MFB: February 1975

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

February 1975

Vol. 42 No. 493

Airport 1975

USA - 1974 - 107m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: Jack Smight
Series: Airport (1969, Jun/1970).

The Amorous Milkman

UK - 1974 - 94m - col

Variety (X) (cut)

D: Derren Nesbitt

Around the World With Fanny Hill

Jorden runt med Fanny Hill

Sweden - 1974 - 94m - col

Eagle (X)

D: Mac Ahlberg
Series: Fanny Hill (1968, Apr/1969).

Big Bad Mama

USA - 1974 - 85m - col

EMI (X) (cut)

D: Steve Carver
Followed by: Big Bad Mama II (1987).

The Birth of a Nation

Die Geburt der Nation

W.Germany - 1973 - 70m - col and bw

24 Frames

D: Klaus Wyborny

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

USA - 1974 - 112m - col

United Artists (X)

D: Sam Peckinpah

The Case of the Smiling Stiffs
Case of the Full Moon Murders

(aka: Night of the Full Moon Murders)

(aka: Sex on the Groove Tube)

USA - 1973 - 74m - col

Eagle (X) (cut)

D: Sean S. Cunningham, Brud Talbot
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Celestine: Maid at Your Service

Celestine... bonne à tout faire

(aka: Celestine: An All Round Maid)

France - 1974 - 93m - col

Cinecenta (X) (cut)

D: Jesús Franco [as: Clifford Brown]

The Firefighters

UK - 1974 - 56m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Jonathan Ingrams

Freebie and the Bean

USA - 1974 - 113m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Richard Rush

The Front Page

USA - 1974 - 105m - col / scope

CIC (AA)

D: Billy Wilder

Kung Fu Fighting
The Crush
唐手跆拳道
(aka: The Right Way)
Hong Kong - 1972 - 86m - col / scope
Miracle (A) (cut)
D: Tu Guang-qi

The Land That Time Forgot

UK - 1974 - 91m - col

British Lion (U)

D: Kevin Connor
Followed by: The People That Time Forgot (1977, Aug/1977).

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs

UK - 1974 - 110m - col

Multicetera Investments (X)

D: Stuart Cooper

Neither by Day Nor by Night

USA/Israel - 1972 - 95m - col

Monarch (A)

D: Steven Hilliard Stern

No Gold for a Dead Diver

Ein toter Taucher nimmt kein Gold

(USA: Deadly Jaws)

(aka: Death in the Deep)

W.Germany - 1974 - 95m - col

Variety (A)

D: Harald Reinl

One Hour With You

USA - 1932 - 80m - bw

Paramount (A) (cut)

D: Ernst Lubitsch

Open Season

Los cazadores

(aka: Recon Game)

Spain/Switzerland/UK/USA/Argentina - 1974 - 104m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Peter Collinson

The Phantom of Liberty

Le fantôme de la liberté

France - 1974 - 104m - col

Fox-Rank (X)

D: Luis Buñuel

The Pirates of Blood Island

La rebelión de los bucaneros

Spain/Italy - 1971 - 89m - col / scope

Miracle (A)

D: José Luis Merino

Professor Popper’s Problem

UK - 1974 - 91m - 6 chapters - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Gerry O’Hara

Ransom

(USA: The Terrorists)

UK - 1974 - 98m - col

British Lion (A)

D: Casper Wrede

Secrets of a Call Girl

Anna: Quel particolare piacere

(aka: Anna: The Pleasure the Torment)

Italy - 1973 - 100m - col / scope

Border (X) (cut)

D: Giuliano Carmineo

Sex Play

(USA: The Bunny Caper)

UK - 1974 - 90m - col

Atlantic (X) (cut)

D: Jack Arnold

Sunday in the Country

(aka: Blood for Blood)

(aka: Vengeance is Mine)

Canada - 1974 - 92m - col / scope

EMI (X) (cut)

D: John Trent

The Super Cops

USA - 1973 - 94m - col

CIC (A)

D: Gordon Parks

Swedish Wildcats
Every Afternoon

USA/Sweden - 1972 - 94m - col
Atlantic (X) (cut)
D: Joseph W. Sarno

The Thief of Bagdad: An Arabian Nights Fantasy

USA - 1924 - silent - bw

Allied Artists (U)

D: Raoul Walsh

Thomasine & Bushrod

USA - 1974 - 95m - col

Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Gordon Parks Jr.

The Towering Inferno

USA - 1974 - 165m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: John Guillermin, Irwin Allen
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

Truck Turner

USA - 1974 - 91m - col

Focus (X) (cut)

D: Jonathan Kaplan

The Violent Professionals

Milano trema: La polizia vuole giustizia

Italy - 1973 - 104m - col / scope

Border (X)

D: Sergio Martino

The Visitor

Cugini carnali

(USA: Loving Cousins)

(aka: High School Girl)

(aka: Hot and Bothered)

(aka: Sexy Relation)

Italy - 1974 - 99m - col / scope

Eagle (X)

D: Sergio Martino

When Girls Undress

Matratzen-Tango

W.Germany - 1972 - 86m - col

Antony Balch (X) (cut)

D: Eberhard Schröder