MFB: October 1976

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1976

Vol. 43 No. 513

Curse of the Devil

El retorno de Walpurgis

(aka: The Black Harvest of Countess Dracula)

(aka: The Return of Walpurgis)

Spain/Mexico - 1973 - 87m - col

London International (X)

D: Carlos Aured
Series: Hell's Creatures (1967, Apr/1972).

The Devil’s Men

(USA: Land of the Minotaur)

UK/Greece - 1976 - 94m - col

Cathay (X)

D: Costas Carayiannis

Down the Ancient Stairs

Per le antiche scale

Italy/France - 1975 - 115m - col

Fox-Rank (X)

D: Mauro Bolognini

Drum

USA - 1976 - 110m - col

EMI (X)

D: Steve Carver (and Burt Kennedy)
Series: Mandingo (1975, Aug/1975).

Echoes of the Road aka: A Time to Every Purpose
Pickup on 101

(aka: Where the Eagle Flies)
USA - 1972 - 93m - col
Brent Walker (A) (cut)
D: John Florea

Exhibition

France - 1975 - 110m - col

Oppidan (X - London) (cut)

D: Jean-François Davy
Rejected by the BBFC in 1976.
Followed by: Exhibition 79 (1979).

Family Life

Życie rodzinne

Poland - 1970 - 93m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Krzysztof Zanussi

The Food of the Gods

USA - 1976 - 88m - col

Brent Walker (X)

D: Bert I. Gordon
Followed by: Food of the Gods II (1988).

Futureworld

USA - 1976 - 107m - col

Brent Walker (A)

D: Richard T. Heffron
Series: Westworld (1973, Mar/1974).

The Gumball Rally

USA - 1976 - 106m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Charles Bail

Legend of the Lawman
Part 2 Walking Tall: The Legend of Buford Pusser

USA - 1975 - 109m - col
Fox-Rank (AA)
D: Earl Bellamy
Series: Walking Tall (1973, Jan/1974).

Logan’s Run

USA - 1976 - 118m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: Michael Anderson
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo (some prints encoded with Dolby noise reduction)

Murder by Death

USA - 1976 - 95m - col

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Robert Moore

No Mercy
The No Mercy Man

(aka: Bad Man)

(aka: Fire in the Wind)

(aka: Trained to Kill)

(aka: Trained to Kill - USA)

(aka: The Vietnam Soldier)

USA - 1973 - 91m - col / scope

Oppidan (X) (cut)

D: Daniel Vance

Curse of the Devil and Return of the Evil Dead

Obsession

USA - 1975 - 98m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Brian De Palma

The Private Lesson

Lezioni private

(USA: Private Lessons)

Italy - 1975 - 95m - col

Eagle (X) (cut)

D: Vittorio de Sisti

The Prostitution Racket

Storie di vita e malavita (Racket della prostituzione minorile)

(USA: The Teenage Prostitution Racket)

(aka: Blue Deep Throat)

(aka: Prostitute)

Italy - 1975 - 123m - col

Eagle (X) (cut)

D: Carlo Lizzani
The BBFC database offers confusing info about this item: It claims the film was passed with cuts in July 1976, and then banned in September the same year. However, it was reviewed in the MFB with an X certificate.

The Red Pony

USA (TV) - 1973 - 101m - col

British Lion (A)

D: Robert Totten

Return of the Evil Dead

El ataque de los muertos sin ojos

Spain - 1973 - 91m - col

London International (X) (cut)

D: Amando de Ossorio
Series: Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972, Jul/1973).

Seizure

(aka: Queen of Evil)

Canada - 1974 - 94m - col

Marron (X)

D: Oliver Stone

The Shootist

USA - 1976 - 100m - col

CIC (A)

D: Don Siegel

The Spoilers

ทอง

(USA: S.T.A.B.)

(aka: Gold)

Thailand - 1973 - 91m - col / scope

Cathay (X)

D: Chalong Pakddivijit [as: Philip Chalong]
Followed by: Gold Raiders (ทอง 2, 1982), The Lost Idol (ทอง 3, 1988), In Gold We Trust (ทอง 4, 1990).

Stop It - I Like It

Alpenglühn im Dirndlrock

W.Germany - 1974 - 87m - col

DUK (X) (cut)

D: Sigi Rothemund [as: Siggi Götz]

Thong

[see: Spoilers, The]

Underground

USA - 1976 - 88m - col

Black Ink Films

D: Emile de Antonio

Walking Tall Part II

[see: Part 2 Walking Tall: The Legend of Buford Pusser]

Wenn Mädchen mündig werden

[see: Younger the Better, The]

The Younger the Better

Geilermanns Töchter: Wenn Mädchen mündig werden

(USA: Secrets in the Dark)

(aka: Practice Makes Perfect)

W.Germany - 1973 - 87m - col

Oppidan (X) (cut)

D: Alois Brummer