MFB: June 1978

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

June 1978

Vol. 45 No. 533

The American Soldier

Der amerikanische Soldat

W.Germany - 1970 - 80m - bw

Cinegate

D: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Baby sitter: Un maledetto pasticcio

[see: Wanted: Babysitter]

Bilitis

France/W.Germany - 1977 - 95m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

D: David Hamilton

Bracula: The Terror of the Living Dead

La orgía de los muertos

(USA: Terror of the Living Dead)

(aka: Beyond the Living Dead)

(aka: The Hanging Woman)

Spain/Italy - 1972 - 97m - col

Border (X) (cut)

D: José Luis Moreno

Bruce Lee’s Game of Death

[see: Game of Death]

Baba Yaga: Dec 1974

The Devil's Advocate

Des Teufels Advokat

W.Germany - 1977 - 109m - col

Rank (AA)

D: Guy Green

Doctor X

USA - 1932 - 76m - col

First National (A) (cut)

D: Michael Curtiz
Followed by: The Return of Doctor X (1939, Nov/1939).

Game of Death

USA/Hong Kong - 1978 - 94m - col / scope

EMI (X) (cut)

D: Robert Clouse (and Bruce Lee)

Gods of the Plague

Götter der Pest

W.Germany - 1969 - 91m - bw

Cinegate

D: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Gray Lady Down

USA - 1978 - 111m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: David Greene

Heroes

USA - 1977 - 113m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Jeremy Paul Kagan

The Hound of the Baskervilles

USA - 1977 - 85m - col / scope

Hemdale (A)

D: Paul Morrissey

Improperly Dressed

Herkulesfürdöi emlék

(USA: Strange Masquerade)

(aka: A Strange Role)

Hungary - 1976 - 87m - col

Essential Cinema (AA)

D: Pál Sándor

The Zebra Force: Jun 1977

Love Crazy Women

Son premier été

(aka: Hot Summer)

Belgium/France - 1975 - 90m - col

English Film Company (X)

D: João Correa

Madame Claude

(USA: The French Woman)

France - 1976 - 111m - col

Columbia (X)

D: Just Jaeckin
Followed by: Madame Claude 2 (1981, Mar/1983).

Maniac at Large

Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio

Italy/Spain - 1972 - 91m - col

Border (X) (cut)

D: Maurizio Pradeaux

Master of the Flying Guillotine

獨臂拳王大破血滴子

(aka: One-Armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine)

(aka: One Armed Boxer vs. the Master)

Taiwan - 1976 - 83m - col / scope

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Jimmy Wang Yu

The Mistress

La padrona è servita

(USA: The Mistress is Served)

Italy - 1976 - 105m - col

Inter-Ocean (X)

D: Mario Lanfranchi

No. 1 of the Secret Service

(aka: Her Majesty’s Top Gun)

UK - 1977 - 93m - col / scope

Hemdale (AA)

D: Lindsay Shonteff
Followed by: Licensed to Love and Kill (1979, Sep/1979), Number One Gun (1990).

Opening Night

USA - 1977 - 143m - col

Miracle (AA)

D: John Cassavetes

Paracelsus

Germany - 1943 - 104m - bw

BFI

D: G.W. Pabst

People on Sunday

Menschen am Sonntag

Germany - 1929 - silent - bw

BFI

D: Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Curt Siodmak, Fred Zinnemann

The Peregrine Hunters

UK - 1978 - 56m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Cecil Petty

Prey

(USA: Alien Prey)

UK - 1977 - 85m - col

Supreme (X) (cut)

D: Norman J. Warren

The Redeemer: Son of Satan!

(aka: Class Reunion Massacre)

USA - 1976 - 83m - col

Enterprise (X)

D: Constantine S. Gochis

The Salvation Hunters

USA - 1925 - silent - bw

Cinegate

D: Josef von Sternberg

The Scarlet Empress

USA - 1934 - 104m - bw

Paramount (A) (cut)

D: Josef von Sternberg
Also reviewed: Aug 1934.

Sweeney 2

UK - 1978 - 108m - col

EMI (AA)

D: Tom Clegg
Series: Sweeney! (1976, Sep/1976).

Wanted: Babysitter

La baby sitter

(aka: Scar Tissue)

Italy/France/W.Germany - 1975 - 110m - col

Childs Associates (AA)

D: René Clément

The White Wall

Den vita väggen

Sweden - 1974 - 79m - col

Darvill

D: Stig Björkman