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MFB: April 1974




Monthly Film Bulletin
April 1974
Vol. 41 No. 483



An Acre of Seats in a Garden of Dreams
UK - 1973 - 56m - col
Contemporary
D: David Furnham

Any Time Anywhere
Claude et Greta
(USA: Her and She and Him)
France - 1969 - 88m - col
Cinecenta (X) (cut)
D: Max Pécas

Aretino's Blue Stories
L'Aretino nei suoi ragionamenti sulle cortigiane: Le maritate e... i cornuti contenti
Italy - 1972 - 91m - col / scope
Cinecenta (X)
D: Enrico Bomba

Ash Wednesday
USA - 1973 - 99m - col
Scotia-Barber (AA) (cut)
D: Larry Peerce

Beach of the War Gods
戰神灘
Hong Kong - 1973 - 100m - col / scope
Cathay (AA) (cut)
D: Jimmy Wang Yu


Play Dirty: Feb 1969


Billy Two Hats
USA - 1973 - 99m - col
United Artists (AA) (cut)
D: Ted Kotcheff

The Black Hand
La mano nera: Prima della mafia, più della mafia
Italy/Spain - 1973 - 90m - col
LMG (AA) (cut)
D: Antonio Racioppi

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
UK - 1972 - 91m - col
Bruton (AA)
D: Brian Clemens

Crossways
十字路
Japan - 1928 - silent - bw
BFI
D: Teinosuke Kinugasa

Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Le journal intime d'une nymphomane
(aka: Sinner)
France - 1973 - 86m - col
SF (X) (cut)
D: Jesús Franco [as: Clifford Brown]

Everybody's At It
The Female Response
USA - 1971 - 89m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Tim Kincaid

The Exorcist
USA - 1973 - 122m/132m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: William Friedkin
Converted to 70mm for a 1979 re-release, with the original mono soundtrack remixed in 4.2-channel Dolby Stereo.
Followed by: Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977, Oct/1977), The Exorcist III (1990, Dec/1990), Exorcist: The Beginning (2004, Dec/2004), Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005).





Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell
UK - 1973 - 95m - col
Avco Embassy (X) (cut)
D: Terence Fisher
Series: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957, Jun/1957).

From Beyond the Grave
(aka: Creatures)
UK - 1974 - 98m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Kevin Connor

The Girl From Hong Kong
Das Mädchen von Hongkong
(USA: From Hong Kong With Love)
(aka: Circle of Fear)
W.Germany/France - 1973 - 94m - col
LMG (AA) (cut)
D: Jürgen Roland

The Girl With the Thunderbolt Kick
Golden Swallow
金燕子
(aka: Mistress of the Thunderbolt)
(aka: The Shaolin Swallow)
Hong Kong - 1968 - 89m - col / scope
Bruton (X) (cut)
D: Chang Cheh

Hap Ki Do
合氣道
(USA: Lady Kung Fu)
Hong Kong - 1972 - 97m - col / scope
Cathay (X) (cut)
D: Wong Fung

Hell's Highway
USA - 1932 - 78m - bw
Radio (A) (cut)
D: Rowland Brown

Herbie Rides Again
USA - 1974 - 88m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Robert Stevenson
Series: The Love Bug (1968, Jun/1969).

Hercules Against Kung Fu
Schiaffoni e karate
(USA: Mr. Hercules Against Karate)
Italy - 1973 - 104m - col / scope
United Artists (A)
D: Antonio Margheriti [as: Anthony M. Dawson]




The Heroes
Gli eroi
Italy/Spain/France - 1972 - 110m - col / scope
Paladin (AA)
D: Duccio Tessari

Horror Express
Pánico en el transiberiano
(aka: The Possessor)
Spain/UK - 1972 - 90m - col
Gala (X)
D: Eugenio Martín

How, When and With Whom
Come, quando, perché
Italy - 1969 - 102m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Antonio Pietrangeli, Valerio Zurlini

Jack Johnson
USA - 1970 - 88m - bw
VPS (A)
D: William Cayton

Jujiro
[see: Crossways]

Keep It Up, Jack
(USA: Auntie)
UK - 1973 - 87m - col
Variety (X) (cut)
D: Derek Ford

King of Kung Fu
He Walks Like a Tiger
師兄出馬
Hong Kong - 1973 - 93m - col / scope
Golden Era (X) (cut)
D: Kong Yee-hung [as: Chiang I. Hsing]

Lenny Bruce Without Tears
USA - 1972 - 85m - bw
Cinegate (X)
D: Fred Baker

Les liaisons particulières
[see: Any Time Anywhere]

Love Hate
L'albatros
France - 1971 - 92m - col
Antony Balch (X)
D: Jean-Pierre Mocky

The Love Keys
Rosy und der Herr aus Bonn
W.Germany - 1971 - 84m - col
LMG (X)
D: Rolf Thiele

Mahler
UK - 1974 - 115m - col
VPA (AA)
D: Ken Russell

McQ
USA - 1974 - 111m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (AA)
D: John Sturges




Nada
(USA: The Nada Gang)
France/Italy - 1974 - 134m - col
Academy / Connoisseur (X)
D: Claude Chabrol

Nights of Boccaccio
Boccaccio
Italy/France - 1972 - 102m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Bruno Corbucci

The Outfit
USA - 1973 - 103m - col
CIC (AA)
D: John Flynn

Paganini Strikes Again
UK - 1973 - 59m - col
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Gerry O'Hara

Pietro l'Aretino nei suoi ragionamenti sulle cortigiane, le maritate e... i cornuti contenti
[see: Aretino's Blue Stories]

Punch Miller: 'Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down
USA - 1971 - 53m - col
Contemporary
D: Philip Spalding

Santee
USA - 1972 - 93m - col
Columbia-Warner (AA) (cut)
D: Gary Nelson

Smokey Joe's Revenge
USA - 1974 - 57m - col
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Ronald Spencer

Swallows and Amazons
UK - 1974 - 92m - col
EMI (U)
D: Claude Whatham

That Man Bolt
USA - 1973 - 103m - col
CIC (X) (cut)
D: Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich

Three
UK - 1969 - 105m - col
United Artists (A)
D: James Salter

'Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down
[see: Punch Miller: 'Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down]

Without Warning
Sans sommation
(USA: Without Appeal)
France/Italy/W.Germany - 1973 - 98m - col
Variety (X)
D: Bruno Gantillon

Zardoz
UK - 1973 - 105m - col / scope
Fox-Rank (X)
D: John Boorman
4-channel stereo

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