MFB: December 1976

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

December 1976

Vol. 43 No. 515

Blood on the Streets
Borsalino and Co.

France/Italy/W.Germany - 1974 - 110m - col

Alpha (X)

D: Jacques Deray
Series: Borsalino (1970, Aug/1970).

Born to Run
Ride a Wild Pony

Australia/USA - 1975 - 91m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Don Chaffey
Also reviewed: Nov 1977.

Coilin & Platonida

UK - 1976 - 86m - col

The Other Cinema

D: James Scott

Cousin cousine

France - 1975 - 95m - col

Curzon (AA)

D: Jean-Charles Tacchella

The Death of the Flea Circus Director, or Ottocaro Weiss Reforms His Firm

Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors

Switzerland/France - 1972 - 111m - bw

Cinegate (A)

D: Thomas Koerfer

Death Weekend

(aka: The House by the Lake)

Canada - 1976 - 87m - col

Brent Walker (X) (cut)

D: William Fruet

Dial Rat for Terror
Bone: A Bad Day in Beverly Hills

(aka: Beverly Hills Nightmare)
(aka: Housewife)
USA - 1972 - 92m - col
Ember (X)
D: Larry Cohen

Emmanuelle 2

Emmanuelle l’antivierge

(USA: Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman)

France - 1975 - 92m - col / scope

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Francis Giacobetti
Series: Emmanuelle (1974, Oct/1974).

Face to Face

Ansikte mot ansikte

Sweden (TV) - 1975 - 181m - 4 episodes - col

CIC (X)

D: Ingmar Bergman
The UK version distributed by CIC was a condensed feature-length print, running 132 mins.

Five Women Around Utamaro

歌麿をめぐる五人の女

(aka: Utamaro and His Five Women)

Japan - 1946 - 106m - bw

Artificial Eye

D: Kenzo Mizoguchi

The Front

USA - 1976 - 95m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Martin Ritt

The Half Naked Truth

USA - 1932 - 77m - bw

Radio (U)

D: Gregory La Cava

Hindered

UK/W.Germany - 1974 - 96m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Stephen Dwoskin

I Will If You Will!

L’infermiera

(USA: The Sensuous Nurse)

(aka: The Nurse)

(aka: Nurse Anna)

(aka: The Secrets of a Sensuous Nurse)

Italy - 1975 - 106m - col

Intercontinental (X)

D: Nello Rossati

Laugh and Get Rich

USA - 1931 - 75m - bw

Harris (U)

D: Gregory La Cava

Marathon Man

USA - 1976 - 126m - col

CIC (X)

D: John Schlesinger

Die marquise von O...

W.Germany/Italy - 1976 - 107m - col

Gala (A)

D: Eric Rohmer

More Nuclear Power Stations

Flere atomkraftværker

Denmark - 1975 - 50m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Per Mannstaedt

Pravda

France - 1969 - 58m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Henri Roger & Paul Burron [as: Groupe Dziga-Vertov]

The Ritz

UK - 1976 - 91m - col

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Richard Lester

Salesman on the Job

Liebe zwischen Tür und Angel

(USA: Between the Covers)

W.Germany - 1974 - 77m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

D: Ralf Gegan [as: Ilja von Anutroff]

Schizo

UK - 1976 - 109m - col

Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Pete Walker

Seven Beauties

Pasqualino settebellezze

Italy - 1975 - 115m - col

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Lina Wertmüller

Seven Women for Satan

Les week-ends maléfiques du Comte Zaroff

France - 1974 - 82m - col

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Michel Lemoine

Sex Machine

Conviene far bene l’amore

(aka: Love and Energy)

Italy - 1975 - 104m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

D: Pasquale Festa Campanile

Silent Movie

USA - 1976 - 87m - col

Fox-Rank (A)

D: Mel Brooks

The Song Remains the Same

UK - 1976 - 136m - col

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot
4-channel stereo

The Specialist

USA - 1975 - 93m - col

Lancair (AA)

D: Howard Avedis [as: Hikmet Avedis]

Survive!

Supervivientes de los Andes

Mexico - 1976 - 111m/85m - col

EMI (X)

D: René Cardona

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

USA - 1974 - 81m - col

Excalibur (X - London)

D: Tobe Hooper
Followed by: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986, Nov/2001), Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990), The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994), Texas Chainsaw (2013, Mar/2013), Leatherface (2017).

Under the Doctor

UK - 1976 - 86m - col

Alpha (X) (cut)

D: Gerry Poulson

Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna

[see: Five Women Around Utamaro]

Vampire Woman

La tumba de la isla maldita

(USA: Crypt of the Living Dead)

(aka: Young Hannah: Queen of the Vampires)

Spain/USA - 1972 - 93m - col

Golden Era (X)

D: Ray Danton

Vices in the Family

Il vizio di famiglia

Italy - 1975 - 95m - col

Intercontinental (X)

D: Mariano Laurenti

When the North Wind Blows

USA - 1974 - 113m - col

Sunn Classic / Brent Walker (U)

D: Stewart Raffill

Xala

(aka: The Curse)

Senegal - 1974 - 123m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Ousmane Sembene