MFB: June 1977

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

June 1977

Vol. 44 No. 521

21 Hours at Munich

USA (TV) - 1976 - 101m - col

Alpha (AA)

D: William A. Graham

Bedmania

Le plumard en folie

(USA: Le Lit... Ze Bawdy Bed)

France/Canada - 1974 - 87m - col

Crawford (X) (cut)

D: Jacques Lemoine

Beyond Atlantis

USA/Philippines - 1973 - 91m - col

Lancair (A) (cut)

D: Eddie Romero

Bloodlust

Mosquito der schänder

Switzerland - 1976 - 88m - col

Butcher's (X) (cut)

D: Marijan Vajda

La casa dell’exorcismo

[see: House of Exorcism, The]

Erotic Eva

Eva nera

(USA: Emmanuelle Goes Japanese)

(aka: Black Cobra Woman)

(aka: Hot Pants)

Italy - 1976 - 98m - col

Fine Films (X) (cut)

D: Joe D’Amato

The Forest
Kaadu
ಕಾಡು
India - 1973 - 141m - col
Contemporary (AA)
D: Girish Karnad

Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster

[see: Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster]

Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster

ゴジラ対メカゴジラ

(aka: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla)

Japan - 1974 - 84m - col / scope

Lancair (A)

D: Jun Fukuda
Series: Godzilla (1954, Feb/1957).

Gojira tai Mekagojira

[see: Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster]

The House of Exorcism

Lisa e il diavolo

(aka: Lisa and the Devil)

Italy/Spain/W.Germany - 1972 - 93m - col

Scotia-Barber (X) (cut)

D: Mario Bava (some prints credit the pseudonymous ‘Mickey Lion’)
Originally released in the UK and US in a re-edited version (The House of Exorcism) with new footage created for the US market. The film was subsequently restored to its original form for TV and home video (Lisa and the Devil).

Illustrious Corpses

Cadaveri eccellenti

Italy/France - 1975 - 120m - col

Cinegate (A)

D: Francesco Rosi

Immoral Tales

Contes immoraux

France - 1974 - 103m - col

New Realm

D: Walerian Borowczyk

Islands in the Stream

USA - 1976 - 105m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: Franklin J. Schaffner

The Killer Inside Me

USA - 1975 - 95m - col / scope

EMI (X)

D: Burt Kennedy

The Lady is a Whore

Πιο θερμή κι απ' τον ήλιο

(aka: Naughty Nights)

(aka: The Two Faces of Love)

Greece - 1972 - 125m - col

Monarch / Donwin (X) (cut)

D: Omiros Efstratiadis

Le lit

[see: Bedmania]

Live a Little, Steal a Lot

USA - 1974 - 102m - col

Brent Walker (AA)

D: Marvin J. Chomsky

The Lost Patrol

USA - 1934 - 73m - bw

Radio (A)

D: John Ford
Also reviewed: Jun 1934.

The November Plan

(aka: Cover Kill)

USA (TV) - 1976 - 103m - col

CIC (A)

D: Don Medford
Three episodes of the TV series City of Angels (1976), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

The Prince and the Pauper

(USA: Crossed Swords)

UK/USA/Panama - 1977 - 121m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (A)

D: Richard Fleischer
35mm and 70mm release prints.

Riddles of the Sphinx

UK - 1977 - 92m - col

BFI (U)

D: Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen

The Shaggy D.A.

USA - 1976 - 92m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Robert Stevenson
Series: The Shaggy Dog (1959, Jun/1959).

Supermen

Che fanno i nostri supermen tra le vergini della giungla?

(aka: Three Supermen in the Jungle)

Italy/Spain - 1970 - 98m - col / scope

Miracle (U)

D: Bitto Albertini
Series: The Fantastic Three (1967, Aug/1968).

Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August

Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto

Italy - 1975 - 120m - col

GTO (X)

D: Lina Wertmüller

Tam-Lin

(aka: The Ballad of Tam-Lin)

(aka: The Devil’s Widow)

UK - 1971 - 106m - col / scope

National Telefilm Associates (AA) (cut)

D: Roddy McDowall

The Telephone Book

USA - 1971 - 88m - bw and col

Essential Cinema (Banned)

D: Nelson Lyon

Tentacles

Tentacoli

Italy - 1976 - 102m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (A)

D: Ovidio Assonitis [as: Oliver Hellman]
4-channel stereo

Tibet

UK - 1976 - 59m - col

Contemporary (U)

D: Felix Greene

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

USA - 1977 - 90m - col / scope

Brent Walker (X)

D: Charles B. Pierce

Twilight’s Last Gleaming

(aka: Nuclear Countdown)

USA/W.Germany - 1977 - 144m - col

Hemdale (AA)

D: Robert Aldrich

The Watchmaker of St. Paul

L’horloger de Saint-Paul

(USA: The Clockmaker of St. Paul)

(aka: The Clockmaker)

France - 1973 - 105m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Bertrand Tavernier

What’s Up Nurse!

UK - 1977 - 84m - col

Variety (X)

D: Derek Ford
Followed by: What's Up Superdoc! (1978, Nov/1978).

When Joseph Returns...

Ha megjön József

Hungary - 1975 - 88m - col

Essential Cinema (AA)

D: Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács

Would You Kill a Child?

¿Quíen puede matar a un niño?

(USA: Island of the Damned)

(aka: Death is Child’s Play)

(aka: Island of Death)

(aka: Lucifer’s Curse)

(aka: Trapped)

(aka: Who Can Kill a Child?)

Spain - 1975 - 112m - col

Crawford (X)

D: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador

The Zebra Force

(aka: Code Name: Zebra)

USA - 1977 - 90m - col / scope

Tigon (X)

D: Joe Tornatore

Zoltan... Hound of Dracula
Dracula’s Dog

USA - 1977 - 88m - col
EMI (X) (cut)
D: Albert Band