MFB: September 1975

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

September 1975

Vol. 42 No. 500

Beyond the Law

USA - 1968 - 95m - bw

Vaughan Films

D: Norman Mailer

Confessions of a Pop Performer

UK - 1975 - 91m - col

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Norman Cohen
Series: Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974, Sep/1974).

The Crazy Ray

Paris qui dort

(USA: At 3:25)

France - 1923 - silent - bw

Contemporary (A)

D: René Clair

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

UK - 1975 - 81m - col

CIC (U)

D: Bill Melendez

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

USA - 1920 - silent - bw

Famous Players (A)

D: John S. Robertson

The Drowning Pool

USA - 1975 - 108m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Stuart Rosenberg
Series: Harper (1965, May/1966).

The Earth is a Sinful Song

Maa on syntinen laulu

(aka: The Land of Our Ancestors)

Finland - 1973 - 108m - col

Contemporary (X)

D: Rauni Mollberg

The Fortune

USA - 1974 - 88m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Mike Nichols

French Love

Un amour comme le nôtre

(USA: Affair)

France/Italy/Canada - 1974 - 88m - col

Gemini (X) (cut)

D: Claude Pierson [as: Andrée Marchand]

The Happy Hooker

USA - 1975 - 98m - col

Scotia-Barber (X) (cut)

D: Nicholas Sharro
Followed by: The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977, Jun/1979), The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980).

The Killer is on the Phone: Dec 1975

Hennessy

UK - 1975 - 104m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Don Sharp

Lancelot of the Lake

Lancelot du lac

France/Italy - 1974 - 84m - col

Contemporary (A)

D: Robert Bresson
Also reviewed: Nov 1994.

Law and Disorder

USA - 1974 - 102m - col

EMI (X)

D: Ivan Passer

The Man From Hong Kong

(USA: The Dragon Flies)

Australia/Hong Kong - 1975 - 103m - col / scope

Cathay (X) (cut)

D: Brian Trenchard-Smith

Marjoe

USA - 1972 - 88m - col

Pleasant Pastures (AA)

D: Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan

Overlord

UK - 1975 - 83m - bw

EMI (AA)

D: Stuart Cooper

Police Story: Slow Boy

USA (TV) - 1973 - 96m - col

Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)

D: William A. Graham
Pilot episode of the TV series Police Story (1973-77), released in the UK as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Police Story: Stigma (1977), Police Story: Day of Terror... Night of Fear (1978), Police Story: The Broken Badge (1978), Police Story: A Cry for Justice (1979), Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980), Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987), Police Story: Cop Killer (1988), Police Story: Gladiator School (1988), Police Story: The Watch Commander (1988), Police Story: Monster Manor (1988).

Posse

USA - 1975 - 93m - col / scope

CIC (A) (cut)

D: Kirk Douglas

Race With the Devil

USA - 1975 - 88m - col

Fox-Rank (AA) (cut)

D: Jack Starrett

Il re dei criminali

[see: Superargo]

Return From Africa

Le retour d’Afrique

France/Switzerland - 1973 - 109m - bw

Cinegate (AA)

D: Alain Tanner

Revenge of the Gladiators

L’incendio di Roma

(USA: Fire Over Rome)

Italy - 1963 - 81m - col / scope

Miracle (U)

D: Guido Malatesta

A Safe Place

USA - 1971 - 92m - col

Pleasant Pastures (AA)

D: Henry Jaglom

Superargo

L’invincibile Superman

(aka: Superargo and the Faceless Giants)

Italy/Spain - 1968 - 95m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (U)

D: Paolo Bianchini [as: Paul Maxwell]
Series: Superargo contro Diabolikus (1966).

That Lucky Touch

UK - 1975 - 93m - col

Fox-Rank (A) (cut)

D: Christopher Miles

Trap on Cougar Mountain

USA - 1972 - 74m - col / scope

Eagle (U)

D: Keith Larsen

True Heart Susie

USA - 1919 - silent - bw

BFI (U)

D: D.W. Griffith

Vietnam Journey
Introduction to the Enemy

USA - 1974 - 64m - col
Cinegate (U)
D: Haskell Wexler

The Wild Party

USA - 1974 - 100m - col

Seven Keys (AA) (cut)

D: James Ivory
Also reviewed: Aug 1982.

Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?

Canada - 1968 - 61m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Dick Fontaine

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

USA - 1975 - 94m - col

Fox-Rank (A)

D: John G. Avildsen