MFB: April 1976

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