MFB: May 1976

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1976

Vol. 43 No. 508

Acupuncture Anaesthesia

针刺麻醉

China - 1972 - 50m - col

Contemporary

D: [uncredited]

All the President’s Men

USA - 1976 - 138m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Alan J. Pakula

American Tough Guy

[see: Tough Guy]

Between Wars

Australia - 1974 - 100m - col

Cinegate (X)

D: Michael Thornhill

The Black Bounty Killer
Boss Nigger

(aka: Black Bounty Boss)

(aka: Boss)

USA - 1974 - 92m - col / scope

Intercontinental (AA) (cut)

D: Jack Arnold

Chen-t’zu ma-tsui

[see: Acupuncture Anaesthesia]

Doctor Maniac
House of the Living Dead

S.Africa - 1973 - 87m - col
Carnaby (X) (cut)
D: Ray Austin

Double Day

USA - 1976 - 52m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Helena Solberg-Ladd

Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf

Doctor Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo

(aka: Dr. Jekyll Versus the Werewolf)

Spain - 1971 - 96m - col

Golden Era (X) (cut)

D: León Klimovsky
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: Hell's Creatures (1967, Apr/1972).

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

USA - 1976 - 104m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (AA)

D: Melvin Frank

The Eagle

USA - 1925 - silent - bw

United Artists (U) (cut)

D: Clarence Brown
Also reviewed: Apr 1949.

Execution in Autumn

秋決

Taiwan - 1972 - 99m - col / scope

Kai Fa

D: Lee Hang

Girls for Rent

(aka: Fatal Pursuit)

(aka: I Spit on Your Corpse)

USA - 1974 - 97m - col

Nationwide (X) (cut)

D: Al Adamson

The Horrible Sexy Vampire

El vampiro de la autopista

Spain - 1970 - 91m - col / scope

Border (X)

D: José Luis Madrid [as: Jim Delavena]
35mm and 70mm release prints.

The Hour of Liberation: The Struggle in Oman

الوقت شرم Fahrir Dakkat، بارا او الساخنه مارس

(aka: The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived)

Lebanon/France/UK - 1974 - 62m - bw and tinted

The Other Cinema

D: Heiny Srour

The Invincible Iron Palm

無敵鐵沙掌

Hong Kong - 1971 - 85m - col / scope

Hong Kong Films (X) (cut)

D: Zhu Mu

Iron Ox: The Tiger’s Killer

鐵牛伏虎

(aka: Angry Fist)

Taiwan - 1974 - 96m - col / scope

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Gam Sing-yan

It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet

UK - 1976 - 93m - col

EMI (A)

D: Eric Till
Series: All Creatures Great and Small (1974, Jan/1975).

Keep It Up Downstairs

UK - 1976 - 94m - col

EMI (X) (cut)

D: Robert Young

Kung-Fu Gangbusters
Smugglers
男子漢
Hong Kong - 1973 - 98m - col / scope
Supreme (X) (cut)
D: Suen Ga-man [as: John Sun]

The Likely Lads

UK - 1976 - 90m - col

EMI (A) (cut)

D: Michael Tuchner

Out of an Old Man's Head

I huvet på en gammal gube

Sweden - 1968 - 76m - col

Darvill

D: Tage Danielsson

Överklassens hemmelige sexglaeder

[see: Loves of Cynthia, The]

Peeper

USA - 1975 - 87m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (A)

D: Peter Hyams

Poker in Bed

La signora gioca bene a scopa?

(aka: The Good, the Bad and the Sexy)

Italy - 1974 - 92m - col / scope

Border (X)

D: Giuliano Carnimeo

Policewomen

(aka: The Insiders)

USA - 1974 - 96m - col

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Lee Frost

Promised Lands

France/Poland - 1974 - 87m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Susan Sontag

Redneck

Senza ragione

Italy/UK - 1972 - 87m - col

Crawford (X) (cut)

D: Silvio Narizzano

Robin and Marian

USA - 1976 - 107m - col

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Richard Lester

Saat el Fahrir Dakkat Barra Ya Isti’Mar

[see: Hour of Liberation: The Struggle in Oman, The]

The Sell Out

UK/Italy/Israel - 1975 - 102m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Peter Collinson

Sexy Sisters
The Loves of Cynthia

(aka: Cynthia’s Sister)
USA/Denmark - 1972 - 86m - col
Nationwide (X) (cut)
D: Arnold Baxter

The Sexy Virgin

Ancora una volta prima di lasciarci

Italy - 1973 - 94m - col

Gemini (X) (cut)

D: Giuliano Biagetti

Shout at the Devil

UK - 1976 - 147m - col / scope

Hemdale (AA) (cut)

D: Peter Hunt

Sky Riders

USA - 1976 - 91m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (A)

D: Douglas Hickox

The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella

UK - 1976 - 146m - col / scope

CIC (U)

D: Bryan Forbes
4-channel stereo

The Spy
Spione

(USA: Spies)

Germany - 1928 - silent - bw

BFI

D: Fritz Lang

Super Dragon
Tough Guy
下南洋
(aka: The Black Dragon)
Hong Kong - 1974 - 86m - col / scope
Intercontinental (X) (cut)
D: Tony Liu Jun-guk

Swedish Playgirls

Der Ostfriesen-Report

(USA: Sorry, Wrong Bedroom)

W.Germany - 1974 - 80m - col

Atlantic (X)

D: Walter Boos
Followed by: Die Rache der Ostfriesen (1974).

O thiassos

[see: Travelling Players, The]

The Tiger Lily

UK - 1975 - 50m - col

Gala (AA)

D: Paul Bernard

The Travelling Players

Ο Θίασος

Greece - 1975 - 230m - col

Artificial Eye (X)

D: Theodoros Angelopoulos

Whispers of Fear

UK - 1975 - 73m - col / scope

Carnaby (X)

D: Harry Bromley Davenport

Wings in the Wilderness

Canada - 1975 - 92m - col

EMI (U)

D: Robert J. Ryan

Win, Place or Steal

USA - 1974 - 84m - col

EMI (A) (cut)

D: Richard Bailey

Wives

Hustruer

Norway - 1975 - 84m - col

Contemporary (X)

D: Anja Breien
Followed by: Housewives [10 Years After] (1985, Mar/1987).

Yessongs

UK - 1973 - 75m - col

Fair Enterprises (U)

D: Peter Neal
Quadraphonic Sound