MFB: October 1975

Introduction for newcomers

Out of Season: Aug 1975

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1975

Vol. 42 No. 501

Alice in the Cities

Alice in den Städten

W.Germany - 1974 - 110m - bw

Cinegate (U)

D: Wim Wenders

Attila ’74

Αττίλας 74

(aka: Attila ‘74: The Rape of Cyprus)

Greece - 1974 - 103m - col

Academy (A)

D: Mihalis Kakogiannis [as: Michael Cacoyannis]

Avalanche

UK - 1975 - 55m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Frederic Goode

Bed of a Thousand Pleasures

Finalmente... le mille e una notte

(USA: House of 1000 Pleasures)

(aka: 1001 Nights of Pleasure)

Italy - 1972 - 100m - col / scope

Focus (X) (cut)

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

Bite the Bullet

USA - 1975 - 131m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Richard Brooks

Black Christmas

(USA: Silent Night Evil Night)

(aka: Stranger in the House)

Canada - 1974 - 97m - col

EMI (X) (cut)

D: Bob Clark

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

USA - 1975 - 96m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Chuck Bail
Series: Cleopatra Jones (1973, Nov/1973).

Fugitive Girls

(aka: Five Loose Women)

(aka: Hot on the Trail)

(aka: Women’s Penitentiary VIII)

USA - 1974 - 90m - col

Grand National (AA) (cut)

D: Stephen Apostolof [as: A.C. Stephen]

Hell’s Hinges

USA - 1916 - silent - bw

BFI

D: Charles Swickard

The Hostages

UK - 1975 - 59m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U) (cut)

D: David Eady

The Legend of Machine Gun Kelly
Melvin Purvis: G-Man

USA (TV) - 1974 - 90m - col
Focus (AA)
D: Dan Curtis

Macon County Line

USA - 1973 - 89m - col

EMI (X)

D: Richard Compton
Followed by: Return to Macon County (1975, below).

The Moon Over the Alley

UK - 1975 - 102m - bw

Fair Enterprises (AA)

D: Joseph Despins

Mr. Quilp

(aka: The Old Curiosity Shop)

UK - 1974 - 119m - col / scope

EMI (U)

D: Michael Tuchner

The Naked Man

Oswalt Kolle: Dein Mann, das unbekannte Wesen

(USA: The Sensual Male)

W.Germany - 1970 - 90m - col

Focus (X) (cut)

D: Werner M. Lenz
Series: The Wonder of Love (1967, Aug/1969).

Nashville

USA - 1975 - 161m - col / scope

CIC (AA)

D: Robert Altman
4-channel stereo

Operation Undercover
Report to the Commissioner

USA - 1974 - 112m - col
United Artists (AA)
D: Milton Katselas

Pieces of Dreams

USA - 1970 - 99m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Daniel Haller

The Pleasure Machine

Das bumsfidele Heiratsbüro

(aka: The Sex Connection)

Switzerland - 1972 - 93m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Charles Ferrer

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

USA - 1974 - 104m - col

Avco Embassy / Fox-Rank (X)

D: J. Lee Thompson

Return to Macon County

(aka: Highway Girl)

USA - 1975 - 89m - col

Focus (AA)

D: Richard Compton
Series: Macon County Line (1973, above).

Rollerball

USA - 1975 - 129m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Norman Jewison
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

The Romantic Englishwoman

UK/France - 1975 - 116m - col

Fox-Rank (AA)

D: Joseph Losey

Sexually Yours

Sexuellement vôtre

(USA: Young Casanova)

France - 1975 - 86m - col

Border (X) (cut)

D: Max Pécas
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Smile

USA - 1974 - 113m - col

United Artists (A)

D: Michael Ritchie

Three Days of the Condor

USA - 1975 - 118m - col / scope

CIC (AA)

D: Sydney Pollack

The Twelve Chairs

USA - 1970 - 93m - col

Seven Keys (U)

D: Mel Brooks