MFB: March 1977

Introduction for newcomers

The Battle of Manchuria

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1977

Vol. 44 No. 518

Against a Crooked Sky

USA - 1976 - 88m - col / scope

Hemdale (U)

D: Earl Bellamy

The Battle of Manchuria

戦争と人間 第三部 完結篇

(aka: Battle of Blood)

(aka: Men and War III)

Japan - 1973 - 184m - col / scope

Grand National (AA)

D: Satsuo Yamamoto
Series: Men and War (1970).

Bed of Roses

USA - 1933 - 67m - bw

Radio (A)

D: Gregory La Cava

Blazing Magnum

Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta

(USA: Strange Shadows in an Empty Room)

(aka: Tough Tony Sciatta)

Italy/Canada/Panama - 1976 - 99m - col / scope

Hemdale (X) (cut)

D: Alberto De Martino [as: Martin Herbert]

Blue Belle

La fine dell’innocenza

(USA: Annie)

(aka: Teenage Emanuelle)

Italy/UK - 1975 - 87m - col / scope

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Massimo Dallamano

Charlotte

La jeune fille assassinée

France/Italy/W.Germany - 1974 - 103m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

D: Roger Vadim
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

A City’s Child

Australia - 1971 - 80m - col

Pleasant Pastures

D: Brian Kavanagh

Cannonball (UK: Carquake): Apr 1977

Cross of Iron

UK/W.Germany - 1977 - 133m - col

EMI (X)

D: Sam Peckinpah
Followed by: Breakthrough (Steiner: Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil, 1979).

Death Dealers

Napoli violenta

(USA: Violent Naples)

(aka: Sudden Justice)

(aka: Violent Protection)

Italy/France - 1976 - 95m - col / scope

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Umberto Lenzi
Series: Street Killers (1975, Jul/1976).

The Eagle Has Landed

UK - 1976 - 135m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: John Sturges

Echo of the Badlands

UK - 1976 - 56m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: David Eady, Tim King

Eclipse

UK - 1976 - 85m - col

Gala (AA)

D: Simon Perry

The Giant Spider Invasion

USA - 1975 - 76m - col

Hemdale (A) (cut)

D: Bill Rebane

Killers of the Wild

Canada/USA/Argentina - 1976 - 90m - col

Hemdale (A) (cut)

D: Robert J. Ryan

Lin Tse-hsu

[see: Opium War, The]

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

Canada/France/USA - 1976 - 94m - col

Rank (AA)

D: Nicolas Gessner

The Lost One

Der Verlorene

W.Germany - 1951 - 98m - col

BFI

D: Peter Lorre

Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King

Ludwig: Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König

W.Germany - 1972 - 139m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Followed by: Karl May (1974).

The Magic Lotus Lantern

宝莲灯

China - 1959 - 81m - col

Contemporary

D: Yeh Ming

The Middleman
Jana Aranya
জন অরন্য
India - 1975 - 131m - bw
Connoisseur (AA)
D: Satyajit Ray

Norman... Is That You?

USA - 1976 - 92m - col

CIC (X)

D: George Schlatter

Not Now, Comrade

UK - 1976 - 90m - col

EMI (A)

D: Harold Snoad, Ray Cooney

The Opium War

鴉片戰爭

China - 1959 - 103m - col

Contemporary

D: Zheng Jun-li, Cen Fan

Pao Lien-teng

[see: Magic Lotus Lantern, The]

The Phantom Baron

Le baron fantôme

France - 1943 - 100m - bw

Cinegate

D: Serge de Poligny

The Pink Telephone

Le téléphone rose

France - 1975 - 95m - col

Gala (X)

D: Edouard Molinaro

Salty

USA - 1973 - 92m - col

National Telefilm Associates (U)

D: Ricou Browning

The Sentinel

USA - 1976 - 92m - col

CIC (X)

D: Michael Winner

Seven Alone

USA - 1974 - 96m - col

Hemdale (U)

D: Earl Bellamy

Sex Life in a Women's Prison

Prigione di donne

(aka: Riot in a Women’s Prison)

Italy - 1974 - 93m - col

Grand National (X) (cut)

D: Brunello Rondi

The Sexorcist

L’ossessa

(USA: The Tormented)

(aka: The Devil Obsession)

(aka: The Eerie Midnight Horror Show)

(aka: Enter the Devil)

(aka: The Obsessed)

Italy - 1974 - 92m - col

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Mario Gariazzo

Shadowman

Nuits rouges

France/Italy - 1973 - 105m - col

Connoisseur (A)

D: Georges Franju

Sicilian Cross

Gli esecutori

(USA: Street People)

Italy - 1976 - 102m - col

Hemdale (AA) (cut)

D: Maurizio Lucidi, Guglielmo Garroni

Sky Pirates

UK - 1976 - 60m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: C.H. Pennington-Richards

Spite Marriage

USA - 1929 - silent - bw

Harris (U)

D: Edward Sedgwick

A Star is Born

USA - 1976 - 140m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Frank Pierson
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4-channel Dolby Stereo

Treasure of Matecumbe

USA - 1976 - 117m - col

Walt Disney (U) (cut)

D: Vincent McEveety

Under the Bed

UK - 1976 - 53m - col

New Realm (X)

D: David Grant
Series: The Over-Amorous Artist (1974, Jul/1974).

The Violation of Justine
Justine de Sade

France/Italy/Canada - 1972 - 115m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Claude Pierson

Waves of Lust

Una ondata di piacere

Italy - 1975 - 92m - col

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Ruggero Deodato

When Girls Make Love

Schulmädchen-Report 9. Teil: Reifeprüfung vor dem Abitur

(USA: Varsity Playthings)

(aka: Sophomore Sensations)

W.Germany - 1975 - 92m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Walter Boos
Series: Confessions of a Sixth Form Girl (1970, Sep/1976).