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MFB: January 1974





Monthly Film Bulletin
January 1974
Vol. 41 No. 480



1001 Nights
Le mille e una notte... e un'altra ancora
Italy - 1972 - 86m - col / scope
Cinecenta (X)
D: Enrico Bomba

40 Carats
USA - 1973 - 109m - col
Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)
D: Milton Katselas

Ape and Super-Ape
Bij de beesten af
Netherlands/USA - 1972 - 103m - col
Gala (AA)
D: Bert Haanstra

Assassin
UK - 1973 - 83m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Peter Crane

Big Zapper
(aka: Sex Life of a Female Private Eye)
UK - 1973 - 90m - col / scope
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Lindsay Shonteff
Followed by: The Swordsman (1974, Jun/1976).

Blindman
Italy/USA - 1971 - 105m - col / scope
Fox-Rank (X) (cut)
D: Ferdinando Baldi
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Bonnie's Kids
USA - 1972 - 105m - col
Variety (X)
D: Arthur Marks

The Cats
Les félins
(USA: The Felines)
France - 1972 - 90m - col
Cinecenta (X)
D: Daniel Daërt

Chaplin's Art of Comedy
USA - 1966 - 64m - bw
Eagle (U)
D: Samuel M. Sherman




Churchill the Man
UK - 1973 - 51m - col
Butcher's (U)
D: Peter Lambert

The Contract
Milano calibro 9
(USA: Caliber 9)
(aka: The Mikado Killers)
Italy - 1972 - 98m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Fernando Di Leo

Day for Night
La nuit américaine
France/Italy - 1973 - 116m - col
Columbia-Warner (AA)
D: François Truffaut

Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933
UK - 1973 - 93m - col
VPS (U)
D: Lutz Becker

Enter the Dragon
USA/Hong Kong - 1973 - 98m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: Robert Clouse

Fata Morgana
W.Germany - 1971 - 71m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Werner Herzog

Flesh on Fire
Φλογισμένη Σάρκα
Greece - 1970 - 105m - col
Amanda (X) (cut)
D: Giorgos Papakostas

Flogismeni sarka
[see: Flesh on Fire]

Gas! or It became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
USA - 1970 - 79m - col
New Realm (AA)
D: Roger Corman


The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
UK - 1973 - 105m - col
Columbia-Warner (U)
D: Gordon Hessler
Series: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958, Feb/1959).

Jailbreak in Hamburg
Fluchtweg St. Pauli: Großalarm für die Davidswache
(aka: Hot Traces of St. Pauli)
W.Germany - 1971 - 87m - col
LMG (X)
D: Wolfgang Staudte

Layout for 5 Models
UK - 1972 - 90m - col
Amanda (X) (cut)
D: John Gaudioz

The Lolly Madonna War
Lolly-Madonna XXX
USA - 1973 - 105m - col / scope
MGM-EMI (X) (cut)
D: Richard C. Sarafian

The Mad Bomber
(aka: The Police Connection)
USA - 1972 - 91m - col
Scotia-Barber (X) (cut)
D: Bert I. Gordon

Paper Moon
USA - 1973 - 103m - bw
CIC (AA)
D: Peter Bogdanovich

Robin Hood
USA - 1973 - 83m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Wolfgang Reitherman


Scream
The Night God Screamed
(aka: Whispers in the Dark)
USA - 1971 - 85m - col
DUK (X)
D: Lee Madden

Scream - and Die!
(USA: The House That Vanished)
(aka: Psycho Sex Fiend)
UK - 1973 - 103m - col
Variety (X) (cut)
D: José Ramón Larraz

Sex After Six
Hochzeitsnacht-Report
(USA: Wedding Night Report)
W.Germany - 1972 - 87m - col
Mark Associates (X) (cut)
D: Hubert Frank

Signs of Life
Lebenszeichen
W.Germany - 1968 - 90m - bw
The Other Cinema
D: Werner Herzog

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
(aka: Leanor)
USA - 1972 - 89m - col
Doverton (X)
D: Mohy Quandour

The Sting
USA - 1973 - 129m - col
CIC (A)
D: George Roy Hill
Followed by: The Sting II (1983, May/1983).

Three in the Cellar
Up in the Cellar
USA - 1973 - 94m - col
New Realm (X)
D: Theodore J. Flicker

Versatile Lovers
Les libertines
France/Italy - 1969 - 88m - col
Mark Associates (X) (cut)
D: Pierre Chenal [as: Dave Young]

Walking Tall
USA - 1973 - 125m - col
MGM-EMI (X) (cut)
D: Phil Karlson
Followed by: Part 2 Walking Tall: The Legend of Buford Pusser (1975, Oct/1976), Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977), A Real American Hero (1978).

The Wicker Man
UK - 1973 - 102m/86m/94m - col
British Lion (X)
D: Robin Hardy
Followed by: The Wicker Tree (2011).

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