MFB: May 1978

Introduction for newcomers

Meatcleaver Massacre (UK: Revenge of the Dead): Dec 1978

Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1978

Vol. 45 No. 532

Adoption

Örökbefogadás

Hungary - 1975 - 89m - bw

Cinegate

D: Márta Mészáros

Adventures of a Plumber’s Mate

UK - 1978 - 88m - col

Alpha (X)

D: Stanley Long
Series: Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1975, Jul/1976).

Aggro Seizeman

Guyana - 1975 - 110m - col

F. Hamley Case (A) (cut)

D: James Mannas, Brian Stuart-Young

Ai no corrida

愛のコリーダ

(USA: In the Realm of the Senses)

(aka: Empire of the Senses)

Japan/France - 1976 - 105m - col

Pastashire (cut)

D: Nagisa Ōshima

Army of Shadows

L’armée des ombres

France/Italy - 1969 - 143m - col

Artificial Eye (AA)

D: Jean-Pierre Melville

Ai no corrida

Army of Shadows

The Betsy

USA - 1978 - 125m - col

United Artists (X)

D: Daniel Petrie

Blonde Venus

USA - 1932 - 89m - bw

Paramount (A) (cut)

D: Josef von Sternberg

The Bullet Train

新幹線大爆破

(aka: Negative Contact)

(aka: Super-Express 109)

Japan - 1975 - 155m - col / scope

Mark Associates (A)

D: Jun’ya Satō

Cain's Way
Cain’s Cutthroats

USA - 1969 - 95m - col

Alpha (X) (cut)

D: Ken Osborne

Coming Home

USA - 1978 - 128m - col

United Artists (X)

D: Hal Ashby
35mm and 70mm release prints.

Confessions of Emanuelle

Emanuelle: Perché violenza alla donne?

(aka: Emanuelle Around the World)

Italy - 1977 - 97m/102m - col

DUK (X) (cut)

D: Joe D’Amato
Series: Black Emanuelle (1976, Jul/1976).

The Devil is a Woman

USA - 1935 - 79m - bw

Paramount (A)

D: Josef von Sternberg
Also reviewed: May 1935.

Edvard Munch

Norway/Sweden - 1974 - 210m/173m - col

Cinegate (A)

D: Peter Watkins

The Bullet Train and Magic Curse

L’empire des sens

[see: Ai no corrida]

French Nympho
Candice Candy

(USA: Candy’s Candy)
France - 1976 - 90m - col
Butcher's (X) (cut)
D: Pierre Unia [as: Renau Pieri]

Full Circle

(USA: The Haunting of Julia)

UK/Canada - 1976 - 97m - col / scope

CIC (AA)

D: Richard Loncraine

Gone in 60 Seconds

USA - 1974 - 97m - col

Brent Walker (A) (cut)

D: H.B. Halicki

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

USA - 1977 - 105m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Vincent McEveety
Series: The Love Bug (1968, Jun/1969).

High Anxiety

USA - 1977 - 94m - col

Rank (A)

D: Mel Brooks
Dolby Stereo

Iphigenia

Ιφιγένεια

Greece - 1976 - 129m - col

United Artists (A)

D: Mihalis Kakogiannias [as: Michael Cacoyannis]

Kingdom of the Spiders

USA - 1977 - 95m - col

Enterprise (AA)

D: John ‘Bud’ Cardos

Lover Boy

Grazie... nonna

(aka: Thank You... Granny)

Italy - 1975 - 95m - col

Eagle (X)

D: Marino Girolami [as: Franco Martinelli]

MacArthur: The Rebel General
MacArthur

USA - 1977 - 130m - col

CIC (A)

D: Joseph Sargent

Magic Curse

摧花毒降頭

Taiwan - 1975 - 94m - col / scope

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Tony Liu Jun-guk, To Man-bo

Morocco

USA - 1930 - 92m - bw

Paramount (A)

D: Josef von Sternberg

The Outer Space Connection

USA - 1974 - 92m - col

Sunn Classics (U)

D: Fred Warshofsky

Phantom Lady

USA - 1944 - 86m - bw

General Film (A)

D: Robert Siodmak
Also reviewed: May 1944.

A Piece of the Action

USA - 1977 - 135m - col

Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Sidney Poitier
Series: Uptown Saturday Night (1974, May/1975).

Prisoner of Passion

La orca

(USA: Snatch)

Italy - 1975 - 101m - col

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Eriprando Visconti
Followed by: Oedipus orca (1977).

Sammy’s Super T-Shirt

UK - 1978 - 58m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Jeremy Summers

Shanghai Express

(aka: Last Train From Shanghai)

USA - 1932 - 82m - bw

Paramount (A) (cut)

D: Josef von Sternberg

She's Too Hot to Handle
Too Hot to Handle

USA/Philippines - 1976 - 85m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Don Schain

Shinkansen daibakuha

[see: Bullet Train, The]

The Silent Witness

UK - 1978 - 55m - col

Enterprise (A)

D: David W. Rolfe

A Special Day

Una giornata particolare

Italy/Canada - 1977 - 110m - col

Gala (AA)

D: Ettore Scola

The Stick Up

USA - 1977 - 101m - col

Trident-Barber (A)

D: Jeffrey Bloom

The Stud

UK - 1978 - 90m - col

Brent Walker (X)

D: Quentin Masters
Followed by: The Bitch (1979, Sep/1979).

Take It Like a Man, Ma'am

Ta’ det som en mand, frue!

Denmark - 1975 - 96m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Elisabeth Rygård, Mette Knudsen, Li Vilstrup

The Terror of Dr. Chaney
Mansion of the Doomed

(aka: Massacre Mansion)
USA - 1975 - 89m - col
Brent Walker (X)
D: Michael Pataki

Three the Hard Way

USA - 1974 - 92m - col

EMI (X) (cut)

D: Gordon Parks Jr.

Wombling Free

UK - 1978 - 96m - col

Rank (U)

D: Lionel Jeffries