MFB: August 1974

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

August 1974

Vol. 41 No. 487

11 Harrowhouse

UK - 1974 - 108m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (AA)

D: Aram Avakian

Back Alley Princess

馬路小英雄

Hong Kong - 1972 - 100m - col / scope

Cathay (X) (cut)

D: Lo Wei
Followed by: Chinatown Capers (小英雄大鬧唐人街, 1974).

The Betty Boop Follies

USA - 1972 - 93m - col

Ivy

D: Dave Fleischer
Compilation of cartoon shorts, all of them produced in black and white, but presented here in ‘colourised’ format.

Black Love

L’homme qui voulait violer le monde

France - 1974 - 83m - col

Cinecenta (X) (cut)

D: José Bénazéraf

The Black Windmill

UK - 1974 - 106m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: Don Siegel

Blood

L’occhio nel labirinto

(USA: The Eye in the Labyrinth)

Italy/W.Germany - 1971 - 94m - col

Border (X) (cut)

D: Mario Caiano

Bof!

Bof... Anatomie d’un livreur

(aka: Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy)

France - 1971 - 94m - col

The Other Cinema (X)

D: Claude Faraldo

Buster and Billie

USA - 1973 - 99m - col

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Daniel Petrie

Caravan to Vaccares

(aka: Deadly Journey)

UK/France - 1973 - 98m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (AA)

D: Geoffrey Reeve

Carry On Dick

UK - 1974 - 91m - col

Fox-Rank (A)

D: Gerald Thomas
Series: Carry On Sergeant (1958, Sep/1958).

Chinatown

USA - 1974 - 131m - col / scope

CIC (X)

D: Roman Polanski
Followed by: The Two Jakes (1990, Dec/1991).

Chinese Vengeance
The Blood Brothers
刺馬
(aka: Dynasty of Blood)
Hong Kong - 1973 - 85m - col / scope
EMI (X) (cut)
D: Chang Cheh

The Clones

USA - 1973 - 94m - col

K-Tel (AA) (cut)

D: Paul Hunt, Lamar Card

The Deaf and Mute Heroine

聾啞劍

Hong Kong - 1971 - 102m - col / scope

Cathay (X) (cut)

D: Wu Ma

Os demonios

[see: Demons, The]

The Demons

Les démons

France/Portugal - 1972 - 103m - col / scope

Cinecenta (X - London)

D: Jesús Franco [as Clifford Brown on some prints, Jess Franco on others]
Rejected by the BBFC in 1972. Released on video by Go in 1981.

The Devil's Plaything

Der Fluch der schwarzen Schwestern

(aka: Plaything of the Devil)
(aka: Vampire Ecstasy)

(aka: Veil of Blood)

W.Germany/Switzerland/Sweden - 1973 - 115m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Joseph W. Sarno

Dirty O’Neil

USA - 1974 - 89m - col

Focus (X)

D: Leon Capetanos [as: Howard Freen], Lewis Teague

The Doberman Gang

USA - 1972 - 86m - col

Fox-Rank (A) (cut)

D: Byron Chudnow
Followed by: The Daring Dobermans (1973), The Amazing Dobermans (1976), Alex and the Doberman Gang (1980).

Five Summer Stories

USA - 1973 - 100m - col

Rod Sumpter Films / North East West & Seasedge (U)

D: Greg MacGillivray, Jim Freeman

General Amin

Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait

(USA: General Idi Amin Dada)

France - 1974 - 90m - col

Gala (A)

D: Barbet Schroeder

Gold

UK - 1974 - 124m - col / scope

Hemdale (A) (cut)

D: Peter Hunt

The Harrad Experiment

USA - 1973 - 97m - col

Fox-Rank (X)

D: Ted Post

High School

USA - 1968 - 75m - bw

The Other Cinema

D: Frederick Wiseman

L’homme de désir

(aka: Man of Desire)

France - 1970 - 100m - bw

Amanda

D: Dominique Delouche

Horizon

Horizont

Hungary - 1971 - 87m - bw

Connoisseur (AA)

D: Pál Gábor

Ido zero daisakusen

[see: Latitude Zero]

Italian Graffiti

Tutti figli di Mammasantissima

Italy - 1973 - 102m - col

K-Tel (AA) (cut)

D: Alfio Caltabiano

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

USA - 1973 - 114m - col / scope

CIC (U)

D: Hall Bartlett
4-channel stereo

Latitude Zero

緯度0大作戦

Japan - 1968 - 106m - col / scope

EMI (A) (cut)

D: Ishirō Honda

Law and Order

USA - 1969 - 81m - bw

The Other Cinema

D: Frederick Wiseman

The Living Dead

Unheimliche Geschichten

Germany - 1932 - 89m - bw

Contemporary

D: Richard Oswald

The Lustful Amazon

Maciste contre la reine des Amazones

(aka: Amazon Golden Temple)

(aka: Yuka)

France - 1973 - 88m - col

Cinecenta (X) (cut)

D: Jesús Franco [as: Clifford Brown]

Mame

USA - 1974 - 131m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Gene Saks

Marco Polo Jr.
Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon

(aka: The Red Red Dragon)

Australia - 1972 - 80m - col

EMI (U)

D: Eric Porter

Master of Love

Racconti proibiti... di niente vestiti

Italy - 1973 - 109m - col

Target (X)

D: Brunello Rondi

Mister Superinvisible

L’inafferrabile invincibile Mr. Invisibile

Italy/W.Germany/Spain - 1969 - 93m - col / scope

K-Tel (U)

D: Antonio Margheriti [as: Anthony M. Dawson]

More About the Language of Love

Mera ur kärlekens språk

(aka: Language of Love 2)

Sweden - 1970 - 97m - col

Grand National (X - London) (cut)

D: Torgny Wickman
Rejected by the BBFC in 1972, then passed with cuts in 1983 when submitted by Darvill as Language of Love 2 (reviewed Apr/1983).
Series: Language of Love (1969, Mar/1971).

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

USA - 1974 - 76m - col

Fox-Rank (X)

D: Robert Taylor
Series: Fritz the Cat (1974, Aug/1972).

The Nun and the Devil

Le monache di Sant’Arcangelo

(USA: Sisters of Corruption)

(aka: The Nuns of Saint Archangel)

(aka: The Nuns of Sant Arcangelo)

Italy/France - 1973 - 102m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Domenico Paolella [as: Paolo Dominici]
Followed by: Story of a Cloistered Nun (Storia di una monaca di clausara, 1973).

The Pursuit of Happiness

USA - 1970 - 94m - col

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Robert Mulligan

A Reason to Live A Reason to Die

Una ragione per vivere e una per morire

(aka: Massacre at Fort Holman)

Italy/France/Spain/W.Germany - 1972 - 119m - col / scope

K-Tel (AA) (cut)

D: Tonino Valerii

The Roommates

USA - 1972 - 82m - col

Target (X) (cut)

D: Arthur Marks

Scalawag

(aka: Jamie’s Treasure Hunt)

(aka: Peg Leg, Musket & Sabre)

USA/Italy - 1974 - 93m - col

CIC (A) (cut)

D: Kirk Douglas

So Much Naked Tenderness

...Soviel nackte Zärtlichkeit

W.Germany - 1968 - 84m - col / scope

Grand National (X) (cut)

D: Günter Hendel

Son of Blob
Beware! The Blob

USA - 1971 - 88m - col
Fox-Rank (AA)
D: Larry Hagman
Series: The Blob (1958, Mar/1959).

Thunderbolt

USA - 1929 - 95m - bw

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Josef von Sternberg

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

USA - 1974 - 115m - col / scope

United Artists (X)

D: Michael Cimino

Valdez the Halfbreed

Valdez il mezzosangue

(USA: Chino)

(aka: The Valdez Horses)

Italy/Spain/France - 1973 - 97m - col

CIC (A) (cut)

D: John Sturges, Duilio Coletti

Wide Open

Sängkamrater

Sweden - 1974 - 102m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Gustav Wiklund