975 - 128m - col

Fair Enterprises (X)

D: Walerian Borowczyk

The Swiss Conspiracy

USA/W.Germany - 1975 - 89m - col

Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Jack Arnold

There's No Sex Like Snow Sex

Beim Jodeln juckt die Lederhose

W.Germany - 1974 - 85m - col

Miracle (X)

D: Alois Brummer

This is a Hijack

(aka: Airport SOS Hijack)

USA - 1973 - 90m - col

Variety (AA) (cut)

D: Barry Pollack

Trial by Combat

(USA: A Dirty Knight’s Work)

(aka: Choice of Weapons)

UK - 1976 - 90m - col

Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Kevin Connor

War of the Mummies

Der Krieg der Mumien

E.Germany (TV) - 1974 - 99m - bw and col

The Other Cinema / ETV

D: Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann

The White Dawn

USA - 1974 - 110m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Philip Kaufman

Winstanley

UK - 1975 - 96m - bw

The Other Cinema (A)

D: Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo