Monthly Film Bulletin
July 1974
Vol. 41 No. 486
The 3 Penny Opera
L'opéra de quat'sous
(USA: The Threepenny Opera)
France/USA - 1931 - 104m - bw
Contemporary (A)
D: G.W. Pabst
Rejected by the BBFC when submitted by First National in 1932, then passed uncut in 1974.
Alvin Purple
(USA: The Sex Therapist)
Australia - 1973 - 97m - col
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: Tim Burstall
Followed by: Alvin Rides Again (1974), Melvin, Son of Alvin (1984).
The Arena
(aka: Naked Warriors)
USA - 1973 - 83m - col / scope
EMI (X)
D: Steve Carver
The Best of Benny Hill
UK - 1974 - 87m - col
EMI (A)
D: John Robins
The Bloody Fists
蕩寇灘
(aka: Deadly Buddhist Raiders)
(aka: Death Beach)
(aka: Dragon Showdown)
Hong Kong - 1972 - 100m - col / scope
London International (X - London) (cut)
D: Ng See-yuen
Rejected by the BBFC when submitted by Excelsior in 1973, but passed by London council (with cuts) in 1974. A similarly censored version was passed by the BBFC in 1976. An uncut print was eventually 'approved' for video in 2004, as Dragon Showdown.
Callan
UK - 1974 - 106m - col
EMI (A)
D: Don Sharp
Coffy
USA - 1973 - 91m - col
Focus (X) (cut)
D: Jack Hill
Initially rejected by the BBFC when submitted by American International, then passed with cuts.
The Conversation
USA - 1974 - 113m - col
CIC (AA)
D: Francis Ford Coppola
Death Kick
The Master of Kung Fu
黃飛鴻
(aka: Shaolin Death Kicks)
Hong Kong - 1973 - 100m - col / scope
EMI (X) (cut)
D: Ho Meng-hua
Dillinger
USA - 1973 - 107m - col
EMI (X)
D: John Milius
Doberman Patrol
Trapped
USA (TV) - 1973 - 87m - col
CIC (AA)
D: Frank DeFelitta
Dracula
UK/USA (TV) - 1973 - 98m - col
EMI (X)
D: Dan Curtis
Die Dreigroschenoper
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High Crime
La polizia incrimina la legge assolve
(aka: The Marseilles Connection)
(aka: Streets of Eternity)
Italy/Spain - 1973 - 103m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: Enzo G. Castellari
The Hot Girls
UK - 1974 - 40m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: John Lindsay, Laurence Barnett
Non-domestic prints are feature-length, with the addition of hardcore footage.
How to Destroy the Reputation of the Greatest Secret Agent
Le magnifique
France/Italy - 1973 - 94m - col
Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)
D: Philippe de Broca
Knuckle-Men
Terminal Island
(aka: Island of No Return)
USA - 1973 - 88m - col
Grand National (X) (cut)
D: Stephanie Rothman
Lacombe Lucien
France/Italy/W.Germany - 1974 - 137m - col
Fox-Rank (AA)
D: Louis Malle
The Last Detail
USA - 1973 - 104m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Hal Ashby
Line Up and Lay Down
Prenez la queue comme tout le monde
(USA: The Girls of Don Juan)
(aka: World's Best Whorehouse for Women)
France - 1973 - 91m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Jean-François Davy
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.
The Lovemakers
La prima notte del Dottor Danieli, industriale col complesso del... giocattolo
Italy - 1970 - 102m - col
Border (X)
D: Giovanni Grimaldi
Mr. Majestyk
USA - 1974 - 103m - col
United Artists (X)
D: Richard Fleischer
Newman's Law
USA - 1974 - 99m -col
CIC (AA)
D: Richard T. Heffron
Oh! Calcutta!
USA - 1972 - 100m/127m - col
Tigon (X - London)
D: Jacques Levy
Rejected by the BBFC in 1972, then passed uncut in 1978. An expanded version was 'approved' for video in 2008.
The Over-Amorous Artist
(aka: Just One More Time)
UK - 1974 - 46m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Maurice Hamblin
Non-UK prints are feature-length, with the addition of hardcore footage.
Followed by: Girls Come First (1975, Aug/1975), Under the Bed (1977, Mar/1977).
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd à Pompéi
(USA: Echoes: Pink Floyd)
(aka: Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii)
France/Belgium/W.Germany - 1971 - 92m - col
EMI (U)
D: Adrian Maven
Prison Girls
(aka: Criminals)
USA - 1972 - 88m - col / 3-D
New Realm (X - London) (cut)
D: Tom De Simone
Rejected by the BBFC in 1973. The UK print distributed in London by New Realm was 2-D only.
Remparts d'argile
France/Algeria - 1970 - 86m - col
Contemporary (A) (cut)
D: Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
Sensual Paradise
Together
(aka: Kama Sutra Today)
USA - 1971 - 72m - col
Focus (X) (cut)
D: Sean S. Cunningham
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.
The Servicer
Cream: Schwabing-Report
(USA: Secret Life of a Schoolgirl Wife)
(aka: School Girl Bride)
W.Germany/USA - 1970 - 85m - col
Focus (X)
D: Leon Capetanos
Sex or Bust
Up Your Alley
(aka: Bang Bang the Mafia Gang)
(aka: The Melon Affair)
USA - 1973 - 73m - col
Titan (X) (cut)
D: Art Lieberman
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
USA - 1973 - 93m - col / scope
EMI (X) (cut)
D: Gordon Douglas
Series: Slaughter (1972, Apr/1973).
The Spikes Gang
USA - 1974 - 96m - col
United Artists (AA)
D: Richard Fleischer
S*P*Y*S
UK - 1974 - 100m - col
EMI (A)
D: Irvin Kershner
The Sugarland Express
USA - 1974 - 110m - col / scope
CIC (AA)
D: Steven Spielberg
Superchick
USA - 1973 - 93m - col
Grand National (X) (cut)
D: Ed Forsyth
The Tamarind Seed
UK - 1974 - 125m - col / scope
Scotia-Barber (A) (cut)
D: Blake Edwards
Teenage Love
Teenager-Report: Die ganz jungen Mädchen
W.Germany - 1973 - 85m - col
Gemini (banned)
D: Robert Kurch
Rejected by the BBFC in 1974, but released on VHS by Krypton in 1981 (pre-VRA).
To Live in Freedom
UK - 1974 - 54m - col
Contemporary (U)
D: Simon Louvish
The Valley of the Bees
Údolí včel
Czechoslovakia - 1968 - 97m - bw / scope
ETV
D: Frantisek Vlacel
Visit to a Chief's Son
USA - 1974 - 92m - col / scope
United Artists (A)
D: Lamont Johnson
W
USA - 1973 - 95m - col
Nationwide (AA)
D: Richard Quine
What the Chambermaid Saw
Maria Rosa la guardona
(aka: Crazy Nights at the Honeymoon Hotel)
Italy - 1973 - 96m - col / scope
Cinecenta (X) (cut)
D: Marino Girolami [as: Franco Martinelli]
White Slavers
Die Mädchenhändler
(USA: Penthouse Playgirls)
(aka: Congressional Playgirls)
(aka: The Girl Traders)
Switzerland/W.Germany - 1972 - 89m - col
Mark Associates (X - London)
D: Erwin C. Dietrich [as: Manfred Gregor]
Rejected by the BBFC (under the title The Girl Traders), but passed uncut by London council.
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