{ "id": "movies-1970s", "name": "Wikipedia Movies: 1970s", "title": "Wikipedia Movies: 1970s", "description": "1,617 films from the 1970s sourced from Wikipedia, with title, year, genres, cast, and a short synopsis.", "category": "entertainment", "source": "https://github.com/prust/wikipedia-movie-data", "source_url": "https://github.com/prust/wikipedia-movie-data", "updated": "2026-04", "record_count": 1617, "columns": [ { "key": "title", "label": "Title", "type": "string" }, { "key": "year", "label": "Year", "type": "number" }, { "key": "genres", "label": "Genres", "type": "string" }, { "key": "cast", "label": "Cast", "type": "string" }, { "key": "extract", "label": "Extract", "type": "string" } ], "rows": [ { "title": "A.k.a. Cassius Clay", "year": 1970, "genres": "Documentary, Sports", "cast": "Muhammad Ali", "extract": "A.k.a. Cassius Clay is a 1970 boxing documentary film about the former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali." }, { "title": "Adam at Six A.M.", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Michael Douglas, Lee Purcell, Joe Don Baker, Louise Latham", "extract": "Adam at 6 A.M. is a 1970 American drama film directed by Robert Scheerer. It stars Michael Douglas, Lee Purcell, Joe Don Baker, Louise Latham, Charles Aidman, Grayson Hall, Marge Redmond, and Dana Elcar. The film did not receive much attention when it was released. The film was filmed almost entirel" }, { "title": "Adam's Woman", "year": 1970, "genres": "Historical, Drama", "cast": "Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow, John Mills, James Booth", "extract": "Adam's Woman is a 1970 Australian-American historical drama film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow and John Mills. It has been called a \"convict Western\"." }, { "title": "The Adventurers", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Bekim Fehmiu, Candice Bergen, Charles Aznavour, Olivia de Havilland", "extract": "The Adventurers is a 1970 American adventure drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Lewis Gilbert. It is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins." }, { "title": "Airport", "year": 1970, "genres": "Disaster, Drama", "cast": "Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, Maureen Stapleton", "extract": "Airport is a 1970 American air disaster–drama film written and directed by George Seaton and starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel of the same name, it originated the 1970s disaster film genre. It is also the first of four films in the Airport film series. Prod" }, { "title": "Alex in Wonderland", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Federico Fellini", "extract": "Alex in Wonderland is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Paul Mazursky, written with his partner Larry Tucker, starring Donald Sutherland and Ellen Burstyn. Sutherland plays Alex Morrison, a director agonizing over the choice of follow-up project after the success of his first feature fil" }, { "title": "The Angel Levine", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kamińska", "extract": "The Angel Levine is a 1970 American drama film directed by Ján Kadár and starring Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kamińska, Milo O'Shea, and Gloria Foster. It is based on a short story by Bernard Malamud about Morris Mishkin, an elderly, impoverished New York City tailor who becomes unable to work" }, { "title": "Angel Unchained", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Action, Thriller", "cast": "Larry Bishop, Tyne Daly, Aldo Ray", "extract": "Angel Unchained is a 1970 American action thriller film directed by Lee Madden for American International Pictures and starring Don Stroud as the title character Angel. It was released in the United States on September 2, 1970." }, { "title": "The Aristocats", "year": 1970, "genres": "Animated, Comedy, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Gary Dubin", "extract": "The Aristocats is a 1970 American animated romantic musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. It is the final Disney animated film to be involved with Walt Disney Productions's co-founder Roy O. Disney before his death on December 20, 1971. The 20th" }, { "title": "The Baby Maker", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Hershey, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Scott Glenn", "extract": "The Baby Maker is a 1970 American drama film that was directed and co-written by James Bridges and released by National General Pictures." }, { "title": "The Ballad of Cable Hogue", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner", "extract": "The Ballad of Cable Hogue is a 1970 American Technicolor Western comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens and David Warner. Set in the Arizona desert during a period when the frontier was closing, the film follows three years in the life of a failed prospector" }, { "title": "Barquero", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates", "extract": "Barquero is a 1970 American Western film starring Lee Van Cleef and Warren Oates directed by Gordon Douglas." }, { "title": "Beneath the Planet of the Apes", "year": 1970, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison", "extract": "Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a 1970 American science fiction film directed by Ted Post from a screenplay by Paul Dehn, based on a story by Dehn and Mort Abrahams. The film is the sequel to Planet of the Apes (1968) and the second installment in the Planet of the Apes original film series. It st" }, { "title": "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", "year": 1970, "genres": "Erotic, Comedy, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Cynthia Myers, Dolly Read, Edy Williams", "extract": "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 American satirical musical melodrama film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, Phyllis Davis, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, and David Gurian. The film was directed by Russ Meyer and screenwritten by Roger Ebert from a story by Ebert and Meyer." }, { "title": "Bigfoot", "year": 1970, "genres": "Horror, Independent, Science Fiction", "cast": "John Carradine, Joi Lansing, John Mitchum", "extract": "Bigfoot is a 1970 independently made American low budget science fiction film, produced by Anthony Cardoza and directed by Robert F. Slatzer. The film stars or co-stars a few well-known actors : John Carradine, Chris Mitchum, Joi Lansing, Ken Maynard, Doodles Weaver, and Lindsay Crosby." }, { "title": "Bloody Mama", "year": 1970, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Shelley Winters, Bruce Dern, Don Stroud", "extract": "Bloody Mama is a 1970 American exploitation crime film directed by Roger Corman and starring Shelley Winters in the title role, with Bruce Dern, Don Stroud, Robert Walden, Alex Nicol, and Robert De Niro in supporting roles. It was very loosely based on the real story of Ma Barker, who is depicted as" }, { "title": "The Boatniks", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman Fell, Don Ameche", "extract": "The Boatniks is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Norman Tokar and starring Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Don Ameche and Phil Silvers. It was made by Walt Disney Productions, released by Buena Vista Distribution." }, { "title": "The Boys in the Band", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Kenneth Nelson, Cliff Gorman, Leonard Frey", "extract": "The Boys in the Band is a 1970 American drama film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by Mart Crowley, based on Crowley's 1968 Off-Broadway play of the same name. It is among the early major American motion pictures to revolve around gay characters, often cited as a milestone in the hist" }, { "title": "Brewster McCloud", "year": 1970, "genres": "Fantasy, Comedy", "cast": "Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Shelley Duvall", "extract": "Brewster McCloud is a 1970 American black comedy film directed by Robert Altman. The film follows a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome, where he is building a pair of wings in order to fly. He is helped by his comely and enigmatic \"fairy godmother,\" played by Sally" }, { "title": "A Bullet for Pretty Boy", "year": 1970, "genres": "Crime, Action", "cast": "Fabian Forte, Jocelyn Lane, Adam Roarke", "extract": "A Bullet for Pretty Boy is a 1970 American action film from director Larry Buchanan. It stars Fabian Forte as gangster Pretty Boy Floyd and co-stars Jocelyn Lane in her final performance before retiring from acting." }, { "title": "Cannon for Cordoba", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George Peppard, Raf Vallone", "extract": "Cannon for Cordoba is a 1970 American Western film. Filmed in Spain, the larger part of the movie takes place in Mexico in 1912. Directed by Paul Wendkos, it stars George Peppard, Pete Duel, Giovanna Ralli, and Raf Vallone, and features a musical score by Elmer Bernstein." }, { "title": "Catch-22", "year": 1970, "genres": "War, Comedy", "cast": "Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Bob Newhart, Orson Welles, Buck Henry", "extract": "Catch-22 is a 1970 American satirical black comedy war film adapted from the 1961 novel of the same name by Joseph Heller. In creating a black comedy revolving around the \"lunatic characters\" of Heller's satirical anti-war novel set at a fictional Mediterranean base during World War II, director Mik" }, { "title": "C.C. and Company", "year": 1970, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Joe Namath, Ann-Margret, Jennifer Billingsley", "extract": "C.C. and Company is a 1970 American biker film directed by Seymour Robbie. It starred Joe Namath as biker C.C. Ryder, Ann-Margret as fashion journalist Ann, and William Smith as Moon, the leader of the fictitious outlaw biker club the \"Heads Company\". The film also features singer Wayne Cochran and " }, { "title": "The Cheyenne Social Club", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones", "extract": "The Cheyenne Social Club is a 1970 American Western comedy film written by James Lee Barrett, directed and produced by Gene Kelly, and starring James Stewart, Henry Fonda and Shirley Jones. The film is about an aging cowboy who inherits a brothel and decides to turn it into a respectable boarding ho" }, { "title": "Chisum", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett, Geoffrey Deuel", "extract": "Chisum is a 1970 American Western film directed by Andrew McLaglen, starring John Wayne in the titular role, and adapted for the screen by Andrew J. Fenady from his short story \"Chisum and the Lincoln County War.\" The supporting cast features Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Co" }, { "title": "The Christine Jorgensen Story", "year": 1970, "genres": "Biography, Drama", "cast": "John Hansen", "extract": "The Christine Jorgensen Story is a 1970 American drama film and a fictionalized biographical film about trans woman Christine Jorgensen. While the overall premise of the film is accurate, many of the details are fictionalized for the continuity of the film. It was directed by Irving Rapper and based" }, { "title": "Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Dan Blocker, Nanette Fabray, Jim Backus", "extract": "The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County is a 1970 American comedy Western film by Universal Studios, directed by Anton Leader and Ranald MacDougall, and starring Dan Blocker and Nanette Fabray, with a supporting cast featuring Jim Backus, Mickey Rooney, Wally Cox, Jack Elam, Noah Beery, Jr. and Don \"R" }, { "title": "Colossus: The Forbin Project", "year": 1970, "genres": "Science Fiction, Thriller", "cast": "Susan Clark, Eric Braeden", "extract": "Colossus: The Forbin Project is a 1970 American science fiction thriller film from Universal Pictures, produced by Stanley Chase, directed by Joseph Sargent, that stars Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, and William Schallert. It is based upon the 1966 science fiction novel Colossus by Denni" }, { "title": "Cotton Comes to Harlem", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Action, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Redd Foxx, Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques", "extract": "Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 American neo-noir action comedy thriller film co-written and directed by Ossie Davis and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Redd Foxx. The film, later cited as an early example of the blaxploitation genre, is based on Chester Himes' novel of the sam" }, { "title": "Count Yorga, Vampire", "year": 1970, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Robert Quarry, Michael Murphy, Roger Perry", "extract": "Count Yorga, Vampire is a 1970 American vampire horror film written and directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry and Michael Murphy. It was followed by a sequel, The Return of Count Yorga." }, { "title": "Darker than Amber", "year": 1970, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall", "extract": "Darker than Amber is a 1970 film adaptation of John D. MacDonald's 1966 mystery/suspense novel, Darker than Amber. It was directed by Robert Clouse from a screenplay by MacDonald and Ed Waters." }, { "title": "Darling Lili", "year": 1970, "genres": "Musical, Spy, War, Romance", "cast": "Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp", "extract": "Darling Lili is a 1970 American romantic-musical spy film, written by William Peter Blatty and Blake Edwards, the latter also directing the film. It stars Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, and Jeremy Kemp, with music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. This was the last full musical to have song" }, { "title": "The Delta Factor", "year": 1970, "genres": "Action, Adventure", "cast": "Christopher George, Yvette Mimieux, Yvonne De Carlo", "extract": "The Delta Factor is a 1970 American adventure film, co-produced and directed by Tay Garnett who co-wrote the screenplay with Raoul Walsh. It stars Christopher George and Yvette Mimieux. The film is based on the 1967 novel by Mickey Spillane." }, { "title": "Diary of a Mad Housewife", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Carrie Snodgress, Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella", "extract": "Diary of a Mad Housewife is a 1970 American comedy-drama film about a frustrated wife portrayed by Carrie Snodgress. Snodgress was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe award in the same category. The film was adapted by Eleanor Perry from the 1967 novel by Sue Kauf" }, { "title": "Dirty Dingus Magee", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Frank Sinatra, George Kennedy, Anne Jackson", "extract": "Dirty Dingus Magee is a 1970 American comedy revisionist Western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Frank Sinatra as the title outlaw and George Kennedy as a sheriff out to capture him. The movie was based on the novel The Ballad of Dingus Magee by David Markson and the screenplay was partly" }, { "title": "The Dunwich Horror", "year": 1970, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Talia Shire", "extract": "The Dunwich Horror is a 1970 American supernatural horror film directed by Daniel Haller, and starring Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, and Ed Begley. A loose adaptation of the short story of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft, the film concerns a young female graduate student who is targeted by a man attem" }, { "title": "El Condor", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Marianna Hill", "extract": "El Condor is a 1970 American Western film directed by John Guillermin." }, { "title": "Elvis: That's the Way It Is", "year": 1970, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Elvis Presley", "extract": "Elvis: That's the Way It Is is a 1970 American documentary film directed by Denis Sanders. The film documents American singer Elvis Presley's Summer Festival in Las Vegas during August 1970. It was his first non-dramatic film since the beginning of his film career in 1956, and the film gives a clear" }, { "title": "End of the Road", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Stacy Keach, Harris Yulin, Dorothy Tristan", "extract": "End of the Road is a 1970 American comedy drama film directed, co-written, and edited by Aram Avakian and adapted from a 1958 novel by John Barth, and stars Stacy Keach, James Earl Jones and Harris Yulin." }, { "title": "Equinox", "year": 1970, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Frank Bonner", "extract": "Equinox is a 1970 American supernatural horror film directed by Jack Woods, and starring Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Bonner and Robin Christopher. Though uncredited, producer Dennis Muren also served as a second director. The film focuses on four young people picnicking in a California can" }, { "title": "Five Easy Pieces", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Nicholson, Susan Anspach, Karen Black", "extract": "Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American drama film directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Carole Eastman and Rafelson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, and Ralph Waite. The film tells the story of surly oil rig worker Bobby Dupea, whose rootless blue-collar existence be" }, { "title": "Flap", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Anthony Quinn, Claude Akins, Shelley Winters, Victor French, John War Eagle", "extract": "Flap is a 1970 American Western film directed by Carol Reed and starring Anthony Quinn, Claude Akins and Shelley Winters. Set in a modern Native American reservation, it is based on the novel Nobody Loves a Drunken Indian by Clair Huffaker." }, { "title": "Flesh Feast", "year": 1970, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Veronica Lake", "extract": "Flesh Feast is an American horror film that features Veronica Lake in her final screen performance." }, { "title": "Fools", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jason Robards, Katharine Ross, Scott Hylands", "extract": "Fools is a 1970 drama film directed by Tom Gries. It stars Katharine Ross and Jason Robards." }, { "title": "Gas-s-s-s", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ben Vereen, Talia Shire, Elaine Giftos", "extract": "Gas-s-s-s is a 1970 post-apocalyptic black comedy film produced and released by American International Pictures." }, { "title": "Getting Straight", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen, Jeff Corey", "extract": "Getting Straight is a 1970 American comedy film motion picture directed by Richard Rush, released by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Gimme Shelter", "year": 1970, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "The Rolling Stones", "extract": "Gimme Shelter is a 1970 American documentary film directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin chronicling the last weeks of The Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour which culminated in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert. The film is named after \"Gimme Shelter\", the lead track from the group'" }, { "title": "The Grasshopper", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jacqueline Bisset, Jim Brown, Joseph Cotten", "extract": "The Grasshopper is a 1970 drama film directed by Jerry Paris. It stars Jacqueline Bisset, Jim Brown, Joseph Cotten and Christopher Stone. Penny Marshall appears in a small role." }, { "title": "The Great White Hope", "year": 1970, "genres": "Sports, Romance, Drama, Biography", "cast": "James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester Morris", "extract": "The Great White Hope is a 1970 American biographical romantic drama film written and adapted from the 1967 Howard Sackler play of the same name." }, { "title": "Halls of Anger", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Calvin Lockhart, Janet MacLachlan, Jeff Bridges", "extract": "Halls of Anger is a 1970 American drama film directed by Paul Bogart, and starring Calvin Lockhart, Janet MacLachlan, Jeff Bridges and James A. Watson Jr." }, { "title": "The Hawaiians", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, John Phillip Law", "extract": "The Hawaiians, released in the UK as Master of the Islands, is a 1970 United States historical film based on the 1959 novel Hawaii by James A. Michener. It was directed by Tom Gries with a screenplay by James R. Webb. The cast included Charlton Heston as Whipple Hoxworth and Geraldine Chaplin. The p" }, { "title": "Hercules in New York", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Fantasy", "cast": "Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, James Karen", "extract": "Hercules in New York is a 1970 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and written by Aubrey Wisberg. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in his acting debut as the eponymous divine hero, who engages in escapades after traveling to New York City. Produced independently by Wisberg " }, { "title": "Hi, Mom!", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert De Niro, Allen Garfield, Lara Parker", "extract": "Hi, Mom! is a 1970 American black comedy film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and is one of Robert De Niro's first films. De Niro reprises his role of Jon Rubin from Greetings (1968). In this film, Rubin is a fledgling \"adult filmmaker\" who has an idea to post cameras at his window and film " }, { "title": "The Honeymoon Killers", "year": 1970, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Doris Roberts", "extract": "The Honeymoon Killers is a 1970 American crime film written and directed by Leonard Kastle, and starring Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco. Its plot follows a sullen, overweight nurse who is seduced by a con man, with whom she embarks on a murder spree of single women. The film was inspired by the t" }, { "title": "Hornets' Nest", "year": 1970, "genres": "War", "cast": "Rock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni", "extract": "Hornets’ Nest is a 1970 Italian-American war film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Rock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, and Sergio Fantoni. The plot focuses on a group of boys aged 7–14 who survive a massacre in their village in Northern Italy in 1944 and what happens to them. The film was attacked by c" }, { "title": "House of Dark Shadows", "year": 1970, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott", "extract": "House of Dark Shadows is a 1970 American feature-length horror film directed by Dan Curtis, based on his Dark Shadows television series. In this film expansion, vampire Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism so he can marry a woman who resembles his long-lost fiancée Josette." }, { "title": "How Do I Love Thee?", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jackie Gleason, Maureen O'Hara, Shelley Winters", "extract": "How Do I Love Thee? is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Michael Gordon. It stars Jackie Gleason and Maureen O'Hara and is based on Peter De Vries's 1965 novel Let Me Count the Ways." }, { "title": "Husbands", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Jenny Runacre", "extract": "Husbands is a 1970 American comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It stars Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, and Cassavetes as three middle class men in the throes of a midlife crisis following the death of a close friend." }, { "title": "I Love My Wife", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Brenda Vaccaro, Dabney Coleman, Angel Tompkins", "extract": "I Love My Wife, stylized as I Love My...Wife, is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Mel Stuart. It stars Elliott Gould and Brenda Vaccaro." }, { "title": "I Never Sang for My Father", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons", "extract": "I Never Sang for My Father is a 1970 American drama film, based on the 1968 play of the same name. It tells the story of a widowed college professor who feels dominated by his aging father, yet still has regrets about his plan to leave him behind when he remarries and moves to California. It stars M" }, { "title": "I Walk the Line", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Noir", "cast": "Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld, Estelle Parsons", "extract": "I Walk the Line is a 1970 American neo noir drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld. It tells the story of Sheriff Henry Tawes (Peck) who develops a relationship with a girl in town, Alma McCain (Weld). The screenplay, written by Alvin Sargent, is an adap" }, { "title": "The Invincible Six", "year": 1970, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens", "extract": "The Invincible Six is a 1970 American-Iranian adventure film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens, and Ian Ogilvy. Six international criminals attempt to steal the crown jewels of Iran, but in the tradition of 1954 film Seven Samurai and the 1960 film The" }, { "title": "Jenny", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Marian Hailey", "extract": "Jenny is a 1970 American drama film starring Marlo Thomas, in her film debut, and Alan Alda, produced by ABC Pictures and released by Cinerama Releasing Corp. Singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson provided Jenny 's theme song, \"Waiting\"." }, { "title": "Joe", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, Dennis Patrick", "extract": "Joe is a 1970 drama film written by Norman Wexler and directed by John G. Avildsen. It stars Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick, and Susan Sarandon in her film debut." }, { "title": "Kelly's Heroes", "year": 1970, "genres": "War, Action, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland", "extract": "Kelly's Heroes is a 1970 World War II comedy-drama heist film, directed by Brian G. Hutton, about a motley crew of American GIs who go AWOL in order to rob a French bank, located behind German lines, of its stored Nazi gold bars. The film stars Clint Eastwood and Telly Savalas, and co-stars Don Rick" }, { "title": "King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis", "year": 1970, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Paul Newman, James Earl Jones", "extract": "King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis is a 1970 American documentary film biography of Martin Luther King Jr. and his creation and leadership of the nonviolent campaign for civil rights and social and economic justice in the Civil Rights Movement." }, { "title": "The Kremlin Letter", "year": 1970, "genres": "Thriller, Noir", "cast": "Richard Boone, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson", "extract": "The Kremlin Letter is a 1970 American neo-noir DeLuxe Color espionage thriller in Panavision directed by John Huston and starring Richard Boone, Orson Welles, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Patrick O'Neal and George Sanders. It was released in February 1970 by 20th Century-Fox." }, { "title": "The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun", "year": 1970, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, John McEnery", "extract": "The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun is a 1970 psychological thriller film directed by Anatole Litvak starring Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed and John McEnery. It is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Sébastien Japrisot. This was Litvak's final film. The film was remade in 2015." }, { "title": "The Landlord", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Beau Bridges, Louis Gossett Jr., Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey", "extract": "The Landlord is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted by Bill Gunn from the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter. The film stars Beau Bridges in the lead role of a privileged and ignorant white man who selfishly becomes landlord of an inner-city tenement, unaware that the people h" }, { "title": "Land Raiders", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard", "extract": "Land Raiders is a 1970 American Western film directed by Nathan Juran and starring Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl and Janet Landgard. It was produced by Charles H. Schneer, who was best known for producing most of Ray Harryhausen's features, three of which were also directed by Juran." }, { "title": "The Last Escape", "year": 1970, "genres": "War", "cast": "Stuart Whitman, John Collin, Martin Jarvis", "extract": "The Last Escape, also known as O.S.S., is a 1970 American-West German international co-production war film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Stuart Whitman, John Collin and Martin Jarvis. It was filmed by Oakmont Productions for Mirisch Productions near Munich in 1968 but not released until 19" }, { "title": "Last of the Mobile Hot Shots", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Coburn, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Hooks", "extract": "Last of the Mobile Hot Shots is a 1970 American drama film. The screenplay by Gore Vidal is based on the Tennessee Williams play The Seven Descents of Myrtle, which opened on Broadway in March 1968 and ran for 29 performances." }, { "title": "The Last Warrior", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Anthony Quinn, Claude Akins, Shelley Winters, Tony Bill", "extract": "Flap is a 1970 American Western film directed by Carol Reed and starring Anthony Quinn, Claude Akins and Shelley Winters. Set in a modern Native American reservation, it is based on the novel Nobody Loves a Drunken Indian by Clair Huffaker." }, { "title": "The Lawyer", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barry Newman, Diana Muldaur, Harold Gould", "extract": "The Lawyer is a 1970 courtroom drama film loosely based on the Sam Sheppard murder case, in which a physician is charged with killing his wife following a highly publicized and sloppy investigation. The film was directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Barry Newman as the energetic, opportunistic defen" }, { "title": "The Liberation of L.B. Jones", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Noir", "cast": "Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lola Falana, Yaphet Kotto", "extract": "The Liberation of L.B. Jones is a 1970 American neo noir film directed by William Wyler, his final project in a career that spanned 45 years." }, { "title": "Little Big Man", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George", "extract": "Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western film directed by Arthur Penn and based on the 1964 novel Little Big Man by Thomas Berger. While broadly categorized as a western, or an epic, the film encompasses several literary/film genres, including comedy, drama and adventure. The film follows the life " }, { "title": "Little Fauss and Big Halsy", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, Lauren Hutton", "extract": "Little Fauss and Big Halsy is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Robert Redford and Michael J. Pollard, also featuring Lauren Hutton, Noah Beery, Jr. and Lucille Benson." }, { "title": "Love Story", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland, John Marley", "extract": "Love Story is a 1970 American romantic drama film written by Erich Segal, who was also the author of the best-selling 1970 novel of the same name. It was produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland, and Tommy " }, { "title": "Lovers and Other Strangers", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Bea Arthur, Cloris Leachman, Vincent Gardenia, Richard Castellano, Bonnie Bedelia", "extract": "Lovers and Other Strangers is a 1970 American romantic comedy film directed by Cy Howard, adapted from the 1968 Broadway play of the same name by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna. The cast includes Richard S. Castellano, Gig Young, Cloris Leachman, Anne Jackson, Bea Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Br" }, { "title": "Loving", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "George Segal, Eva Marie Saint, Sterling Hayden", "extract": "Loving is a 1970 American comedy-drama film released by Columbia Pictures and directed by Irvin Kershner. It is based on the novel Brooks Wilson Ltd. written by pulp magazine illustrator John McDermott under his pen name J.M. Ryan. The movie starred George Segal in the lead role of a philandering il" }, { "title": "The Man from O.R.G.Y.", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Walker, Louisa Moritz, Lynne Carter", "extract": "The Man from O.R.G.Y. is a 1970 comedy film directed by James Hill and starring Robert Walker Jr., Louisa Moritz, Slappy White, Lynne Carter and Steve Rossi. It was filmed in Puerto Rico and New York City. The film has elements of espionage and sex." }, { "title": "M*A*S*H", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, Jo Ann Pflug", "extract": "M*A*S*H is a 1970 American black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner Jr., based on Richard Hooker's 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The picture is the only theatrically released feature film in the M*A*S*H franchise, and it became one of the bigge" }, { "title": "Macho Callahan", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb", "extract": "Macho Callahan is a 1970 Mexican-American Western film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and starring David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb and James Booth. The screenplay concerns a Union soldier who is imprisoned in a Confederate prison camp during the American Civil War. He manages to escape, but" }, { "title": "Maidstone", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Independent", "cast": "Norman Mailer, Rip Torn", "extract": "Maidstone is a 1970 American independent film drama written, produced and directed by Norman Mailer. It stars Mailer, Rip Torn and Ultra Violet. The film concerns famous film director Norman Kingsley, who runs for president while a group of friends, relatives, employees and lobbyists gather to discu" }, { "title": "A Man Called Horse", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon", "extract": "A Man Called Horse is a 1970 Western film directed by Elliot Silverstein, produced by Sandy Howard, and written by Jack DeWitt. It is based on the short story \"A Man Called Horse\" by the Western writer Dorothy M. Johnson, first published in 1950 in Collier's magazine and again in 1968 in Johnson's b" }, { "title": "The McMasters", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Burl Ives, Brock Peters, Nancy Kwan", "extract": "The McMasters is a 1970 American Western film directed by Alf Kjellin and starring Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine and Nancy Kwan." }, { "title": "Menace on the Mountain", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pat Crowley, Albert Salmi, Richard Anderson, Charles Aidman, Jodie Foster", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Molly Maguires", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar", "extract": "The Molly Maguires is a 1970 American historical drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Richard Harris and Sean Connery. It is based on the 1964 book Lament for the Molly Maguires by Arthur H. Lewis." }, { "title": "Monte Walsh", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lee Marvin, Jack Palance, Jeanne Moreau", "extract": "Monte Walsh is a 1970 American Western film directed by cinematographer William A. Fraker starring Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau and Jack Palance. The name \"Monte Walsh\" is taken from the title of a 1963 western novel by Jack Schaefer, but the film has little to do with the plot of Schaefer's book. The " }, { "title": "The Moonshine War", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Alan Alda, Richard Widmark, Patrick McGoohan", "extract": "The Moonshine War is a 1970 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Richard Quine, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard. It stars Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda, and Will Geer." }, { "title": "Move", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss, Joe Silver", "extract": "Move is a 1970 American comedy film starring Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss and Geneviève Waïte, and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was written by Joel Lieber and Stanley Hart, adapted from a novel by Lieber." }, { "title": "My Lover, My Son", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Romy Schneider, Donald Houston, Dennis Waterman", "extract": "My Lover, My Son is a 1970 American-British coproduction drama film directed by John Newland. It tells the story of a mother played by Romy Schneider clinging to her maturing son. The film is based on Edward Grierson's 1952 novel Reputation for a Song." }, { "title": "Myra Breckinridge", "year": 1970, "genres": "Erotic, Comedy", "cast": "Raquel Welch, Mae West, Rex Reed, John Huston, Farrah Fawcett", "extract": "Myra Breckinridge is a 1970 American comedy film based on Gore Vidal's 1968 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Michael Sarne, and featured Raquel Welch in the title role. It also starred John Huston as Buck Loner, Mae West as Leticia Van Allen, Farrah Fawcett, Rex Reed, Roger Herren, a" }, { "title": "Nam's Angels", "year": 1970, "genres": "War", "cast": "Paul Koslo, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke", "extract": "The Losers released on video as Nam's Angels is a 1970 American biker war film directed by Jack Starrett." }, { "title": "No Blade of Grass", "year": 1970, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, Lynne Frederick", "extract": "No Blade of Grass is a 1970 apocalyptic dystopian film co-written, directed and produced by Cornel Wilde and starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, and John Hamill. It is an adaptation of John Christopher's novel The Death of Grass (1956) and follows the survivors of a plague that has hit London in" }, { "title": "Norwood", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Joe Namath", "extract": "Norwood is a 1970 American comedy film that reunites True Grit co-stars Glen Campbell and Kim Darby, also featuring Joe Namath. It was based on the novel of the same title, written by Charles Portis, but updated from the original 1950s setting to 1970." }, { "title": "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever", "year": 1970, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy", "cast": "Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Jack Nicholson", "extract": "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever is a 1970 American musical comedy-drama fantasy film starring Barbra Streisand and directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is adapted from his book for the 1965 stage production of the same name. The songs feature lyrics by Lerner and music" }, { "title": "One More Time", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Esther Anderson", "extract": "One More Time is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Jerry Lewis and starring Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford. It was filmed in 1969 and released in May, 1970 by United Artists. It is a sequel to the 1968 film Salt and Pepper." }, { "title": "The Only Game in Town", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, Hank Henry", "extract": "The Only Game in Town is a 1970 American romantic comedy-drama film, the last directed by George Stevens. It stars Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty. The screenplay by Frank D. Gilroy is based on his play of the same name which had a brief run on Broadway in 1968." }, { "title": "The Out-of-Towners", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Anne Meara", "extract": "The Out-of-Towners is a 1970 American comedy film written by Neil Simon, directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. It was released by Paramount Pictures on May 28, 1970. The film centers on the many troubles George and Gwen Kellerman encounter as they travel from their ho" }, { "title": "The Owl and the Pussycat", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein", "extract": "The Owl and the Pussycat is a 1970 American romantic comedy film directed by Herbert Ross from a screenplay by Buck Henry, based on the 1964 play of the same name by Bill Manhoff. The film follows Doris, a somewhat uneducated actress, model, and part-time prostitute who moves in temporarily with her" }, { "title": "Patton", "year": 1970, "genres": "Biography, War", "cast": "George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates", "extract": "Patton is a 1970 American epic biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott as Patton and Karl Malden as General Omar Bradley, and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, who based the" }, { "title": "The People Next Door", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Eli Wallach, Julie Harris, Deborah Winters", "extract": "The People Next Door is a 1970 American drama film directed by David Greene and starring Eli Wallach and Julie Harris. JP Miller adapted the screenplay from his 1968 CBS Playhouse teleplay." }, { "title": "The Phantom Tollbooth", "year": 1970, "genres": "Family, Live Action, Animated, Fantasy", "cast": "Butch Patrick, Mel Blanc, June Foray", "extract": "The Phantom Tollbooth is a 1970 American live-action/animated fantasy film based on Norton Juster's 1961 children's book of the same name. Produced by Chuck Jones at MGM Animation/Visual Arts, the film stars Butch Patrick as Milo, alongside the voice talents of Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Candy Candido," }, { "title": "The Phynx", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Ultra Violet, Martha Raye", "extract": "The Phynx is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Lee H. Katzin about a rock and roll band named The Phynx and their mission in foreign affairs. The group is sent to Albania to locate celebrity hostages taken prisoner by Communists. Last part of the film, supposedly set in Albania, was filmed in " }, { "title": "Pieces of Dreams", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Forster, Lauren Hutton, Will Geer", "extract": "Pieces of Dreams is a 1970 drama film, produced in the United States. It was directed by Daniel Haller and is based on the 1968 novel The Wine and the Music by William Edmund Barrett. The story follows the internal struggle of Father Gregory Lind, a Catholic priest who falls in love and starts to qu" }, { "title": "Pigeons", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jordan Christopher, Jill O'Hara, Robert Walden", "extract": "The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker is a 1970 American comedy film directed by John Dexter and written by Ron Whyte. The film stars Jordan Christopher, Jill O'Hara, Robert Walden, Kate Reid, William Redfield and Lois Nettleton. The film was released on October 28, 1970, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Stephens, Geneviève Page, Colin Blakely", "extract": "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 DeLuxe Color film in Panavision written and produced by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and directed by Wilder. The film offers an affectionate, slightly parodic look at Sherlock Holmes, and draws a distinction between the \"real\" Holmes and the charac" }, { "title": "Promise at Dawn", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan, Didier Haudepin", "extract": "Promise at Dawn is a 1970 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Melina Mercouri, Dassin's wife. It is based on the 1960 novel Promise at Dawn by Romain Gary and the subsequent play by Samuel A. Taylor." }, { "title": "Pufnstuf", "year": 1970, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Fantasy", "cast": "Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye", "extract": "Pufnstuf is a 1970 American comedy fantasy musical film produced by Sid and Marty Krofft Enterprises and released by Universal Pictures. It is based on the children's television series H.R. Pufnstuf, a show that features a cast of puppets on a \"living island.\"" }, { "title": "Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ian McShane, Anna Calder-Marshall, John Gavin", "extract": "Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Rod Amateau. Intended as a sequel to the 1965 film What's New, Pussycat?, it stars Ian McShane, Anna Calder-Marshall, John Gavin and Severn Darden." }, { "title": "Puzzle of a Downfall Child", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Faye Dunaway, Roy Scheider, Barry Primus", "extract": "Puzzle of a Downfall Child is a 1970 American drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Faye Dunaway, Barry Morse, Viveca Lindfors, Roy Scheider, and Barry Primus." }, { "title": "R. P. M.", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anthony Quinn, Ann-Margret, Gary Lockwood", "extract": "R. P. M. is a 1970 American drama film directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Anthony Quinn and Ann-Margret. As the film's poster notes, the title is an initialism for \"revolutions per minute\", which at the time was a common term for the variable speed of a record player's turntable." }, { "title": "Rabbit, Run", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Independent", "cast": "James Caan, Carrie Snodgress, Anjanette Comer", "extract": "Rabbit, Run is a 1970 American independent drama film directed by Jack Smight. The film was adapted from John Updike's 1960 novel by screenplay writer Howard B. Kreitsek, who also served as producer. The film starred James Caan as Rabbit Angstrom, Carrie Snodgress as Rabbit's wife Janice, and Anjan" }, { "title": "The Rebel Rousers", "year": 1970, "genres": "Independent", "cast": "Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Diane Ladd", "extract": "The Rebel Rousers is a 1970 American independent outlaw biker film starring Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Diane Ladd, Bruce Dern, and Harry Dean Stanton. Filmed in 1967, it did not receive a release until 1970 following the success of Easy Rider. It is one of several motorcycle gang films of the" }, { "title": "The Revolutionary", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Political", "cast": "Jon Voight, Seymour Cassel, Robert Duvall", "extract": "The Revolutionary is a 1970 American political drama film directed by Paul Williams. The screenplay was written by Hans Koning, based on his novel of the same name. It was the film debut for actor Jeffrey Jones." }, { "title": "Rio Lobo", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill", "extract": "Rio Lobo is a 1970 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, from a screenplay by Burton Wohl and Leigh Brackett. The film was shot in Cuernavaca in the Mexican state of Morelos and in Tucson, Arizona. The musical score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. It w" }, { "title": "Ritual of Evil", "year": 1970, "genres": "Horror, Drama", "cast": "Louis Jourdan", "extract": "Ritual of Evil is a 1970 American made-for-television drama horror film directed by Robert Day and starring Louis Jourdan. It was made as a sequel to Fear No Evil (1969), which also starred Louis Jourdan as Dr. Sorrell." }, { "title": "Savage Intruder", "year": 1970, "genres": "Thriller, Horror", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Gale Sondergaard, Florence Lake", "extract": "Savage Intruder, later released as Hollywood Horror House, is a 1970 American psychological horror film directed by Donald Wolfe and starring Miriam Hopkins, John David Garfield and Gale Sondergaard." }, { "title": "Skullduggery", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Paul Hubschmid", "extract": "Skullduggery is a 1970 American adventure film directed by Gordon Douglas produced by Saul David and starring Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark. It is based on the French novel Les Animaux dénaturés (1952) by Jean Bruller." }, { "title": "Soldier Blue", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence", "extract": "Soldier Blue is a 1970 American Revisionist Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, and Donald Pleasence. Adapted by John Gay from the novel Arrow in the Sun by T.V. Olsen, it is inspired by events of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory. N" }, { "title": "Something for Everyone", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins", "extract": "Something for Everyone is a 1970 American black comedy film starring Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins, and Jane Carr." }, { "title": "Song of Norway", "year": 1970, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Biography", "cast": "Florence Henderson, Christina Schollin, Robert Morley", "extract": "Song of Norway is a 1970 American biographical drama musical film adaptation of the successful operetta of the same name, directed by Andrew L. Stone." }, { "title": "Start the Revolution Without Me", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Historical", "cast": "Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith", "extract": "Start the Revolution Without Me is a 1970 British-French-American period comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin and starring Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Orson Welles and Victor Spinetti. The comedy is set in revolutionary France where two peasants are " }, { "title": "The Strawberry Statement", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud Cort", "extract": "The Strawberry Statement is a 1970 American drama film set in the counterculture and student revolts of the 1960s. The story is loosely based on the non-fiction book of the same name by James Simon Kunen about the Columbia University protests of 1968." }, { "title": "Street Scenes", "year": 1970, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "", "extract": "Street Scenes 1970 is an American documentary film made by the New York Cinetracts Collective, most notable for its involvement of filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who served as production supervisor and post-production director on the film. It documents two protest rallies against the Vietnam War that to" }, { "title": "Sunflower", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Lyudmila Savelyeva", "extract": "Sunflower is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was the first western movie to be filmed in the USSR. Some scenes were filmed near Moscow, while others near Poltava, a regional center in Ukraine." }, { "title": "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Don Ameche", "extract": "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came is a 1970 American drama-comedy film directed by Hy Averback, produced by Fred Engel, and starring Brian Keith, Don Ameche, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Suzanne Pleshette, Ivan Dixon, and Pamela Britton. The plot is a mixture of comic and dramatic elements an" }, { "title": "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Liza Minnelli, Ken Howard, Kay Thompson", "extract": "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Otto Preminger. The film is based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Marjorie Kellogg." }, { "title": "There Was a Crooked Man...", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, Hume Cronyn", "extract": "There Was a Crooked Man... is a 1970 American Western film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda. It was the only western made by Mankiewicz. It was written by David Newman and Robert Benton, their first script after Bonnie and Clyde." }, { "title": "They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair", "extract": "They Call Me Mister Tibbs! is a 1970 American DeLuxe Color crime drama film directed by Gordon Douglas. The second installment in a trilogy, the release was preceded by In the Heat of the Night (1967) and followed by The Organization (1971). The film's title was taken from a line in the first film." }, { "title": "...tick...tick...tick...", "year": 1970, "genres": "Action, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March", "extract": "Tick, Tick, Tick, stylized as ...tick...tick...tick..., is a 1970 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Racially provocative for its time, it stars Jim Brown in the role of an African American man elected as the sheriff of a rural county in the A" }, { "title": "Tiger by the Tail", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Christopher George, Tippi Hedren, Dean Jagger", "extract": "Tiger by the Tail is a 1970 American drama film directed by R. G. Springsteen, written by Charles A. Wallace, and starring Christopher George, Tippi Hedren, Dean Jagger, John Dehner, Charo, Lloyd Bochner and Glenda Farrell. Shot in 1968, the film was released in January 1970, by Commonwealth United " }, { "title": "Togetherness", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Hamilton, Peter Lawford, Olga Schoberová", "extract": "Arthur Ronald Marks was an American film and television director, writer, producer and distributor best known for his work in the blaxploitation genre, directing films such as Bonnie's Kids, Detroit 9000, Friday Foster, Bucktown, The Monkey Hu$tle and J. D.'s Revenge. He also directed and produced n" }, { "title": "Too Late the Hero", "year": 1970, "genres": "War", "cast": "Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda", "extract": "Too Late the Hero is a 1970 American war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen and Harry Andrews." }, { "title": "Tora! Tora! Tora!", "year": 1970, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Jason Robards, So Yamamura, Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, James Whitmore", "extract": "Tora! Tora! Tora! is a 1970 epic war film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The film was produced by Elmo Williams and directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku, and stars an ensemble cast including Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, So Yamamura, E.G. Mars" }, { "title": "Trash", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, Jane Forth", "extract": "Trash is a 1970 American drama film directed and written by Paul Morrissey and starring Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn and Jane Forth. Dallesandro had previously starred in several other Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey films such as The Loves of Ondine, Lonesome Cowboys, San Diego Surf, and Flesh." }, { "title": "The Traveling Executioner", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Stacy Keach, Bud Cort, Marianna Hill", "extract": "The Traveling Executioner is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Smight and starring Stacy Keach, Bud Cort, Stefan Gierasch and Marianna Hill." }, { "title": "The Twelve Chairs", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Frank Langella, Ron Moody, Dom DeLuise", "extract": "The Twelve Chairs is a 1970 American comedy film directed and written by Mel Brooks and starring Frank Langella, Ron Moody, and Dom DeLuise. The film was one of at least 18 film adaptations of the Russian 1928 novel The Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov." }, { "title": "Two Mules for Sister Sara", "year": 1970, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine", "extract": "Two Mules for Sister Sara is a 1970 American-Mexican Western film in Panavision directed by Don Siegel and starring Shirley MacLaine set during the French intervention in Mexico (1861–1867). The film was to have been the first in a five-year exclusive association between Universal Pictures and Sanen" }, { "title": "Underground", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Goulet, Danielle Gaubert", "extract": "Underground is a 1970 American drama film directed by Arthur H. Nadel, written by Ron A. Bishop and Andy Lewis, and starring Robert Goulet, Danielle Gaubert, Lawrence Dobkin, Carl Duering, Joachim Hansen and Roger Delgado. It was released on October 7, 1970, by United Artists." }, { "title": "Up in the Cellar", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Joan Collins, Larry Hagman, Judy Pace", "extract": "Up in the Cellar is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Theodore J. Flicker and starring Wes Stern, Larry Hagman, Joan Collins, Judy Pace, David Cargo, and Joan Darling. The plot concerns a man who decides to bed three women." }, { "title": "WUSA", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins", "extract": "WUSA is a 1970 American drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Perkins, and co-starring Laurence Harvey, Cloris Leachman and Wayne Rogers. It was written by Robert Stone, based on his 1967 novel A Hall of Mirrors. The story involves a radio statio" }, { "title": "A Walk in the Spring Rain", "year": 1970, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Fritz Weaver", "extract": "A Walk in the Spring Rain is a 1970 American romantic drama film in Eastmancolor made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Guy Green and produced by Stirling Silliphant, from his own screenplay based on the novel by Rachel Maddux. Outside location scenes were filmed in New York City, the Great Smoky Mo" }, { "title": "Watermelon Man", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Godfrey Cambridge, D'Urville Martin, Estelle Parsons", "extract": "Watermelon Man is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Melvin Van Peebles and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Kay Kimberley, Mantan Moreland, and Erin Moran. Written by Herman Raucher, it tells the story of an extremely bigoted 1960s-era white insuranc" }, { "title": "The Way We Live Now", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Nicholas Pryor, Joanna Miles, Lois Smith", "extract": "The Way We Live Now is a 1970 film directed by Barry Brown and based on Warren Miller's novel." }, { "title": "What Do You Say to a Naked Lady?", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Richard Roundtree", "extract": "What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? is a 1970 American hidden-camera style reality film directed by Candid Camera creator Allen Funt. In the film, Funt secretly records people's reactions to unexpected encounters with nudity or sexuality in unusual situations." }, { "title": "Where's Poppa?", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman", "extract": "Where's Poppa? is a 1970 American black comedy film based on the 1970 novel by Robert Klane and starring George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, and Trish Van Devere. The plot revolves around the troubled relationship between a lawyer (Segal) and his senile mother (Gordon), who keeps interfering wit" }, { "title": "Which Way to the Front?", "year": 1970, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jerry Lewis, Jan Murray, John Wood (English actor)", "extract": "Which Way to the Front? is a 1970 American comedy film produced, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, which was his first film for Warner Bros." }, { "title": "The Wild Country", "year": 1970, "genres": "Adventure, Western", "cast": "Vera Miles, Steve Forrest, Ron Howard", "extract": "The Wild Country is a 1970 American adventure western film directed by Robert Totten and starring Steve Forrest and Vera Miles. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions. The screenplay is based on the Ralph Moody book Little Britches." }, { "title": "Woodstock", "year": 1970, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Santana", "extract": "Woodstock is a 1970 American documentary film of the watershed counterculture Woodstock Festival which took place in August 1969 near Bethel, New York." }, { "title": "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "James Mason, Jeff Bridges, Irene Tsu", "extract": "The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go is a 1970 British thriller film directed by Burgess Meredith. It was shot in Hong Kong and Toronto, Canada." }, { "title": "You Can't Win 'Em All", "year": 1970, "genres": "War", "cast": "Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Michèle Mercier", "extract": "You Can't Win 'Em All is a 1970 British-American war film, written by Leo Gordon and directed by Peter Collinson. It stars Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson and Michèle Mercier." }, { "title": "Zabriskie Point", "year": 1970, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Daria Halprin, G. D. Spradlin, Rod Taylor", "extract": "Zabriskie Point is a 1970 American drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, and Rod Taylor. It was widely noted at the time for its setting in the counterculture of the United States. Some of the film's scenes were shot on location at Zabriskie Point " }, { "title": "Zig Zag", "year": 1970, "genres": "Thriller, Drama", "cast": "George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach", "extract": "Zig Zag, also released as False Witness, is a 1970 American thriller drama film directed by Richard A. Colla and starring George Kennedy. The film was remade in India as Majboor (1974)." }, { "title": "200 Motels", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Frank Zappa, Ringo Starr, Theodore Bikel", "extract": "200 Motels is a 1971 surrealist musical film written and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer, and featuring music by Zappa. An international co-production of United States and the United Kingdom, the film stars the Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel and Ringo Starr." }, { "title": "The Anderson Tapes", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Christopher Walken, Martin Balsam, Alan King", "extract": "The Anderson Tapes is a 1971 American crime film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Sean Connery and featuring Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam and Alan King. The screenplay was written by Frank Pierson, based upon a best-selling 1970 novel of the same name by Lawrence Sanders. The film is scored by Qu" }, { "title": "The Andromeda Strain", "year": 1971, "genres": "Science Fiction, Thriller", "cast": "Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, David Wayne, Paula Kelly", "extract": "The Andromeda Strain is a 1971 American science fiction thriller film produced and directed by Robert Wise. Based on Michael Crichton's 1969 novel of the same name and adapted by Nelson Gidding, the film stars Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, and David Wayne as a team of scientists who investiga" }, { "title": "Bananas", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán, Sylvester Stallone", "extract": "Bananas is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Woody Allen and starring Allen, Louise Lasser, and Carlos Montalban. Written by Allen and Mickey Rose, the film is about a bumbling New Yorker who, after being dumped by his activist girlfriend, travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes in" }, { "title": "The Barefoot Executive", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Family", "cast": "Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn", "extract": "The Barefoot Executive is a 1971 American comedy film starring Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Wally Cox, Heather North, Harry Morgan, and John Ritter, about a pet chimpanzee, named Raffles, who can predict the popularity of television programs. Produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Robert Bu" }, { "title": "The Battle of Love's Return", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lloyd Kaufman, Lynn Lowry, Oliver Stone", "extract": "The Battle of Love's Return is a 1971 American comedy film written, directed, produced, and starring Lloyd Kaufman, the co-founder of Troma Entertainment, his first major film after his student production The Girl Who Returned." }, { "title": "Bedknobs and Broomsticks", "year": 1971, "genres": "Musical, Fantasy", "cast": "Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson", "extract": "Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Bill Walsh for Walt Disney Productions. It is loosely based upon the books The Magic Bedknob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons (1944) and Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947) by Engl" }, { "title": "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barry Primus, David Downing, Susan Tyrrell", "extract": "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me is a 1971 American drama film directed by Jeffrey Young and written by Robert Schlitt and adapted from the Richard Fariña novel of the same name. The film stars Barry Primus, Susan Tyrrell, Bruce Davison and Zack Norman. The film was released on September 15," }, { "title": "The Beguiled", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Darlene Carr, Jo Ann Harris", "extract": "The Beguiled is a 1971 American Southern Gothic film directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Hartman. The script was written by Albert Maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by Thomas P. Cullinan, originally titled A Painted Devil. The film marks the third" }, { "title": "Believe in Me", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Michael Sarrazin, Jacqueline Bisset", "extract": "Believe in Me is a 1971 American romantic drama film directed by Stuart Hagmann and written by Israel Horovitz. The film was produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler." }, { "title": "The Big Doll House", "year": 1971, "genres": "", "cast": "Roberta Collins, Pam Grier", "extract": "The Big Doll House is a 1971 American women-in-prison film starring Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Brooke Mills, and Pat Woodell. The film follows six female inmates through daily life in a gritty, unidentified tropical prison. Later the same year, the film Women in Cages featured a similar" }, { "title": "Big Jake", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Boone", "extract": "Big Jake is a 1971 American Technicolor Western film starring John Wayne, Richard Boone and Maureen O'Hara. The picture was the final film for George Sherman in a directing career of more than 30 years. It grossed $7.5 million in the US, making it one of the biggest hits of that year. The supporting" }, { "title": "Billy Jack", "year": 1971, "genres": "Action, Drama, Independent", "cast": "Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Kenneth Tobey, Howard Hesseman", "extract": "Billy Jack is a 1971 American action drama independent film, the second of four films centering on a character of the same name which began with the movie The Born Losers (1967), played by Tom Laughlin, who directed and co-wrote the script. Filming began in Prescott, Arizona, in the fall of 1969, bu" }, { "title": "Black Noon", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror, Western", "cast": "Roy Thinnes, Yvette Mimieux", "extract": "Black Noon is a 1971 American Horror Western television film. It was written and produced by Andrew J. Fenady and directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. The film originally aired on November 5, 1971, as part of CBS's The CBS Friday Night Movies, and was shown repeatedly in 1982." }, { "title": "Bless the Beasts and Children", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bill Mumy, Barry Robins, Miles Chapin", "extract": "Bless the Beasts and Children is a 1971 film adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Glendon Swarthout. It was directed by Stanley Kramer and stars Bill Mumy and Barry Robins." }, { "title": "Blood and Lace", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson", "extract": "Blood and Lace is a 1971 American exploitation horror film directed by Philip S. Gilbert, written by Gil Lasky and starring Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Len Lesser, and Milton Selzer. The film follows an orphaned teenager (Patterson) who arrives at a remote orphanage run by a madwoman (Grahame)" }, { "title": "Blood Thirst", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Robert Winston, Yvonne Nielson, Judy Dennis", "extract": "Blood Thirst is a 1971 American black-and-white horror film produced and directed by Newt Arnold, and starring Robert Winston, Katherine Henryk and Yvonne Nielson. Shot on location in the Philippines in 1965, the film tells the story of an American detective investigating a series of murders linked " }, { "title": "Born to Win", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Crime, Drama", "cast": "George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black", "extract": "Born to Win is a 1971 black comedy crime drama film directed by Ivan Passer and starring George Segal, Karen Black, Paula Prentiss, Hector Elizondo, Jay Fletcher and Robert De Niro. Filming locations took place in Manhattan, specifically Times Square." }, { "title": "Boys in the Sand", "year": 1971, "genres": "Erotic", "cast": "Casey Donovan, Peter Fisk, Danny Di Cioccio", "extract": "Boys in the Sand is a landmark American gay pornographic film, released early in the Golden Age of Porn. The 1971 film was directed by Wakefield Poole and stars Casey Donovan. It was the first gay porn film to include credits and to be reviewed by the film industry journal Variety, and one of the ea" }, { "title": "The Boy Friend", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian", "extract": "The Boy Friend is a 1971 British musical comedy film written and directed by Ken Russell, based on the 1953 musical of the same name by Sandy Wilson. The film stars Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Tommy Tune, and Max Adrian, with an uncredited appearance by Glenda Jackson. MGM made extensive edits to the" }, { "title": "Brian's Song", "year": 1971, "genres": "Biography, Sports, Drama", "cast": "James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Shelley Fabares, Bernie Casey, Jack Warden", "extract": "Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the life of Brian Piccolo, a Chicago Bears football player stricken with terminal cancer, focusing on his friendship with teammate Gale Sayers. Piccolo's and Sayers's sharply differing temperaments and racial backgrounds made them unlikely t" }, { "title": "The Bridge in the Jungle", "year": 1971, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "John Huston, Katy Jurado, Charles Robinson", "extract": "The Bridge in the Jungle is a 1971 American adventure film written and directed by Pancho Kohner. The film stars John Huston, Katy Jurado, Elizabeth Guadalupe Chauvet, José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla', Enrique Lucero and Jorge Martínez de Hoyos. The film was released in January 1971, by United Art" }, { "title": "Brother John", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sidney Poitier, Will Geer, Bradford Dillman", "extract": "Brother John is a 1971 American drama film about an enigmatic African-American man who shows up every time a relative is about to die. When he returns to his Hackley, Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer, it incites the suspicion of notable town officials." }, { "title": "B.S. I Love You", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Peter Kastner, Joanna Cameron, Louise Sorel", "extract": "B.S. I Love You is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Steven Hilliard Stern and starring Peter Kastner. The style of the film is like many others of its era, taking its cues from The Graduate and the raunchiness of the early 1970s, as Kastner plays a youthful TV commercials pr" }, { "title": "Bunny O'Hare", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy", "extract": "Bunny O'Hare is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Gerd Oswald, starring Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine. The screenplay by Coslough Johnson and Stanley Z. Cherry focuses on a pair of senior citizens who, disguised as hippies, engage in a crime spree." }, { "title": "Cain's Cutthroats", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Carradine, Scott Brady, Don Epperson", "extract": "Cain's Cutthroats is a 1971 western-themed exploitation film. It is a story of brutality, betrayal, and revenge set in the period immediately following the end of the American Civil War. The film was released under the alternate titles Cain's Way, The Blood Seekers, and Justice Cain. It stars John C" }, { "title": "Carnal Knowledge", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margret, Art Garfunkel, Candice Bergen, Rita Moreno", "extract": "Carnal Knowledge is a 1971 American drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Jules Feiffer. It stars Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Candice Bergen, and Rita Moreno." }, { "title": "Chandler", "year": 1971, "genres": "Thriller, Noir", "cast": "Warren Oates, Leslie Caron, Alex Dreier", "extract": "Chandler is a 1971 American neo-noir film directed by Paul Magwood and based on a story of his own creation. The film stars Warren Oates as a man with the single name of Chandler: \"as in Raymond,\" he says at one point. It co-stars Leslie Caron, married at the time to the film's producer Michael Laug" }, { "title": "Catlow", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy", "extract": "Catlow is a 1971 American Western film, based on a 1963 novel of the same name by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a renegade outlaw determined to pull off a Confederate gold heist. It co-stars Richard Crenna and Leonard Nimoy. Nimoy mentioned this film in both of his autobiographies because i" }, { "title": "The Christian Licorice Store", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Beau Bridges, Maud Adams, Gilbert Roland", "extract": "The Christian Licorice Store is a 1971 American drama film directed by James Frawley and starring Beau Bridges and Maud Adams. The title of the film is based on lyrics from the song \"Pleasant Street\" by Tim Buckley who makes a cameo in the film." }, { "title": "Chrome and Hot Leather", "year": 1971, "genres": "Action", "cast": "William Smith, Kathrine Baumann, Marvin Gaye", "extract": "Chrome and Hot Leather is a 1971 American action revenge film about Green Berets vs. bikers with touches of comedy. It is one of two films to feature singer Marvin Gaye in an acting role, the other being the 1969 film The Ballad of Andy Crocker." }, { "title": "City Beneath the Sea", "year": 1971, "genres": "Adventure, Science Fiction", "cast": "Stuart Whitman, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Colbert", "extract": "City Beneath the Sea is a 1971 adventure science fiction television film and television pilot for a proposed series by Irwin Allen starring Stuart Whitman and Robert Colbert. It began as a conceptual 10-minute demo reel as a means to sell the plot and concept to television studios. The concept was n" }, { "title": "Clay Pigeon", "year": 1971, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Telly Savalas, Robert Vaughn, Burgess Meredith", "extract": "Clay Pigeon is a 1971 American action film directed by Lane Slate and Tom Stern and written by Ronald Buck, Jack Gross, Jr. and Buddy Ruskin. The film stars Tom Stern, Telly Savalas, Robert Vaughn, John Marley, Burgess Meredith and Ivan Dixon. The film was released on August 1971, by Metro-Goldwyn-M" }, { "title": "A Clockwork Orange", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin", "extract": "A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic s" }, { "title": "Cold Turkey", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Pippa Scott", "extract": "Cold Turkey is a 1971 satirical black comedy film starring Dick Van Dyke and a long list of comedic actors. The film was directed, coproduced and cowritten by Norman Lear and is based on the unpublished novel I'm Giving Them Up for Good by Margaret and Neil Rau." }, { "title": "Cry Uncle!", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Allen Garfield, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Debbi Morgan", "extract": "Cry Uncle!, released in the UK as Super Dick and American Oddballs, is a 1971 American film in the Troma Entertainment library. It is directed by John G. Avildsen and stars Allen Garfield. The story, based on the Michael Brett novel Lie a Little, Die a Little, follows the misadventures of a slobbish" }, { "title": "Day of the Wolves", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Action", "cast": "Richard Egan, Martha Hyer, Jan Murray", "extract": "The Day of the Wolves is a 1971 heist movie starring Richard Egan and directed, written and produced by Ferde Grofe Jr. the son of the renowned composer who had previously worked in the Philippine film industry. It was the first movie to be made on location in the new town of Lake Havasu City, Arizo" }, { "title": "The Deserter", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bekim Fehmiu, John Huston, Richard Crenna, Ricardo Montalbán, Chuck Connors", "extract": "The Deserter is a 1970 Italian-Yugoslav American international co-production Western film produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It was directed by Burt Kennedy and written by Clair Huffaker." }, { "title": "Desperate Characters", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson", "extract": "Desperate Characters is a 1970 novel by Paula Fox." }, { "title": "Diamonds Are Forever", "year": 1971, "genres": "Action, Spy", "cast": "Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood", "extract": "Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 spy film, the seventh in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery, who returned to the role as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, having declined to reprise the role in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (" }, { "title": "Dirty Harry", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Action, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Reni Santoni, Harry Guardino, John Vernon", "extract": "Dirty Harry is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first appearance as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector \"Dirty\" Harry Callahan. The film drew upon the real-" }, { "title": "Doc", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin", "extract": "Doc is a 1971 American Western film, which tells the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and of one of its protagonists, Doc Holliday. It stars Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, and Harris Yulin. It was directed by Frank Perry. Pete Hamill wrote the original screenplay. The film was shot in Almeria in" }, { "title": "Doctors' Wives", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman", "extract": "Doctors' Wives is a 1971 American drama film directed by George Schaefer and starring Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Rachel Roberts, Janice Rule, Diana Sands and Cara Williams. It was based on a novel by Frank G. Slaughter." }, { "title": "Dollars", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, War", "cast": "Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe", "extract": "$, also known as Dollar$, Dollars or $ (Dollars), and in the UK as The Heist, is a 1971 American comedy film starring Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn, written and directed by Richard Brooks and produced by M.J. Frankovich. The supporting cast includes Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber and Scott Brady. The fil" }, { "title": "Dracula vs. Frankenstein", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "Lon Chaney, Jr., J. Carrol Naish, Regina Carrol", "extract": "Dracula vs. Frankenstein is a 1971 American science fiction horror film directed and co-produced by Al Adamson. The film stars J. Carrol Naish as Dr. Durea, a descendant of Dr. Frankenstein who is working on a blood serum for his assistant Groton. The serum soon becomes sought after by Count Dracula" }, { "title": "Drive, He Said", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Independent", "cast": "William Tepper, Karen Black, Bruce Dern", "extract": "Drive, He Said is a 1971 American independent film directed by Jack Nicholson, in his directorial debut, and starring William Tepper, Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Robert Towne, and Henry Jaglom. Based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Jeremy Larner, the film follows a disenchanted college basketball" }, { "title": "Duel", "year": 1971, "genres": "Thriller, Action", "cast": "Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Carey Loftin", "extract": "Duel is a 1971 American action-thriller television film directed by Steven Spielberg. It centers on a business commuter, played by Dennis Weaver, driving his car through California to meet a client. However, he finds himself chased and terrorized by the mostly-unseen driver of a semi-truck. The scre" }, { "title": "Escape from the Planet of the Apes", "year": 1971, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Sal Mineo", "extract": "Escape from the Planet of the Apes is a 1971 American science fiction film directed by Don Taylor and written by Paul Dehn. The film is the sequel to Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and the third installment in the Planet of the Apes original film series. It stars Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, B" }, { "title": "Evel Knievel", "year": 1971, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "George Hamilton, Sue Lyon, Bert Freed", "extract": "Evel Knievel is a 1971 American biographical film starring George Hamilton as motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel." }, { "title": "Fiddler on the Roof", "year": 1971, "genres": "Musical, Historical", "cast": "Topol, Norma Crane, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Leonard Frey", "extract": "Fiddler on the Roof is a 1971 American period musical film produced and directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay written by Joseph Stein, based on the 1964 stage musical of the same name by Stein, Jerry Bock, and Sheldon Harnick. Set in early 20th-century Imperial Russia, the film centers on Tev" }, { "title": "Fools' Parade", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Historical", "cast": "James Stewart, Kurt Russell, George Kennedy", "extract": "Fools' Parade is a 1971 American crime-drama period film directed by Andrew McLaglen, with top-billed stars James Stewart and George Kennedy, and second-tier stars Strother Martin, Kurt Russell, William Windom, Mike Kellin and Anne Baxter. It was based on the novel of the same name by Davis Grubb. T" }, { "title": "Four Rode Out", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western, Adventure", "cast": "Sue Lyon, Leslie Nielsen, María Martín", "extract": "Four Rode Out is a 1971 Spanish/American adventure/western film starring Sue Lyon, Pernell Roberts and Leslie Nielsen." }, { "title": "The French Connection", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Action, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey", "extract": "The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noir crime action thriller film starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, and Fernando Rey, and directed by William Friedkin. The screenplay, written by Ernest Tidyman, is based on Robin Moore's 1969 book of the same name. It tells the story of fictional NYPD " }, { "title": "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Robert De Niro", "extract": "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight is a 1971 American crime comedy film directed by James Goldstone and written by Waldo Salt, based on the 1969 novel of the same title by Jimmy Breslin, which in turn was based on the life of gangster Joe Gallo. The film stars Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo" }, { "title": "The Gatling Gun", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Guy Stockwell, BarBara Luna, Woody Strode", "extract": "The Gatling Gun originally titled King Gun is a Western shot in 1969 in New Mexico that features then New Mexico Governor David Cargo in a small role. The final film of director Robert Gordon, was not released until 1971." }, { "title": "Going Home", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro, Sally Kirkland", "extract": "Going Home is a 1971 drama film directed by Herbert B. Leonard and starring Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro and Jan-Michael Vincent, who was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor." }, { "title": "The Grissom Gang", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Noir", "cast": "Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante", "extract": "The Grissom Gang is a 1971 American crime neo noir directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by Leon Griffiths. The film is the second adaptation of the 1939 novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase; a previous version had been made in Britain in 1948. The cast includ" }, { "title": "A Gunfight", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Karen Black", "extract": "A Gunfight is a 1971 American Western film directed by Lamont Johnson, starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash." }, { "title": "Hannie Caulder", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Culp, Strother Martin, Jack Elam", "extract": "Hannie Caulder is a 1971 British Western film. The film was directed by Burt Kennedy and starred Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, and Ernest Borgnine. The screenplay was rewritten by Kennedy, who was not credited." }, { "title": "Happy Birthday, Wanda June", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Rod Steiger, Don Murray, Susannah York", "extract": "Happy Birthday, Wanda June is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Mark Robson, based on a 1970 play by Kurt Vonnegut." }, { "title": "The Hard Ride", "year": 1971, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Robert Fuller, Sherry Bain, Tony Russel", "extract": "The Hard Ride is a 1971 action film about a U.S. Marine who promises to take care of a dead friend's motorcycle and is threatened by a rival biker gang in the process. The film was written and directed by Burt Topper and stars Robert Fuller, Sherry Bain, and Tony Russel." }, { "title": "Harold and Maude", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Vivian Pickles", "extract": "Harold and Maude is a 1971 American romantic black comedy–drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. It incorporates elements of dark humor and existentialist drama. The plot follows the exploits of Harold Chasen, a young man who is intrigued with death, and who rejects the" }, { "title": "The Hellstrom Chronicle", "year": 1971, "genres": "Satire", "cast": "Lawrence Pressman", "extract": "The Hellstrom Chronicle is an American film released in 1971 which combines elements of documentary, horror and apocalyptic prophecy to present a gripping satirical depiction of the struggle for survival between humans and insects. It won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was c" }, { "title": "The Hired Hand", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom", "extract": "The Hired Hand is a 1971 American western film directed by Peter Fonda, with a screenplay by Alan Sharp. The film stars Fonda, Warren Oates, and Verna Bloom. The cinematography was by Vilmos Zsigmond. Bruce Langhorne provided the moody film score. The story is about a man returning to his abandoned " }, { "title": "The Horsemen", "year": 1971, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance", "extract": "The Horsemen is a 1971 American adventure film starring Omar Sharif, directed by John Frankenheimer; screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. Based on a 1967 novel by French writer Joseph Kessel, Les Cavaliers shows Afghanistan and its people the way they were before the wars that wracked the country, particula" }, { "title": "The Hospital", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes", "extract": "The Hospital is a 1971 American satirical film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Bock. It was written by Paddy Chayefsky, who was awarded the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Chayefsky also narrates the film and was one of the producers; he had com" }, { "title": "A Howling in the Woods", "year": 1971, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, John Rubinstein, Vera Miles, Tyne Daly", "extract": "A Howling in the Woods is a 1971 American made-for-television thriller film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, John Rubinstein, and Vera Miles. The teleplay was written by Richard DeRoy based on the 1968 novel by Velda Johnston. Its plot follows a housewife vacationin" }, { "title": "How to Frame a Figg", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Don Knotts, Joe Flynn, Yvonne Craig", "extract": "How to Frame a Figg is a 1971 comedy film about a bookkeeper's bungling assistant, Hollis Alexander Figg, in the Dalton city hall, who finds himself framed for embezzlement." }, { "title": "The Hunting Party", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Hackman, Oliver Reed, Candice Bergen", "extract": "The Hunting Party is a 1971 American-British western film directed by Don Medford for Levy-Gardner-Laven and starring Oliver Reed, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Simon Oakland and Ronald Howard." }, { "title": "The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant", "year": 1971, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Bruce Dern, Pat Priest", "extract": "The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant is a 1971 science fiction/horror film directed by Anthony Lanza. It is sometimes confused with the 1972 blaxploitation film The Thing with Two Heads." }, { "title": "Jennifer on My Mind", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Michael Brandon, Tippy Walker, Steve Vinovich", "extract": "Jennifer on My Mind is a 1971 American drama film based on the 1968 novel Heir by Roger L. Simon. It was directed by Noel Black from a screenplay by Erich Segal, stars Michael Brandon and Tippy Walker, and features Robert De Niro in a minor role." }, { "title": "Johnny Got His Gun", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Timothy Bottoms, Diane Varsi, Donald Sutherland", "extract": "Johnny Got His Gun is a 1971 American drama anti-war film written and directed by Dalton Trumbo, in his directorial debut, based on his 1939 novel of the same name, with an uncredited writing collaboration by Luis Buñuel. The film stars Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards, Dona" }, { "title": "Kidnapped", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Donald Pleasence", "extract": "Kidnapped is a 1971 British adventure film, directed by Delbert Mann and starring Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins and Donald Pleasence, as well as a number of well-known British character actors. The film is based on the 1886 novel Kidnapped and the first half of the 1893 sequel Catriona " }, { "title": "Klute", "year": 1971, "genres": "Mystery, Crime, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Roy Scheider", "extract": "Klute is a 1971 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed and produced by Alan J. Pakula, written by Andy and Dave Lewis, and starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi and Roy Scheider. The film follows a high-priced call girl who assists a detective in solving a missing-persons ca" }, { "title": "Kotch", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr", "extract": "Kotch is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Lemmon and starring Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman, and Ellen Geer." }, { "title": "The Last Movie", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dennis Hopper, Toni Basil, Julie Adams", "extract": "The Last Movie is a 1971 metafictional drama film directed and edited by Dennis Hopper, who also stars in the leading role as a horse wrangler named after the state of Kansas. It is written by Stewart Stern, based on a story by Hopper and Stern, and stars an extensive supporting cast that includes S" }, { "title": "The Last Picture Show", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Ben Johnson", "extract": "The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed and co-written by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from the semi-autobiographical 1966 novel The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry. The film's ensemble cast includes Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Clor" }, { "title": "The Last Rebel", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Joe Namath, Jack Elam, Woody Strode", "extract": "The Last Rebel is a 1971 American Technicolor Western television film directed by Denys McCoy and starring Joe Namath." }, { "title": "The Last Run", "year": 1971, "genres": "Action", "cast": "George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish Van Devere", "extract": "The Last Run is a 1971 American action film shot in Portugal, Málaga and elsewhere in Spain directed by Richard Fleischer, starring George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish Van Devere, and Colleen Dewhurst." }, { "title": "Lawman", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Sheree North, J.D. Cannon", "extract": "Lawman is a 1971 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Michael Winner and starring Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb and Robert Duvall." }, { "title": "Le Mans", "year": 1971, "genres": "Sports", "cast": "Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch", "extract": "Le Mans is a 1971 film depicting a fictional 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race starring Steve McQueen and directed by Lee H. Katzin. The film began as a John Sturges project, before he was replaced during filming. It features actual footage captured during the 1970 race held the previous June." }, { "title": "Let's Scare Jessica to Death", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror, Independent", "cast": "Zohra Lampert, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett", "extract": "Let's Scare Jessica to Death is a 1971 American independent horror film co-written and directed by John Hancock in his directorial debut, and starring Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett, and Mariclare Costello. The film depicts the nightmarish experiences of a psychologic" }, { "title": "The Light at the Edge of the World", "year": 1971, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar", "extract": "The Light at the Edge of the World is a 1971 adventure film, adapted from Jules Verne's classic 1905 adventure novel The Lighthouse at the End of the World. The plot involves piracy in the South Atlantic during the mid-19th century, with a theme of survival in extreme circumstances, and events cente" }, { "title": "Little Murders", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Doris Roberts, Elizabeth Wilson, Vincent Gardenia", "extract": "Little Murders is a 1971 American black comedy film directed by Alan Arkin, in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Elliott Gould and Marcia Rodd. Based on the stage play of the same name by Jules Feiffer, it is the story of a woman, Patsy (Rodd), who brings home her boyfriend, Alfred (G" }, { "title": "The Love Machine", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dyan Cannon, John Phillip Law, Robert Ryan", "extract": "The Love Machine is a 1971 American drama film based on the best-selling novel by Jacqueline Susann. Directed by Jack Haley Jr., it stars John Phillip Law, Dyan Cannon, Robert Ryan, Jackie Cooper and David Hemmings." }, { "title": "Made for Each Other", "year": 1971, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, Paul Sorvino", "extract": "Made for Each Other is a 1971 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert B. Bean." }, { "title": "Making It", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Kristoffer Tabori, Carol Arthur, Bob Balaban", "extract": "Making It is a 1971 comedy-drama film directed by John Erman and written by Peter Bart and James Leigh. It stars Kristoffer Tabori, Bob Balaban, Lawrence Pressman, Joyce Van Patten, Marlyn Mason, and a number of character actors familiar to TV audiences of the 1970s. Adapted from Leigh's 1965 novel " }, { "title": "Man and Boy", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cosby, Leif Erickson, Henry Silva, Yaphet Kotto", "extract": "Man and Boy is a 1971 American western film directed by E.W. Swackhamer and starring Bill Cosby." }, { "title": "Man in the Wilderness", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon", "extract": "Man in the Wilderness is a 1971 American revisionist Western film about a scout for a group of mountain men who are traversing the Northwestern United States during the 1820s. The scout is mauled by a bear and left to die by his companions. He survives and recuperates sufficiently to track his forme" }, { "title": "The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Richard Benjamin, Joanna Shimkus, Adam West", "extract": "The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker is a 1971 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Lawrence Turman and written by Lorenzo Semple Jr., based on a novel of the same title by Charles Webb. Turman had produced 1967's high-grossing hit The Graduate, also adapted from a book by Web" }, { "title": "McCabe & Mrs. Miller", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, William Devane, René Auberjonois, Keith Carradine", "extract": "McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a 1971 American revisionist Western film directed by Robert Altman and starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. The screenplay by Altman and Brian McKay is based on the 1959 novel McCabe by Edmund Naughton. Altman referred to it as an \"anti-Western\" film because it ignores " }, { "title": "The Mephisto Waltz", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins", "extract": "The Mephisto Waltz is a 1971 American horror film about an occult-murder mystery. It was directed by Paul Wendkos and starred Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman and Curt Jürgens. The name of the film is taken from the piano work by Franz Liszt of the same title. Ben Madd" }, { "title": "The Million Dollar Duck", "year": 1971, "genres": "Family, Comedy", "cast": "Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Tony Roberts, Edward Andrews", "extract": "The Million Dollar Duck is a 1971 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions based on the goose that lays golden eggs scenario. It was directed by Vincent McEveety, and stars Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan and Joe Flynn. The film was released on June 30, 1971, and received negative reviews f" }, { "title": "Minnie and Moskowitz", "year": 1971, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel", "extract": "Minnie and Moskowitz is a 1971 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring his wife Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel in the title roles of Minnie and Moskowitz, respectively." }, { "title": "Mrs. Pollifax-Spy", "year": 1971, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff", "extract": "Mrs. Pollifax–Spy is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Leslie H. Martinson, starring Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, and Nehemiah Persoff. It was released by United Artists. Russell wrote the screenplay for the film, which she adapted from the novel The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gi" }, { "title": "Murders in the Rue Morgue", "year": 1971, "genres": "Suspense, Horror", "cast": "Jason Robards, Herbert Lom", "extract": "Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1971 American horror film directed by Gordon Hessler, starring Jason Robards, Christine Kaufmann, Herbert Lom, and Lilli Palmer. It is a loose adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story of the same name, although it departs from the story in several significant a" }, { "title": "My Old Man's Place", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Arthur Kennedy, Mitchell Ryan, William Devane", "extract": "My Old Man's Place is a 1971 American war drama film directed by Edwin Sherin and starring Arthur Kennedy, Mitchell Ryan, William Devane, Michael Moriarty, and Topo Swope. The film was released by Cinerama Releasing Corporation on June 29, 1971." }, { "title": "Necromania", "year": 1971, "genres": "Erotic, Horror", "cast": "Maria Arnold, Ed Wood", "extract": "Necromania is a pornographic horror film by Ed Wood, released in 1971. It was produced, written, directed and edited entirely by Wood. The screenplay was based on Wood's own novel, The Only House." }, { "title": "A New Leaf", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Walter Matthau, Elaine May, James Coco, Jack Weston, Doris Roberts", "extract": "A New Leaf is a 1971 American black comedy film written and directed by Elaine May in her directorial debut based on the short story \"The Green Heart\" by Jack Ritchie. It stars May, Walter Matthau, Jack Weston, George Rose, James Coco, and Doris Roberts. Prior to the film, May was better known for h" }, { "title": "The Night God Screamed", "year": 1971, "genres": "Thriller, Horror", "cast": "Jeanne Crain, Alex Nicol, Daniel Spelling, Michael Sugich, Barbara Hancock", "extract": "The Night God Screamed is a 1971 American psychological thriller/horror film, independently made on a low budget by Lasky/Carlin Productions. Due to the sensitivities connected with displaying such a provocative title, theater owners in small town and rural communities were offered the option of usi" }, { "title": "Night of Dark Shadows", "year": 1971, "genres": "Mystery, Horror", "cast": "Kate Jackson, David Selby, Lara Parker", "extract": "Night of Dark Shadows is a 1971 horror film by Dan Curtis. It is the sequel to House of Dark Shadows. It centers on the story of Quentin Collins and his bride Tracy at the Collinwood Mansion in Collinsport, Maine." }, { "title": "Octaman", "year": 1971, "genres": "", "cast": "Pier Angeli, Jeff Morrow", "extract": "Octaman is a 1971 Mexican-American monster film written and directed by Harry Essex, with the costume design by future Academy Award winner Rick Baker. It follows an expedition team that becomes the target of a murderous humanoid octopus. The film received negative reviews." }, { "title": "The Omega Man", "year": 1971, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Charlton Heston, Rosalind Cash, Anthony Zerbe", "extract": "The Omega Man is a 1971 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston as a survivor of a pandemic. It was written by John William Corrington and Joyce Corrington, based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The film's producer, Walter Seltzer" }, { "title": "One More Train to Rob", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "George Peppard, Diana Muldaur, John Vernon", "extract": "One More Train to Rob is a 1971 American comedy western film directed by Andrew McLaglen, starring George Peppard, and featuring Diana Muldaur, John Vernon and \nFrance Nuyen." }, { "title": "The Organization", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Thriller", "cast": "Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Sheree North", "extract": "The Organization is a 1971 DeLuxe Color American crime thriller film starring Sidney Poitier and directed by Don Medford. It was the last of the trilogy featuring the police detective Virgil Tibbs that had begun with In the Heat of the Night (1967), followed by They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970). In " }, { "title": "The Panic in Needle Park", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Kiel Martin", "extract": "The Panic in Needle Park is a 1971 American drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino and Kitty Winn. The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, adapted from the 1966 novel by James Mills." }, { "title": "Pink Narcissus", "year": 1971, "genres": "Fantasy, Drama", "cast": "Don Brooks, Charles Ludlam", "extract": "Pink Narcissus is a 1971 American arthouse drama film directed by James Bidgood and starring (unknowns) Bobby Kendall, Don Brooks and stage actor Charles Ludlam. It visualizes the erotic fantasies of a gay male prostitute." }, { "title": "Play Misty for Me", "year": 1971, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills", "extract": "Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star. The screenplay, written by regular Eastwood collaborators Jo Heims and Dean Riesner, follows a radio disc jockey (Eastwood) being s" }, { "title": "Plaza Suite", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Walter Matthau, Lee Grant, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris", "extract": "Plaza Suite is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller. The screenplay by Neil Simon is based on his 1968 play of the same title. The film stars Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris and Lee Grant." }, { "title": "Pretty Maids All in a Row", "year": 1971, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas", "extract": "Pretty Maids All in a Row is a 1971 American sexploitation film that is part black comedy, part sex comedy, and part murder mystery. Starring Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, and Telly Savalas, it was released on April 28, 1971. Roger Vadim directed the film, and Gene Roddenberry produced and wrote the" }, { "title": "Private Duty Nurses", "year": 1971, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Katherine Cannon, Robert F. Simon", "extract": "Private Duty Nurses is a 1971 American film written and directed by George Armitage. It is a sequel to The Student Nurses (1970) for New World Pictures. Roger Corman says they got the idea for the title after being sent a letter of complaint about the first film from the Private Duty Nurses Associat" }, { "title": "Punishment Park", "year": 1971, "genres": "Satire, Documentary, Drama", "cast": "Scott Turner", "extract": "Punishment Park is a 1971 American pseudo-documentary drama film written and directed by Peter Watkins. The setting is of a British and West German film crew following National Guard soldiers and police as they pursue members of a counterculture group across a desert." }, { "title": "The Pursuit of Happiness", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Robert Klein", "extract": "The Pursuit of Happiness is a 1971 American drama film about a student who goes on the run to avoid serving his full prison sentence for vehicular manslaughter. The film was directed by Robert Mulligan. The producer was David Susskind and the associate producer Alan Shayne. The screenplay was writte" }, { "title": "Raid on Rommel", "year": 1971, "genres": "War", "cast": "Richard Burton, John Colicos, Wolfgang Preiss", "extract": "Raid on Rommel is an American B movie in Technicolor from 1971, directed by Henry Hathaway and set in North Africa during the Second World War. It stars Richard Burton as a British commando attempting to destroy German gun emplacements in Tobruk. Much of the action footage was reused from the 1967 f" }, { "title": "Red Sky at Morning", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Desi Arnaz, Jr., Catherine Burns, Richard Crenna", "extract": "Red Sky at Morning is a 1971 American drama film based on the 1968 Richard Bradford novel of the same name. Directed by James Goldstone, it stars Richard Thomas, Catherine Burns, and Desi Arnaz, Jr." }, { "title": "The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler", "year": 1971, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Angie Dickinson, Bradford Dillman, Leslie Nielsen", "extract": "The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler is a 1971 science fiction film directed by Bob Wynn and starring Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman and Angie Dickinson. This was one of the earliest films to depict medical exploitation of cloning, even though the term was not used. It was shot on videotape and tra" }, { "title": "The Return of Count Yorga", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley", "extract": "The Return of Count Yorga is a 1971 American vampire horror film directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder, George Macready, Rudy De Luca, Edward Walsh, and Craig T. Nelson in his feature film debut. It is the sequel to the 1970 film Count Yorga, Vampire." }, { "title": "A Safe Place", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Nicholson, Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles", "extract": "A Safe Place is a 1971 American drama film written and directed by Henry Jaglom and starring Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles, and Jack Nicholson." }, { "title": "The Sandpit Generals", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tisha Sterling, Dorival Caymmi, John Rubinstein", "extract": "The Sandpit Generals is a 1971 drama film directed by Hall Bartlett. Its plot is based on the novel Captains of the Sands by Jorge Amado. Melodious soundtracks were written by Dorival Caymmi." }, { "title": "Scandalous John", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Western", "cast": "Brian Keith, Alfonso Arau, Michele Carey", "extract": "Scandalous John is a 1971 American comedy-drama western film directed by Robert Butler and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It stars Brian Keith and Alfonso Arau. The music was scored by Rod McKuen." }, { "title": "The Seven Minutes", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edy Williams, Yvonne De Carlo, Tom Selleck", "extract": "The Seven Minutes is a 1971 American drama movie directed and produced by Russ Meyer. The movie was based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Irving Wallace." }, { "title": "Shaft", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Action, Thriller", "cast": "Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn", "extract": "Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by Gordon Parks and written by Ernest Tidyman and John D. F. Black. It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and is the first entry in the Shaft film series. The plot revolves around a private detective named " }, { "title": "Shoot Out", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn, Susan Tyrrell", "extract": "Shoot Out is a 1971 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gregory Peck. The film is adapted from Will James's 1930 novel, The Lone Cowboy. The film was produced, directed, and written by the team that delivered the Oscar-winning film True Grit." }, { "title": "Simon, King of the Witches", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Andrew Prine, George Paulsin, Brenda Scott", "extract": "Simon, King of the Witches is a 1971 American exploitation horror film directed by Bruce Kessler and starring Andrew Prine, Brenda Scott, George Paulsin, Norman Burton and others. The film centers on the title character as he attempts to become a god through magic rituals." }, { "title": "The Ski Bum", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "Zalman King, Charlotte Rampling, Dimitra Arliss", "extract": "The Ski Bum is a 1971 American drama film directed by Bruce D. Clark, written by Bruce D. Clark and Marc Siegler, and starring Zalman King, Charlotte Rampling, Joseph Mell, Dimitra Arliss, Tedd King and Dwight Marfield. Based on the 1965 novel The Ski Bum by Romain Gary, it was released by Embassy P" }, { "title": "Skin Game", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Western, Independent", "cast": "James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark", "extract": "Skin Game is a 1971 American independent comedy western directed by Paul Bogart and Gordon Douglas, and starring James Garner and Lou Gossett. The supporting cast features Susan Clark, Edward Asner, Andrew Duggan, Parley Baer and Royal Dano." }, { "title": "Something Big", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Dean Martin, Brian Keith, Ben Johnson, Carol White, Honor Blackman", "extract": "Something Big is a 1971 American Western comedy film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Produced by McLaglen and screenwriter James Lee Barrett, the film stars Dean Martin, Honor Blackman and Brian Keith." }, { "title": "Sometimes a Great Notion", "year": 1971, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel", "extract": "Sometimes a Great Notion is a 1971 American drama film directed by Paul Newman and starring Newman, Henry Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, and Lee Remick. The cast also includes Richard Jaeckel in an Academy Award-nominated performance." }, { "title": "Soul to Soul", "year": 1971, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Carlos Santana", "extract": "Soul to Soul is a 1971 documentary film about the Independence Day concert held in Accra, Ghana ,on 6 March 1971. It features an array of mostly American R&B, soul, rock, and jazz musicians." }, { "title": "Star Spangled Girl", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Sandy Duncan, Tony Roberts", "extract": "Star Spangled Girl is a 1971 American romantic comedy film directed by Jerry Paris and based on the 1966 Neil Simon play The Star-Spangled Girl. It stars Sandy Duncan, Tony Roberts, Todd Susman, and Elizabeth Allen." }, { "title": "The Steagle", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Richard Benjamin, Chill Wills, Cloris Leachman", "extract": "The Steagle is a 1971 American comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Irvin Faust. The film was directed by Paul Sylbert and starred Richard Benjamin. The film concerns the personality change which overcomes the protagonist during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, and the film's title im" }, { "title": "Straw Dogs", "year": 1971, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, David Warner", "extract": "Straw Dogs is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. The screenplay, by Peckinpah and David Zelag Goodman, is based upon Gordon M. Williams's 1969 novel, The Siege of Trencher's Farm. The film's title derives from a discussion in th" }, { "title": "Such Good Friends", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Dyan Cannon, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill", "extract": "Such Good Friends is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Dyan Cannon, Ken Howard, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill and Laurence Luckinbill. The screenplay by Esther Dale is based on the novel of the same title by Lois Gould." }, { "title": "Summer of '42", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser", "extract": "Summer of '42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age film based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman \"Hermie\" Raucher. It tells the story of how Raucher, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket Island, embarks on a one-sided romance with a young woman, Dorothy, whose husband has gone " }, { "title": "Summertree", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Michael Douglas, Brenda Vaccaro, Barbara Bel Geddes", "extract": "Summertree is a 1971 American drama film directed by Anthony Newley, about a young man who drops out of university, falls in love with an older married woman, and contemplates dodging the draft to avoid serving in the Vietnam War. The screenplay was written by Edward Hume and Stephen Yafa, based on " }, { "title": "Support Your Local Gunfighter!", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy, Western", "cast": "James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Harry Morgan", "extract": "Support Your Local Gunfighter is a 1971 American comic Western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette. The screenplay was written by James Edward Grant. The picture shares many cast and crew members and plot elements with the earlier Support Your Local Sheriff!" }, { "title": "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Melvin Van Peebles, John Amos", "extract": "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American blaxploitation film written, co-produced, scored, edited, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles. His son Mario Van Peebles also appears in a small role, playing the title character as a young boy. The film tells the picaresque story of a po" }, { "title": "THX 1138", "year": 1971, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Ian Wolfe, Don Pedro Colley", "extract": "THX 1138 is a 1971 American social science fiction film co-written and directed by George Lucas in his directorial debut. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written by Walter Murch, the film stars Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence, with Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie and Ian Wolfe in supporti" }, { "title": "T.R. Baskin", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Candice Bergen, Peter Boyle, James Caan", "extract": "T.R. Baskin is a 1971 American drama film directed by Herbert Ross. It stars Candice Bergen, Peter Boyle, Marcia Rodd and James Caan." }, { "title": "Taking Off", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel", "extract": "Taking Off is a 1971 American comedy film, directed by Miloš Forman. It tells a story of an average couple in the suburbs of New York City who, when their teenage daughter runs away from home, connect with other parents of vanished children and learn something of youth culture." }, { "title": "There's Always Vanilla", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Raymond Laine", "extract": "There's Always Vanilla is a 1971 romantic comedy film directed by George A. Romero and starring Raymond Laine, Judith Ridley, Roger McGovern, and Johanna Lawrence. It was Romero's second motion picture and his only romantic comedy." }, { "title": "They Might Be Giants", "year": 1971, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward", "extract": "They Might Be Giants is a 1971 American comedy mystery film based on the 1961 play of the same name starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward. Sometimes mistakenly described as a Broadway play, it never in fact opened in the United States. It was directed in London by Joan Littlewood in 1961, but" }, { "title": "The Todd Killings", "year": 1971, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Robert F. Lyons, Richard Thomas, Belinda Montgomery", "extract": "The Todd Killings is a 1971 psychological thriller directed by Barry Shear and starring Robert F. Lyons, Richard Thomas, Belinda Montgomery, and Barbara Bel Geddes. It is based on the true crimes of serial killer Charles Schmid in the 1960s." }, { "title": "The Touch", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow", "extract": "The Touch is a 1971 romantic drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Elliott Gould, and Sheila Reid. The film tells the story of an affair between a married woman and an impetuous foreigner. It contains references to the Virgin Mary and the Holocaust." }, { "title": "The Touch of Satan", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror, Independent", "cast": "Michael Berry", "extract": "The Touch of Satan is a 1971 American independent horror film directed by Don Henderson and starring Michael Berry and Emby Mellay in their debut roles. The film was shot between 1968 and 1970 in the Santa Ynez, California area and featured early work by movie makeup artist Joe Blasco, cinematograph" }, { "title": "A Town Called Bastard", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas", "extract": "A Town Called Bastard is a 1971 international co-production spaghetti Western. It was shot in Madrid with Robert Shaw, Telly Savalas, Stella Stevens and Martin Landau." }, { "title": "The Trojan Women", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas", "extract": "The Trojan Women is a 1971 American-British-Greek drama film directed by Michael Cacoyannis and starring Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold and Irene Papas. The film was made with the minimum of changes to Edith Hamilton's translation of Euripides' original play, save for the omis" }, { "title": "Two-Lane Blacktop", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warren Oates, James Taylor, Dennis Wilson", "extract": "Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 American road movie directed by Monte Hellman, written by Rudy Wurlitzer and starring songwriter James Taylor, the Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird." }, { "title": "Valdez Is Coming", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Jon Cypher", "extract": "Valdez Is Coming is a 1971 American Western film directed by Edwin Sherin and starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Richard Jordan and Jon Cypher. The film is based on the 1970 Elmore Leonard novel of the same name." }, { "title": "Vanishing Point", "year": 1971, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger", "extract": "Vanishing Point is a 1971 American action film directed by Richard C. Sarafian, starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, and Dean Jagger. It focuses on a disaffected ex-policeman and race driver delivering a muscle car cross country to California while high on speed ('uppers'), being chased by police," }, { "title": "The Velvet Vampire", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Celeste Yarnall, Michael Blodgett", "extract": "The Velvet Vampire, also known as Cemetery Girls, is a 1971 American vampire film directed by Stephanie Rothman. It stars Celeste Yarnall, Michael Blodgett, Sherry Miles, Gene Shane, Jerry Daniels, Sandy Ward, and Paul Prokop. It has been cited as a cult film." }, { "title": "Villain", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Richard Burton, Ian McShane", "extract": "Villain is a 1971 British gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport and Donald Sinden. It is based on James Barlow's 1968 novel The Burden of Proof. Villain was director Michael Tuchner's first feature film after directing in television." }, { "title": "Von Richthofen and Brown", "year": 1971, "genres": "War", "cast": "John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Corin Redgrave", "extract": "Von Richthofen and Brown, alternatively titled The Red Baron, is a 1971 war film directed by Roger Corman and starring John Phillip Law and Don Stroud as Manfred von Richthofen and Roy Brown. Although names of real people are used and embedded in basic historic facts, the story by Joyce Hooper Corri" }, { "title": "Wake in Fright", "year": 1971, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty", "extract": "Wake in Fright is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Evan Jones, and starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay and Jack Thompson. Based on Kenneth Cook's 1961 novel of the same name, it follows a young schoolteacher who descends into person" }, { "title": "Welcome to the Club", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Warden, Kevin O'Connor, Al Mancini", "extract": "Welcome to the Club is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Walter Shenson and starring Brian Foley, Jack Warden, Andy Jarrell, Kevin O'Connor, Francesca Tu, and David Toguri. It is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Clement Biddle Wood. The film was released by Columbia Pictures in Sept" }, { "title": "Werewolves on Wheels", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror, Action", "cast": "Billy Gray, Stephen Oliver, Barry McGuire", "extract": "Werewolves on Wheels is a 1971 American exploitation film directed by Michel Levesque and starring Stephen Oliver, D.J. Anderson, and Deuce Barry. It blends two genres: the outlaw biker film and the traditional horror film." }, { "title": "What's the Matter with Helen?", "year": 1971, "genres": "Thriller, Horror", "cast": "Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver", "extract": "What's the Matter With Helen? is a 1971 American exploitation horror film directed by Curtis Harrington and starring Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters." }, { "title": "Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?", "year": 1971, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden, Barbara Harris", "extract": "Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Ulu Grosbard and starring Dustin Hoffman." }, { "title": "Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name?", "year": 1971, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Red Buttons, Sam Waterston", "extract": "Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? is a 1971 film directed by Ernest Pintoff and starring comedian and actor Red Buttons and featuring Sylvia Miles, Conrad Bain, Alice Playten and Sam Waterston. Gary McFarland wrote the soundtrack music." }, { "title": "Wild Rovers", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "William Holden, Ryan O'Neal, Karl Malden, Joe Don Baker, Tom Skerritt", "extract": "Wild Rovers is a 1971 American Western film directed by Blake Edwards and starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal." }, { "title": "Willard", "year": 1971, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine, Elsa Lanchester, Sondra Locke", "extract": "Willard is a 1971 American horror film directed by Daniel Mann and written by Gilbert Ralston, based on Stephen Gilbert's novel Ratman's Notebooks. Bruce Davison stars as social misfit Willard Stiles, who is squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father. His only friends are a couple of" }, { "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", "year": 1971, "genres": "Musical, Fantasy", "cast": "Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum", "extract": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart and starring Gene Wilder as candymaker Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. The film tells the story of a poor child named Charlie Bucket " }, { "title": "Women in Cages", "year": 1971, "genres": "Action, Erotic", "cast": "Pam Grier, Jennifer Gan, Roberta Collins", "extract": "Women in Cages is a 1971 women in prison sexploitation film directed by Gerardo de León and starring Jennifer Gan, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, and Pam Grier. Co-produced by Roger Corman, it was prominently featured in the Planet Terror portion of the 2007 film Grindhouse. Grindhouse director Quenti" }, { "title": "You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Allen Garfield, Richard Pryor", "extract": "You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat is a 1971 comedy-drama film directed by Peter Locke." }, { "title": "The Young Graduates", "year": 1971, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bruno Kirby, Dennis Christopher", "extract": "The Young Graduates is a 1971 American drama film directed by Robert Anderson, and starring Patricia Wymer, Steven Stewart, Gary Rist, Bruno Kirby, Jennifer Ritt, Dennis Christopher and Marly Holiday. The film was released by Crown International Pictures on June 2, 1971." }, { "title": "Zachariah", "year": 1971, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Rubinstein, Dick Van Patten, Don Johnson", "extract": "Zachariah is a 1971 American Western film directed by George Englund and starring John Rubinstein, Patricia Quinn and Don Johnson." }, { "title": "The Zodiac Killer", "year": 1971, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Slasher", "cast": "Hal Reed, Bob Jones, Ray Lynch, Tom Pittman", "extract": "The Zodiac Killer is a 1971 slasher film directed by Tom Hanson and starring Hal Reed, Bob Jones, Ray Lynch and Tom Pittman. The plot is based on the murders committed by the Zodiac Killer in the San Francisco area, though it takes many liberties with the actual investigation with the film providing" }, { "title": "1776", "year": 1972, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Donald Madden, Ken Howard, John Cullum", "extract": "1776 is a 1972 American musical drama film directed by Peter H. Hunt. The screenplay by Peter Stone was based on his book for the 1969 Broadway musical of the same name. Set in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776, it is a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaratio" }, { "title": "Across 110th Street", "year": 1972, "genres": "Action, Crime", "cast": "Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Tony Franciosa", "extract": "Across 110th Street is a 1972 American action-crime film directed by Barry Shear and starring Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa and Paul Benjamin. The film is set in Harlem, New York and takes its name from 110th Street, the traditional dividing line between Harlem and Central Park that" }, { "title": "Another Nice Mess", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Rich Little, Herb Voland", "extract": "Another Nice Mess is a 1972 comedy film written and directed by Bob Einstein and starring Rich Little as Richard Nixon and Herb Voland as Spiro Agnew." }, { "title": "Avanti!", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill", "extract": "Avanti! is a 1972 American/Italian international co-production comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on Samuel A. Taylor's play, which had a short run for the 1968 Broadway season. The film" }, { "title": "Bad Company", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown", "extract": "Bad Company is a 1972 American Western film directed by Robert Benton, who also co-wrote the film with David Newman. It stars Barry Brown and Jeff Bridges as two of a group of young men who flee the draft during the American Civil War to seek their fortune and freedom on the unforgiving American fro" }, { "title": "Ben", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror, Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Meredith Baxter, Joseph Campanella", "extract": "Ben is a 1972 American drama-thriller film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, and Arthur O'Connell. It is a sequel to the film Willard (1971). The film follows a lonely boy named Danny Garrison who befriends Willard's former pet rat named Ben. Ben becomes the bo" }, { "title": "Behind the Green Door", "year": 1972, "genres": "Erotic", "cast": "Marilyn Chambers, Johnnie Keyes", "extract": "Behind the Green Door is a 1972 American feature-length pornographic film, widely considered one of the genre's \"classic\" pictures and one of the films that ushered in The Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984). Featuring Marilyn Chambers, who became a mainstream celebrity, it was one of the first hardcore " }, { "title": "Beware! The Blob", "year": 1972, "genres": "Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror, Independent", "cast": "Robert Walker Jr., Dick Van Patten", "extract": "Beware! The Blob is a 1972 American independent science fiction comedy horror film directed by Larry Hagman. It is a sequel to The Blob (1958). The screenplay was penned by Anthony Harris and Jack Woods III, based on a story by Jack H. Harris and Richard Clair. The film originally earned a PG rating" }, { "title": "The Big Bird Cage", "year": 1972, "genres": "", "cast": "Pam Grier, Anitra Ford, Sid Haig", "extract": "The Big Bird Cage is a 1972 American exploitation film of the \"women in prison\" subgenre. It serves as a non-sequel follow-up to the 1971 film The Big Doll House. The film was written and directed by Jack Hill, and stars Pam Grier, Sid Haig, Anitra Ford, and Carol Speed." }, { "title": "The Biscuit Eater", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Earl Holliman, Pat Crowley, Lew Ayres", "extract": "The Biscuit Eater is a 1972 American drama film directed by Vincent McEveety and starring Earl Holliman, Pat Crowley, Lew Ayres, and Godfrey Cambridge. Based on a short story of the same name by James Street, it was released by Buena Vista Distribution. It is the last 'One Boy and his Animal' themed" }, { "title": "Black Girl", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Family", "cast": "Peggy Pettitt, Brock Peters, Ruby Dee", "extract": "Black Girl is an American family drama film with a screenplay by J.E. Franklin, based on her 1969 play, and directed by Ossie Davis. The film explores issues and experiences of black womanhood in the 1970s, including how black women were depicted and common stereotypes of the period. According to Me" }, { "title": "Black Gunn", "year": 1972, "genres": "Thriller, Crime, Noir", "cast": "Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes", "extract": "Black Gunn is a 1972 American neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Herbert Jefferson Jr. and Luciana Paluzzi. Baseball pitcher Vida Blue appears in a supporting role, as does former football player-turned-actor Bernie Ca" }, { "title": "Black Rage", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ted Cassidy, Phyllis Robinson", "extract": "Black Rage is a 1972 American film, directed, produced, written by, and starring Chris Robinson." }, { "title": "Blacula", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "William Marshall, Vonetta McGee", "extract": "Blacula is a 1972 American blaxploitation vampire horror film directed by William Crain. It stars William Marshall in the title role about an 18th-century African prince named Mamuwalde, who is turned into a vampire by Count Dracula in the Count's castle in Transylvania in the year 1780 after Dracul" }, { "title": "Blindman", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tony Anthony, Ringo Starr, Lloyd Battista", "extract": "Blindman is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and co-written and co-produced by Tony Anthony. The film's protagonist, played by Anthony, is an homage to Kan Shimozawa's Zatoichi character: a blind transient who does odd jobs and is actually a high-skilled warrior." }, { "title": "Bluebeard", "year": 1972, "genres": "Thriller, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, War", "cast": "Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Joey Heatherton, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon", "extract": "Bluebeard is a 1972 mystery comedy drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Joey Heatherton, and Sybil Danning." }, { "title": "Bone", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Yaphet Kotto, Andrew Duggan, Joyce Van Patten", "extract": "Bone is a 1972 American black comedy crime film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen in his directorial debut. It stars Yaphet Kotto, Joyce Van Patten, and Andrew Duggan. The film tells the story of a home invasion perpetrated by Kotto's character, who soon realizes that his victims are le" }, { "title": "Boxcar Bertha", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Romance", "cast": "Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, John Carradine, Bernie Casey", "extract": "Boxcar Bertha is a 1972 American romantic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Roger Corman, from a screenplay by Joyce H. Corrington and John William Corrington, Made on a low budget, the film is loose adaptation of Sister of the Road, a pseudo-autobiographical account of th" }, { "title": "The Bravos", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George Peppard", "extract": "The Bravos is a 1972 American Western television film directed by Ted Post and starring George Peppard." }, { "title": "Buck and the Preacher", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee", "extract": "Buck and the Preacher is a 1972 American Western film released by Columbia Pictures, written by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Sidney Poitier. Poitier also stars in the film alongside Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee." }, { "title": "Butterflies Are Free", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart, Paul Michael Glaser", "extract": "Butterflies Are Free is a 1972 American comedy-drama film based on the 1969 play by Leonard Gershe. The 1972 film was produced by M. J. Frankovich, released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Milton Katselas and adapted for the screen by Gershe. It was released on July 6, 1972, in the U.S. The film i" }, { "title": "Cabaret", "year": 1972, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Historical", "cast": "Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York", "extract": "Cabaret is a 1972 American musical period drama film directed by Bob Fosse and written for the screen by Jay Presson Allen. It stars Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Marisa Berenson, Fritz Wepper and Joel Grey. Set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931, under the presence of the gro" }, { "title": "Cancel My Reservation", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Cancel My Reservation is a 1972 American comedy film starring Bob Hope and Eva Marie Saint, and directed by Paul Bogart. The movie was Bob Hope's last of over 50 theatrical features as leading man, a screen run begun in 1938. It was also Eva Marie Saint's last film before she took a break from the b" }, { "title": "The Candidate", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Political", "cast": "Robert Redford, Melvyn Douglas, Peter Boyle", "extract": "The Candidate is a 1972 American political comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle, and directed by Michael Ritchie. The Academy Award–winning screenplay, which examines the various facets and machinations involved in political campaigns, was written by Jeremy Larner, a speechwrite" }, { "title": "The Carey Treatment", "year": 1972, "genres": "Mystery, Crime, Thriller, War", "cast": "James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill", "extract": "The Carey Treatment is a 1972 American crime thriller film directed by Blake Edwards and starring James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Dan O'Herlihy and Pat Hingle. The film was based on the 1968 novel A Case of Need credited to Jeffery Hudson, a pseudonym for Michael Crichton. Like Darling Lili and Wild" }, { "title": "Chato's Land", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Richard Basehart, Ralph Waite", "extract": "Chato's Land is a 1972 Western Technicolor film directed by Michael Winner, starring Charles Bronson and Jack Palance." }, { "title": "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches", "extract": "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things is a 1972 comedic horror film directed by Bob Clark. It later became a cult classic. This low-budget zombie film is the third film of director Bob Clark, who later became famous for directing the films Black Christmas, A Christmas Story, and Porky's.\nThe film" }, { "title": "Child's Play", "year": 1972, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges", "extract": "Child's Play is a 1972 American drama-mystery film directed by Sidney Lumet. It stars James Mason, Robert Preston and Beau Bridges. The screenplay by Leon Prochnik is based on the 1970 play of the same title by Robert Marasco." }, { "title": "Cisco Pike", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kris Kristofferson, Gene Hackman, Karen Black, Harry Dean Stanton", "extract": "Cisco Pike is a 1972 American drama film that was written and directed by Bill L. Norton, and released by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Kris Kristofferson as a musician who, having fallen on hard times, turns to the selling of marijuana and is blackmailed by a police officer." }, { "title": "Come Back, Charleston Blue", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques", "extract": "Come Back, Charleston Blue is a 1972 American comedy film starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques, loosely based on Chester Himes' novel The Heat's On. It is a sequel to the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem." }, { "title": "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes", "year": 1972, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalbán, Hari Rhodes", "extract": "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is a 1972 American science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Paul Dehn. The film is the sequel to Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and the fourth installment in the Planet of the Apes original film series. It stars Roddy McDowall, Don" }, { "title": "Cool Breeze", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime, Action", "cast": "Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace", "extract": "Cool Breeze is a 1972 American blaxploitation heist film directed by Barry Pollack and starring Thalmus Rasulala. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is loosely based on W. R. Burnett's 1949 novel The Asphalt Jungle. It is the fourth film adaptation of the novel, after The Asphalt Jungl" }, { "title": "Corky", "year": 1972, "genres": "Action, Drama", "cast": "Robert Blake, Charlotte Rampling, Patrick O'Neal, Christopher Connelly", "extract": "Corky is a 1972 American drama film starring Robert Blake and directed by Leonard Horn." }, { "title": "The Cowboys", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Bruce Dern, Roscoe Lee Browne, Robert Carradine, A Martinez", "extract": "The Cowboys is a 1972 American Western film starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Bruce Dern, and featuring Colleen Dewhurst and Slim Pickens. It was the feature film debut of Robert Carradine. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by William Dale Jennings, the screenplay was written by Irv" }, { "title": "Cry for Me, Billy", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "Cliff Potts, Harry Dean Stanton", "extract": "Cry for Me, Billy is a 1972 American Western film directed by William A. Graham and starring Cliff Potts and Maria Potts. It was one of the first films from Brut Productions." }, { "title": "The Culpepper Cattle Co.", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins", "extract": "The Culpepper Cattle Co. or Dust, Sweat and Gunpowder is a 1972 Revisionist Western film produced by Twentieth Century Fox. It was directed by Dick Richards and starred Billy Green Bush as Frank Culpepper and Gary Grimes as Ben Mockridge. This was the first credited film for Jerry Bruckheimer, for w" }, { "title": "The Daughters of Joshua Cabe", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buddy Ebsen", "extract": "The Daughters of Joshua Cabe is a 1972 American made-for-television Western film directed by Philip Leacock. The story is about an aging homesteader in the Old West who needs children to help him establish his claim on his property. With his real daughters unavailable, he recruits three young women " }, { "title": "Daughters of Satan", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Tom Selleck, Barra Grant", "extract": "Daughters of Satan is a 1972 American horror film directed by Hollingsworth Morse and written by John C. Higgins. The film stars Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie, Paraluman, Vic Silayan and Vic Díaz. The film was released by United Artists in the fall of 1972, screening as a double feature wit" }, { "title": "Deadhead Miles", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alan Arkin, Paul Benedict", "extract": "Deadhead Miles is a 1972 American road comedy film directed by Vernon Zimmerman from a script by Terrence Malick, and starring Alan Arkin, Bruce Bennett and Paul Benedict. Actors George Raft and Ida Lupino make cameos." }, { "title": "Dealing", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Thriller", "cast": "Robert F. Lyons, Barbara Hershey, John Lithgow", "extract": "Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues is a 1972 film based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton and Douglas Crichton, published under the pseudonym Michael Douglas." }, { "title": "Deep Throat", "year": 1972, "genres": "Erotic", "cast": "Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems", "extract": "Deep Throat is a 1972 American pornographic film that was at the forefront of the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984). The film was written and directed by Gerard Damiano, who was listed in the credits as \"Jerry Gerard\"; produced by Louis Peraino, credited as \"Lou Perry\"; and starring Linda Lovelace, the" }, { "title": "Deliverance", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox", "extract": "Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The screenplay was adapted by James Dickey from his 1970 novel of the same name. The film was a" }, { "title": "Dirty Little Billy", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Michael J. Pollard, Richard Evans", "extract": "Dirty Little Billy is a 1972 American revisionist western film co-written and directed by Stan Dragoti and starring Michael J. Pollard and Richard Evans. Set in Coffeyville, Kansas, the film was influenced by the darker, more sinister style of Spaghetti Westerns and offered a unique insight into the" }, { "title": "The Doberman Gang", "year": 1972, "genres": "Action, Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Julie Parrish, Hal Reed", "extract": "The Doberman Gang is a 1972 film about a talented animal trainer who prepares a pack of six Doberman Pinschers to commit a bank robbery at the behest of a ruthless heist planner. The six dogs were all named after famous bank robbers. Their names were Dillinger, Bonnie, Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby " }, { "title": "Dr. Phibes Rises Again", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Beryl Reid, Fiona Lewis", "extract": "Dr. Phibes Rises Again is a 1972 British horror film, produced by Louis M. Heyward, directed by Robert Fuest, that stars Vincent Price and Robert Quarry. The film is a sequel to The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971). After seeking vengeance on the doctors whom he blamed for his wife's death in the first " }, { "title": "Duck, You Sucker!", "year": 1972, "genres": "War, Western", "cast": "Rod Steiger, James Coburn", "extract": "Duck, You Sucker!, also known as A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time ... the Revolution, is a 1971 epic Zapata Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Leone and starring Rod Steiger, James Coburn, and Romolo Valli." }, { "title": "Dynamite Chicken", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Richard Pryor, Al Goldstein", "extract": "Dynamite Chicken is a 1971 American comedy film. Described in its opening credits as \"an electronic magazine of American pop culture,\" it presents a series of interviews, stand-up comedy, countercultural sketches, documentary segments, and agitprop relating to the peace movement, based around a stre" }, { "title": "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts", "extract": "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds is a 1972 American drama film produced and directed by Paul Newman. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1964 play of the same title by Paul Zindel. Newman cast his wife, Joanne Woodward, and one of their daughte" }, { "title": "Elvis on Tour", "year": 1972, "genres": "Documentary, Teen, Performance", "cast": "Elvis Presley", "extract": "Elvis on Tour is a 1972 American concert film starring Elvis Presley during his fifteen-city spring tour earlier that year. It is written, produced, directed by Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)." }, { "title": "Endless Night", "year": 1972, "genres": "Mystery, Horror", "cast": "Hayley Mills, Britt Eklund", "extract": "Endless Night is a 1972 British horror-mystery film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Hayley Mills, Britt Ekland, Per Oscarsson, Hywel Bennett, and George Sanders. Based on the 1967 novel Endless Night by Agatha Christie, the plot follows a newlywed couple who feel threatened after building th" }, { "title": "Every Little Crook and Nanny", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Victor Mature, Lynn Redgrave, Maggie Blye", "extract": "Every Little Crook and Nanny is a 1972 comedy film starring Victor Mature who came out of retirement to play the role. It was his first major film role since 1966. \"They caught me when I felt like saying yeah,\" said Mature." }, { "title": "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Burt Reynolds, Tony Randall, Louise Lasser", "extract": "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* is a 1972 American sex comedy anthology film directed by Woody Allen. It consists of a series of short sequences loosely inspired by David Reuben's 1969 book of the same name." }, { "title": "Fat City", "year": 1972, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Jeff Bridges, Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell", "extract": "Fat City is a 1972 American sports drama film directed and produced by John Huston, and adapted by Leonard Gardner from his 1969 novel of the same title. It stars Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, and Candy Clark in her film debut." }, { "title": "Fillmore", "year": 1972, "genres": "Documentary, Musical", "cast": "Santana, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane", "extract": "Fillmore — also known as Fillmore: The Last Days, and as Last Days of the Fillmore — is a music documentary film, primarily shot at the Fillmore West auditorium in San Francisco, California, from June 29 through July 4, 1971. It was released on June 14, 1972." }, { "title": "The Final Comedown", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Billy Dee Williams, Celia Kaye", "extract": "The Final Comedown is a 1972 blaxploitation drama film written, produced and directed by Oscar Williams and starring Billy Dee Williams and D'Urville Martin. The film is an examination of racism in the United States and depicts a shootout between a radical black nationalist group and the police, wit" }, { "title": "Five Summer Stories", "year": 1972, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Eddie Aikau", "extract": "Five Summer Stories is a 1972 surf film by Jim Freeman and Greg MacGillivray of MacGillivray Freeman Films. The last film of the genre by the duo, it explores the joy of surfing amid the backdrop of 1970s political and environmental problems. Its stars include David Nuuhiwa, Eddie Aikau, Gerry Lopez" }, { "title": "Follow Me!", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Mia Farrow, Topol, Michael Jayston", "extract": "Follow Me! is a 1972 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Mia Farrow, Topol and Michael Jayston. Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own play, the picture marks Carol Reed's last completed film." }, { "title": "Four More Years", "year": 1972, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Spiro Agnew, Walter Cronkite, Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon", "extract": "Four More Years is a 1972 documentary covering the 1972 Republican National Convention produced by Top Value Television. The title of the film refers to Richard Nixon's re-election slogan. The convention named Nixon as the Presidential nominee and Spiro Agnew as the nominee for Vice President. All f" }, { "title": "Fritz the Cat", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Animated, Independent, Erotic", "cast": "Skip Hinnant", "extract": "Fritz the Cat is a 1972 American independent adult animated black comedy film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi in his feature film debut. Based on the comic strip by R. Crumb and starring Skip Hinnant, the film focuses on Fritz (Hinnant), a glib, womanizing and fraudulent cat in an anthropomorph" }, { "title": "Frogs", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark", "extract": "Frogs is a 1972 American horror film directed by George McCowan. The film falls into the \"eco-horror\" category, telling the story of an upper-class U.S. Southern family who are victimized by several different animal species, including snakes, birds, lizards, and butterflies. The movie suggests natur" }, { "title": "Fuzz", "year": 1972, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Yul Brynner, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt", "extract": "Fuzz is a 1972 American action comedy film directed by Richard A. Colla and starring Burt Reynolds, Yul Brynner, Raquel Welch, Tom Skerritt and Jack Weston." }, { "title": "Georgia, Georgia", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dirk Benedict, Diana Sands, Stig Engström", "extract": "Georgia, Georgia is a 1972 Swedish-American drama film directed by Stig Björkman. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. Its screenplay, written by Maya Angelou, is the first known film production for a screenplay written by a Black woman; Angelou also composed the film's s" }, { "title": "Get to Know Your Rabbit", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Tom Smothers, Katharine Ross, Orson Welles", "extract": "Get to Know Your Rabbit is a 1972 American comedy film written by Jordan Crittenden and directed by Brian De Palma." }, { "title": "The Getaway", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action", "cast": "Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Al Lettieri, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers", "extract": "The Getaway is a 1972 American heist thriller film based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by Walter Hill, and stars Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, and Sally Struthers. The plot follows imprisoned mastermind robber Carter \"Doc\" " }, { "title": "Gidget Gets Married", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Michael Burns, Monie Ellis", "extract": "Gidget Gets Married is a 1972 American made-for television comedy film produced by Screen Gems for ABC. It was written by John McGreevey, directed by E.W. Swackhamer and starred Monie Ellis as Gidget." }, { "title": "Glass Houses", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Bernard Barrow, Jennifer O'Neill, Deirdre Lenihan", "extract": "Glass Houses is a 1972 American drama romance film released by Columbia Pictures in 1972, although it was actually filmed in 1970. It is of interest in film history because of the credentials of its key personnel." }, { "title": "The Godfather", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, John Cazale", "extract": "The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, " }, { "title": "Grave of the Vampire", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "William Smith, Lyn Peters", "extract": "Grave of the Vampire is a 1972 American vampire film directed by John Hayes, and starring William Smith, Michael Pataki, and Lyn Peters. Its plot follows a vampire who rapes a living woman, resulting in the birth of a child who feeds only on blood. It is based on the novel The Still Life by David Ch" }, { "title": "The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Cliff Robertson, Robert Duvall", "extract": "The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid is a 1972 American Western film about the James-Younger Gang distributed by Universal Pictures. It was written and directed by Philip Kaufman in a cinéma vérité style and starring Cliff Robertson. The film purports to recreate the James-Younger Gang's most infamo" }, { "title": "The Great Waltz", "year": 1972, "genres": "Historical, Musical, Biography", "cast": "Horst Buchholz, Mary Costa, Nigel Patrick", "extract": "The Great Waltz is a 1972 American biographical musical film directed by Andrew L. Stone, and starring Horst Buchholz, Mary Costa, and Nigel Patrick, that follows 40 years in the life of composer Johann Strauss and his family. It is based on the musical The Great Waltz, and was Stone's final film. M" }, { "title": "The Groundstar Conspiracy", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime, Noir", "cast": "George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford", "extract": "The Groundstar Conspiracy is a 1972 American neo noir crime film directed by Lamont Johnson. It stars George Peppard and Michael Sarrazin." }, { "title": "Hammer", "year": 1972, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Fred Williamson, Bernie Hamilton, Vonetta McGee", "extract": "Hammer is a 1972 blaxploitation film directed by Bruce D. Clark. The film was released following the successes of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Shaft, notable 1971 films that popularized black cinema. It starred Fred Williamson as B.J. Hammer. Williamson went on to become a staple of the gen" }, { "title": "Hammersmith Is Out", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov", "extract": "Hammersmith Is Out is a 1972 American comedy-drama film based on the legend of Faust. It is directed by Peter Ustinov, who starred in the film alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Beau Bridges, Leon Ames, and George Raft." }, { "title": "Hardcase", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Clint Walker", "extract": "Hardcase is a 1972 American Western television film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Clint Walker. It was the first fully live-action feature film of the Hanna-Barbera studios. The movie appeared on the ABC Movie of the Week on February 1, 1972 where it was a ratings surprise; becoming " }, { "title": "The Heartbreak Kid", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Eddie Albert, Audra Lindley", "extract": "The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 American black comedy romance film directed by Elaine May and written by Neil Simon, starring Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley, Eddie Albert, and Doris Roberts. It is based on the short story \"A Change of Plan\", written by Bruce Jay Friedman" }, { "title": "Heat", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, War", "cast": "Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles", "extract": "Heat is a 1972 American comedy drama film written and directed by Paul Morrissey, produced by Andy Warhol, and starring Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles and Andrea Feldman. The film was conceived by Warhol as a parody of the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. It is the final installment of the \"Paul Morrissey" }, { "title": "Hickey & Boggs", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime, Noir", "cast": "Bill Cosby, Robert Culp", "extract": "Hickey & Boggs is a 1972 American neo-noir crime film written by Walter Hill and directed by Robert Culp." }, { "title": "Hit Man", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Bernie Casey, Pam Grier", "extract": "Hit Man is a 1972 American crime film directed by George Armitage and starring Bernie Casey, Pam Grier and Lisa Moore. It is a blaxploitation-themed adaptation of Ted Lewis' 1970 novel Jack's Return Home, more famously adapted as Get Carter (1971), with the action relocated from England to the Unite" }, { "title": "Home for the Holidays", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror, Slasher", "cast": "Jessica Walter, Sally Field, Eleanor Parker, Julie Harris, Walter Brennan", "extract": "Home for the Holidays is a 1972 American made-for-television slasher film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, produced by Aaron Spelling and starring Sally Field, Eleanor Parker, Julie Harris, Jessica Walter, and Walter Brennan which premiered on ABC on November 28, 1972. The plot focuses on a wealthy" }, { "title": "The Honkers", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Western", "cast": "James Coburn, Lois Nettleton, Anne Archer", "extract": "The Honkers is a 1972 American Comedy Western filmdirected by Steve Ihnat and written by Steve Ihnat and Stephen Lodge. The film stars James Coburn, Lois Nettleton, Slim Pickens, Anne Archer, Richard Anderson and Joan Huntington. The film was shot in Carlsbad, New Mexico and released on May 17, 1972" }, { "title": "The Hot Box", "year": 1972, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Carmen Argenziano, Andrea Cagan, Margaret Markov", "extract": "The Hot Box is a 1972 women in prison film from Joe Viola and Jonathan Demme, who had previously made Angels Hard as They Come (1971) for New World Pictures. It was shot in the Philippines and was originally known as The Prescription Revolution." }, { "title": "The Hot Rock", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Robert Redford, George Segal, Zero Mostel", "extract": "The Hot Rock is a 1972 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Peter Yates from a screenplay by William Goldman, based on Donald E. Westlake's novel of the same name, which introduced his long-running John Dortmunder character. The film stars Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand" }, { "title": "Images", "year": 1972, "genres": "Thriller, Horror", "cast": "Susannah York, René Auberjonois", "extract": "Images is a 1972 psychological horror film written and directed by Robert Altman and starring Susannah York, René Auberjonois and Marcel Bozzuffi. The picture follows an unstable children's author who finds herself engulfed in apparitions and hallucinations while staying at her remote vacation home." }, { "title": "Irish Whiskey Rebellion", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "William Devane, Anne Meara", "extract": "The Irish Whiskey Rebellion is a 1972 crime drama, directed by Chester Erskine and starring William Devane, Anne Meara, Richard Mulligan, John Pleshette, David Groh, Stephen Joyce, and William Challee. It is based on a 1969 novel by Leslie Waller \"A Change in The Wind.\" The film is set in Prohibitio" }, { "title": "J.W. Coop", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Cliff Robertson, Geraldine Page", "extract": "J. W. Coop is a 1972 American Western film set in the world of the modern American rodeo circuit. It stars and was directed by Cliff Robertson who also co-produced and co-scripted the film. Featuring footage from actual rodeo events, it was made with the cooperation of the Rodeo Cowboys Association." }, { "title": "Jeremiah Johnson", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Redford, Will Geer", "extract": "Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American Western film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as \"Bear Claw\" Chris Lapp. It is based partly on the life of the legendary mountain man John Jeremiah Johnson, recounted in Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker's b" }, { "title": "Joe Kidd", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon", "extract": "Joe Kidd is a 1972 American Western film starring Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall, written by Elmore Leonard and directed by John Sturges." }, { "title": "Journey Back to Oz", "year": 1972, "genres": "Animated, Adventure, Fantasy, Musical", "cast": "Milton Berle, Herschel Bernardi, Margaret Hamilton", "extract": "Journey Back To Oz is a 1972 American animated adventure musical fantasy film produced by Filmation. It is loosely based on L. Frank Baum's second Oz novel The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), although Baum received no screen credit." }, { "title": "Junior Bonner", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Joe Don Baker, Barbara Leigh", "extract": "Junior Bonner is a 1972 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Joe Don Baker and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he returns to his hometown of Prescott, Arizona, to participate in an annual rodeo competition and reunite wi" }, { "title": "Justin Morgan Had a Horse", "year": 1972, "genres": "Family, Western, Historical", "cast": "Don Murray, R.G. Armstrong", "extract": "Justin Morgan Had a Horse is an American children's historical novel by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis and published by Wilcox & Follett of Chicago in 1945. It concerns the real figures of Justin Morgan and his bay stallion Figure, who lived in Vermont in the late eighteenth century." }, { "title": "Kansas City Bomber", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy", "extract": "Kansas City Bomber is a 1972 American sports drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Jerrold Freedman and starring Raquel Welch. It also marks one of the earliest film appearances of Jodie Foster." }, { "title": "The King of Marvin Gardens", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Nicholson, Ellen Burstyn, Bruce Dern", "extract": "The King of Marvin Gardens is a 1972 American drama film. It stars Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn and Scatman Crothers. It is one of several collaborations between Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson. The majority of the film is set in a wintry Atlantic City, New Jersey, with cinematograp" }, { "title": "Lady Sings the Blues", "year": 1972, "genres": "Biography, Drama", "cast": "Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor", "extract": "Lady Sings the Blues is a 1972 American biographical drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie about jazz singer Billie Holiday, loosely based on her 1956 autobiography which, in turn, took its title from Holiday's song. It was produced by Motown Productions for Paramount Pictures. Diana Ross, in her f" }, { "title": "The Last House on the Left", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Sandra Cassel, David A. Hess", "extract": "The Last House on the Left is a 1972 American exploitation horror film written, directed and edited by Wes Craven in his directorial debut. The film follows Mari Collingwood, a hippie teenager who is abducted, raped, tortured, and killed by a fugitive gang on her seventeenth birthday. When the gang " }, { "title": "Last of the Red Hot Lovers", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Paula Prentiss", "extract": "Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers is a 1972 American comedy film based on Neil Simon's 1969 play of the same name. Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Paula Prentiss and Renée Taylor star in it." }, { "title": "Last Tango in Paris", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Erotic", "cast": "Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi", "extract": "Last Tango in Paris is a 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The film stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud, and portrays a recently widowed American who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman." }, { "title": "Left Hand of Gemini", "year": 1972, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Ian McShane, Richard Egan", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Legend of Boggy Creek", "year": 1972, "genres": "Mystery, Drama, Horror", "cast": "William Stumpp", "extract": "The Legend of Boggy Creek is a 1972 American docudrama horror film about the \"Fouke Monster\", a Bigfoot-type creature that reportedly has been seen in and around Fouke, Arkansas since the 1940s. The film mixes staged interviews with some local residents who claim to have encountered the creature, al" }, { "title": "The Legend of Nigger Charley aka Legend of Black Charley", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin", "extract": "The Legend of Nigger Charley is a 1972 blaxploitation Western film directed by Martin Goldman and starring Fred Williamson in the title role. The story of a trio of escaped slaves, it was released during the heyday of blaxploitation. Shot in Charles City, Virginia, Eve's Ranch, Santa Fe, New Mexico," }, { "title": "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean", "year": 1972, "genres": "Biography, Western, Comedy", "cast": "Paul Newman, Anthony Perkins, Victoria Principal, Jacqueline Bisset, John Huston", "extract": "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 American Western comedy film written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Newman. It was loosely based on the life and times of Judge Roy Bean." }, { "title": "Limbo", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kathleen Nolan, Kate Jackson, Stuart Margolin", "extract": "Limbo is a 1972 American drama film directed by Mark Robson, about three wives whose husbands are missing in action in Vietnam. It stars Kate Jackson, Kathleen Nolan and Katherine Justice. It is based on a story by Joan Micklin Silver inspired by interviews Silver conducted with actual P.O.W. and M." }, { "title": "The Limit", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Yaphet Kotto, Yaphet Kotto, Quinn K. Redeker, Virgil Frye", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Los Amigos", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Anthony Quinn, Franco Nero, Pamela Tiffin", "extract": "Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears, also known as Los Amigos, is a 1973 Spaghetti Western film starring Anthony Quinn and Franco Nero. The film is loosely based on the life of Deaf Smith, with direction by Paolo Cavara." }, { "title": "The Magnificent Seven Ride!", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lee Van Cleef, George Kennedy, Stefanie Powers", "extract": "The Magnificent Seven Ride! is a 1972 Western film and is the third and last sequel of the 1960 western, The Magnificent Seven. It stars Lee Van Cleef as Chris Adams, succeeding Yul Brynner and George Kennedy in the role. It was directed by George McCowan." }, { "title": "The Man", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Political", "cast": "James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Barbara Rush", "extract": "The Man is a 1972 American political drama film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring James Earl Jones. Jones plays Douglass Dilman, the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, who succeeds to the presidency through a series of unforeseeable events, thereby becoming both the first Afric" }, { "title": "Man of La Mancha", "year": 1972, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco", "extract": "Man of La Mancha is a 1972 film adaptation of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. The musical was suggested by the classic novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, but more directly based on Wasserman's 1959 non-musical televi" }, { "title": "The Mechanic", "year": 1972, "genres": "Action, Thriller", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent", "extract": "The Mechanic is a 1972 American action thriller film directed by Michael Winner from a screenplay by Lewis John Carlino. It stars Charles Bronson, in his first collaboration with Winner, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, and Jill Ireland." }, { "title": "Melinda", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Calvin Lockhart, Vonetta McGee", "extract": "Melinda is a 1972 American drama film directed by Hugh A. Robertson and written by Lonne Elder III. The film stars Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Vonetta McGee, Paul Stevens, Rockne Tarkington and Ross Hagen. The film was released on August 16, 1972, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This film marked karate " }, { "title": "Molly and Lawless John", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Vera Miles, Sam Elliott", "extract": "Molly and Lawless John is a 1972 American Western film directed by Gary Nelson and starring Vera Miles and Sam Elliott. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1973." }, { "title": "Napoleon and Samantha", "year": 1972, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster", "extract": "Napoleon and Samantha is a 1972 American adventure drama film directed by Bernard McEveety and written by Stewart Raffill. Filmed in and around John Day, Oregon, it stars Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster in the title roles." }, { "title": "Necromancy", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Orson Welles, Lee Purcell, Pamela Franklin", "extract": "Necromancy is a 1972 American supernatural horror film directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Michael Ontkean, and Lee Purcell. The plot follows an enigmatic cult leader in a small California town who attempts to harness the powers of a local woman to resurrect his de" }, { "title": "The New Centurions", "year": 1972, "genres": "Noir, Action, Crime", "cast": "George C. Scott, Stacy Keach", "extract": "The New Centurions is a 1972 American Panavision neo-noir action crime film based on the 1971 novel of the same name by policeman turned author Joseph Wambaugh." }, { "title": "Night Call Nurses", "year": 1972, "genres": "Thriller, Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Alana Stewart, Mittie Lawrence", "extract": "Night Call Nurses is a 1972 American sex comedy film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It is the third in Roger Corman's \"nurses\" cycle of films, starting with The Student Nurses (1970)." }, { "title": "Night of Terror", "year": 1972, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Donna Mills, Chuck Connors, Martin Balsam, Agnes Moorehead, Catherine Burns", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Night of the Lepus", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh", "extract": "Night of the Lepus is a 1972 American science fiction horror film directed by William F. Claxton and produced by A. C. Lyles. Based upon Russell Braddon's 1964 science fiction novel The Year of the Angry Rabbit, the plot concerns an infestation of mutated rabbits." }, { "title": "No Drums, No Bugles", "year": 1972, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Martin Sheen, Davey Davison", "extract": "No Drums, No Bugles is a 1972 American drama film written, produced and directed by Clyde Ware. The film stars Martin Sheen, Davey Davison, Rod McCary and Denine Terry. The film was released on February 23, 1972, by Cinerama Releasing Corporation." }, { "title": "No Place to Run", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Herschel Bernardi, Stefanie Powers, Larry Hagman", "extract": "No Place to Run is a 1972 American made-for-television drama film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Herschel Bernardi, Stefanie Powers and Larry Hagman." }, { "title": "Northeast of Seoul", "year": 1972, "genres": "Thriller, Action", "cast": "Anita Ekberg, John Ireland, Victor Buono", "extract": "Northeast of Seoul is a 1972 American action-thriller film directed by David Lowell Rich. It stars Anita Ekberg and John Ireland, with music by Alan Heyman." }, { "title": "Now You See Him, Now You Don't", "year": 1972, "genres": "Science Fiction, Comedy", "cast": "Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, Michael McGreevey, William Windom", "extract": "Now You See Him, Now You Don't is a 1972 American science fiction comedy film starring Kurt Russell as a chemistry student who accidentally discovers the secret to invisibility. It is the second film for the series Dexter Riley." }, { "title": "The Offence", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Noir", "cast": "Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant", "extract": "The Offence is a 1973 British crime neo noir drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, based upon the 1968 stage play This Story of Yours by John Hopkins. It stars Sean Connery as police detective Johnson, who kills suspected child molester Kenneth Baxter while interrogating him. The film explores Johnso" }, { "title": "One Is a Lonely Number", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Trish Van Devere, Monte Markham, Janet Leigh", "extract": "One Is a Lonely Number is a 1972 American drama film directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Trish Van Devere, Janet Leigh, and Melvyn Douglas. The screenplay, based upon the short story \"The Good Humor Man\" by Rebecca Morris, was written by David Seltzer." }, { "title": "The Other", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror, Thriller", "cast": "Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, John Ritter", "extract": "The Other is a 1972 American horror psychological thriller film directed by Robert Mulligan, adapted for film by Thomas Tryon from his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, and twins Chris and Martin Udvarnoky, with Victor French, John Ritter, and Jenny Sullivan in supporti" }, { "title": "Painters Painting", "year": 1972, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning", "extract": "Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene 1940-1970 is a 1972 documentary directed by Emile de Antonio. It covers American art movements from abstract expressionism to pop art through conversations with artists in their studios. Artists appearing in the film include Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, " }, { "title": "Pancho Villa", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors", "extract": "Pancho Villa is a 1972 American, British and Spanish spaghetti western film directed by Eugenio Martín. It takes as its starting point the life and legend of the Mexican bandit-revolutionary of that name, but has no other basis in historical fact. The film features Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck" }, { "title": "Payday", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Rip Torn, Ahna Capri", "extract": "Payday is a 1973 American drama film written by Don Carpenter, directed by Daryl Duke, and starring Rip Torn as a country music singer. Other members of the cast include Ahna Capri, Elayne Heilveil, and Michael C. Gwynne. The picture was filmed in and around Selma, Alabama." }, { "title": "Pete 'n' Tillie", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page", "extract": "Pete 'n' Tillie is a 1972 American comedy-drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett. Its advertising tagline was: \"Honeymoon's over. It's time to get married.\"" }, { "title": "Pickup on 101", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Albertson, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Sheen", "extract": "Pickup on 101 is a 1972 American drama film directed by John Florea and written by Anthony Blake. The film stars Jack Albertson, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Sheen, Hal Baylor, George Chandler and Robert Donner. The film was released in May 1972, by American International Pictures." }, { "title": "Pink Flamingos", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Divine", "extract": "Pink Flamingos is a 1972 American black comedy film directed, written, produced, narrated, filmed, and edited by John Waters. It is part of what Waters has labelled the \"Trash Trilogy\", which also includes Female Trouble (1974) and Desperate Living (1977). The film stars the countercultural drag que" }, { "title": "A Place Called Today", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lana Wood, Cheri Caffaro", "extract": "A Place Called Today is a 1972 American drama film written and directed by Don Schain. The film stars J. Herbert Kerr Jr., Lana Wood, Cheri Caffaro, Richard Smedley, Timothy Brown and Peter Carew. The film was released on June 7, 1972, by Embassy Pictures." }, { "title": "Play It Again, Sam", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Susan Anspach", "extract": "Play It Again, Sam is a 1972 American comedy film written by and starring Woody Allen, based on his 1969 Broadway play of the same name. The film was directed by Herbert Ross, instead of Allen, who usually directs his own written work." }, { "title": "Play It as It Lays", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Adam Roarke", "extract": "Play It As It Lays is a 1972 American drama film directed by Frank Perry and written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, based on the novel of the same name by Didion. The film stars Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins, who previously starred together in the 1968 film Pretty Poison." }, { "title": "Pocket Money", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Paul Newman, Lee Marvin", "extract": "Pocket Money is a 1972 American Western buddy comedy film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, from a screenplay written by Terrence Malick and based on the 1970 novel Jim Kane by J.P.S. Brown. The film stars Paul Newman and Lee Marvin and takes place in 1970s Arizona and northern Mexico." }, { "title": "Pope Joan", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Liv Ullmann, Olivia de Havilland", "extract": "Pope Joan is a 1972 British historical drama film based on the story of Pope Joan. Even though modern consensus generally considers Pope Joan to be legendary, in the film her existence is treated as fact." }, { "title": "Portnoy's Complaint", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Richard Benjamin, Karen Black, Lee Grant", "extract": "Portnoy's Complaint is a 1972 American comedy film written and directed by Ernest Lehman. His screenplay is based on the bestselling 1969 novel of the same name by Philip Roth." }, { "title": "The Poseidon Adventure", "year": 1972, "genres": "Disaster, Adventure", "cast": "Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall", "extract": "The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 American disaster film directed by Ronald Neame, produced by Irwin Allen, and based on Paul Gallico's 1969 novel of the same name. It has an ensemble cast including five Oscar winners: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Albertson, Shelley Winters, and Red Buttons. T" }, { "title": "The Possession of Joel Delaney", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Michael Hordern", "extract": "The Possession of Joel Delaney is a 1970 horror novel by American writer Ramona Stewart. Its plot follows a woman who comes to believe her brother has been possessed by the spirit of a serial killer. It was adapted into the 1972 feature film of the same title starring Shirley MacLaine and Perry King" }, { "title": "Prime Cut", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Action, Crime", "cast": "Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek, Angel Tompkins", "extract": "Prime Cut is a 1972 American action crime film produced by Joe Wizan, directed by Michael Ritchie from a screenplay written by Robert Dillon, and starring Lee Marvin, who portrays a mob enforcer from the Chicago Irish Mob sent to Kansas to collect a debt from a meatpacker boss played by Gene Hackman" }, { "title": "Private Parts", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Stanley Livingston, Lucille Benson", "extract": "Private Parts is a 1972 American horror film directed by Paul Bartel in his feature film debut, and starring Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, and John Ventantonio. Its plot follows a troubled young woman who suspects a deviant serial killer is living among her in her aunt's dilapidated hotel in downtown " }, { "title": "Rage", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Thriller, Mystery", "cast": "George C. Scott, Martin Sheen", "extract": "Rage is a 1972 American thriller / mystery film starring George C. Scott, Richard Basehart, Martin Sheen and Barnard Hughes. Scott also directed this drama about a sheep rancher who is fatally exposed to a military lab's poison gas. The plot was inspired by a true event, the Dugway sheep incident in" }, { "title": "Red Sun", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress", "extract": "Red Sun is a 1971 Franco-Italian international co-production Spaghetti Western film directed by Terence Young and starring Charles Bronson, Toshirō Mifune, Alain Delon, Ursula Andress, and Capucine. It was filmed in Spain by the British director Young, with a screenplay by Denne Bart Petitclerc, Wil" }, { "title": "A Reflection of Fear", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Robert Shaw, Sondra Locke, Sally Kellerman", "extract": "A Reflection of Fear is a 1972 American thriller film directed by William A. Fraker with a screenplay by Edward Hume and Lewis John Carlino and starring Sondra Locke, Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Signe Hasso, Gordon Devol and Sally Kellerman. It is based on the novel Go to Thy Deathbed by Stanton Forbes." }, { "title": "The Revengers", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Holden, Ernest Borgnine", "extract": "The Revengers is a 1972 Western film written by Wendell Mayes based upon a story by Steven W. Carabatsos. The film was directed by Daniel Mann and stars William Holden and Ernest Borgnine." }, { "title": "Rivals", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Hackett, Robert Klein", "extract": "Rivals is a 1972 American drama film written and directed by Krishna Shah. The film stars Joan Hackett, Robert Klein, Scott Jacoby, Jeanne Tanzy Williams, Glen Hayes and Phoebe Dorin. The film was released on August 23, 1972, by AVCO Embassy Pictures." }, { "title": "Run, Cougar, Run", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Stuart Whitman, Frank Aletter, Lonny Chapman", "extract": "Run, Cougar, Run is a 1972 American Western film directed by Jerome Courtland and written by Louis Pelletier. The film stars Stuart Whitman, Frank Aletter, Lonny Chapman, Douglas Fowley, Harry Carey, Jr. and Alfonso Arau. The film was released on October 18, 1972, by Buena Vista Distribution." }, { "title": "The Salzburg Connection", "year": 1972, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Barry Newman, Anna Karina, Klaus Maria Brandauer", "extract": "The Salzburg Connection is a 1972 American thriller film directed by Lee H. Katzin, starring Barry Newman and Anna Karina. It is based on the 1968 novel of the same title by Helen MacInnes. It was filmed in DeLuxe Color and Panavision. The sets were designed by the art director Hertha Hareiter. Exte" }, { "title": "Savages", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Susan Blakely, Sam Waterston", "extract": "Savages is a 1972 Merchant Ivory Film directed by James Ivory and screenplay by George W. S. Trow and Michael O'Donoghue, based on an idea by Ivory." }, { "title": "Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Susan Hayward, Darren McGavin, Michael Constantine, Michele Nichols, Dane Clark", "extract": "Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole is a 1972 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jud Taylor and starring Susan Hayward, Darren McGavin, Michael Constantine, Michele Nichols, Dane Clark, Beverly Garland and Jeanette Nolan." }, { "title": "The Screaming Woman", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror, Thriller", "cast": "Olivia de Havilland, Ed Nelson, Joseph Cotten, Walter Pidgeon, Lonny Chapman", "extract": "The Screaming Woman is a 1972 American made-for-television horror-thriller film starring Olivia de Havilland and directed by Jack Smight. It is loosely based on a short story by Ray Bradbury with a script written by Merwin Gerard. The film was produced by Universal Television and originally aired as" }, { "title": "A Separate Peace", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Parker Stevenson, William Roerick", "extract": "A Separate Peace is a 1972 American drama film directed by Larry Peerce. It was adapted by John Knowles and Fred Segal from Knowles's best-selling novel of the same title. The film stars Parker Stevenson." }, { "title": "Shaft's Big Score", "year": 1972, "genres": "Action, Crime", "cast": "Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn", "extract": "Shaft's Big Score! is a 1972 American blaxploitation action-crime film starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft. It is the second entry in the Shaft film series, with both director Gordon Parks and screenwriter Ernest Tidyman reprising their roles from the first film. Moses Gunn an" }, { "title": "Silent Running", "year": 1972, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Bruce Dern, Ron Rifkin", "extract": "Silent Running is a 1972 American environmental-themed science fiction film. It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, and Jesse Vint." }, { "title": "Sitting Target", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Oliver Reed, Jill St. John", "extract": "Sitting Target, also known as Screaming Target, is a 1972 British crime film directed by Douglas Hickox and mainly shot in various locations in London, including the Winstanley and York Road Estates. It stars Oliver Reed, Ian McShane and Jill St. John and was based on the 1970 novel by Laurence Hend" }, { "title": "Skyjacked", "year": 1972, "genres": "Disaster", "cast": "Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Jeanne Crain, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "Skyjacked is a 1972 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin. The film stars Charlton Heston, James Brolin and Yvette Mimieux, along with an ensemble cast primarily playing the roles of passengers and crew aboard an airliner. Skyjacked is based on the David Harper novel Hijacked." }, { "title": "Slaughter", "year": 1972, "genres": "", "cast": "Jim Brown, Rip Torn, Stella Stevens", "extract": "Slaughter is a 1972 blaxploitation film directed by Jack Starrett and starring Jim Brown as a former Green Beret captain seeking revenge for a murder. Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Don Gordon and Cameron Mitchell co-star. This film was followed by a sequel the following year, Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (19" }, { "title": "Slaughterhouse-Five", "year": 1972, "genres": "Science Fiction, Drama, Comedy, War", "cast": "Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine", "extract": "Slaughterhouse-Five is a 1972 American comedy-drama military science fiction film directed by George Roy Hill and produced by Paul Monash, from a screenplay by Stephen Geller, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut. The film stars Michael Sacks as Billy Pilgrim, who is \"unstuck in" }, { "title": "Snoopy, Come Home", "year": 1972, "genres": "Animated, Comedy, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Voices of, Chad Webber, Robin Kohn, Hilary Momberger, Johanna Baer", "extract": "Snoopy, Come Home! is a 1972 American animated musical comedy-drama film directed by Bill Melendez and written by Charles M. Schulz based on the Peanuts comic strip. The film marks the on-screen debut of Woodstock, who had first appeared in the strip in 1967. It was the only Peanuts film during comp" }, { "title": "Snowball Express", "year": 1972, "genres": "Family, Comedy", "cast": "Dean Jones, Nancy Olson, Johnny Whitaker, Keenan Wynn, Michael McGreevey", "extract": "Snowball Express is a 1972 American screwball comedy film produced by Ron Miller and Tom Leetch and directed by Norman Tokar. The film is about a man who leaves his middle class job to run a hotel left to him by his great uncle." }, { "title": "Something Evil", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, Ralph Bellamy, Jeff Corey, Johnny Whitaker", "extract": "Something Evil is a 1972 American TV movie starring Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin and Ralph Bellamy. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the screenplay was written by Robert Clouse." }, { "title": "Sounder", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks", "extract": "Sounder is a 1972 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and adapted by Lonne Elder III from the 1969 novel of the same name by William H. Armstrong. The story concerns an African-American sharecropper family in the Deep South, who struggle with economic and personal hardships during the Great " }, { "title": "Stand Up and Be Counted", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jacqueline Bisset, Stella Stevens, Steve Lawrence", "extract": "Stand Up and Be Counted is a 1972 American comedy film directed by Jackie Cooper and starring Jacqueline Bisset and Stella Stevens. It features the recording of \"I Am Woman\" (1971) by Helen Reddy." }, { "title": "Stigma", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Philip Michael Thomas", "extract": "Stigma is a 1972 American drama film. It was produced by Charles Moss, while David E. Durston was both the writer and the director. Prominent themes in the film include racism and sexually transmitted disease. It stars Philip Michael Thomas in an early screen appearance, twelve years before he starr" }, { "title": "The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie", "year": 1972, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Bonnie Bedelia, Ken Howard", "extract": "The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie is a 1972 American thriller film directed by Jack Starrett and starring Bonnie Bedelia and Ken Howard." }, { "title": "Superbeast", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Antoinette Bower, Harry Lauter", "extract": "Superbeast is a 1972 American horror film written and directed by George Schenck and starring Antoinette Bower, Craig Littler, Harry Lauter, Vic Díaz and Jose Romulo. It was released on November 1, 1972, by United Artists. It was released as a double feature with Daughters of Satan. It was the last " }, { "title": "Super Fly", "year": 1972, "genres": "Noir, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Ron O'Neal, Julius Harris", "extract": "Super Fly is a 1972 American blaxploitation neo-noir crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks Jr. and starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business. The film is well known for its soundtrack, written and produced by s" }, { "title": "They Only Kill Their Masters", "year": 1972, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "James Garner, ., Katharine Ross", "extract": "They Only Kill Their Masters is a 1972 American mystery film directed by James Goldstone, written by Lane Slate, and starring James Garner and Katharine Ross, with a supporting cast featuring Hal Holbrook, June Allyson, Tom Ewell, Peter Lawford, Edmond O'Brien, and Arthur O'Connell. The title refers" }, { "title": "The Thing with Two Heads", "year": 1972, "genres": "Science Fiction, Comedy", "cast": "Ray Milland, Roosevelt Grier", "extract": "The Thing with Two Heads is a 1972 American blaxploitation science fiction comedy film directed by Lee Frost and starring Ray Milland, Rosey Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry, Kathy Baumann, and Chelsea Brown." }, { "title": "Thumb Tripping", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bruce Dern, Meg Foster", "extract": "Thumb Tripping is an American 1972 drama film directed by Quentin Masters, written by Don Mitchell, and starring Michael Burns, Meg Foster, Marianna Hill, Burke Byrnes, Michael Conrad and Bruce Dern. It was released in October 1972, by AVCO Embassy Pictures." }, { "title": "To Find a Man", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Pamela Sue Martin, Darren O'Connor, Tom Bosley", "extract": "To Find a Man is a 1972 American comedy-drama film directed by Buzz Kulik and starring Pamela Sue Martin, Darren O'Connor, and Lloyd Bridges. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival." }, { "title": "To Kill a Clown", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Alan Alda, Blythe Danner", "extract": "To Kill a Clown is a 1972 American psychological thriller film directed by George Bloomfield and written by George Bloomfield and I. C. Rapoport. The film stars Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Heath Lamberts and Eric Clavering. The film was released on August 23, 1972 by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Tomorrow", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Duvall, Peter Masterson", "extract": "Tomorrow is a 1972 American drama film directed by Joseph Anthony. The screenplay was written by Horton Foote, adapted from a play he wrote for Playhouse 90 that was based on a 1940 short story by William Faulkner in the short story collection Knight's Gambit. The PG-rated film was filmed in the Mis" }, { "title": "Travels with My Aunt", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Maggie Smith, Louis Gossett Jr.", "extract": "Travels with My Aunt is a 1972 American comedy film directed by George Cukor, written by Jay Presson Allen and Hugh Wheeler, and starring Maggie Smith. The film is loosely based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Graham Greene. The film's plot retains the book's central theme of the adventurous, " }, { "title": "Treasure Island", "year": 1972, "genres": "Animated, Adventure", "cast": "Richard Dawson, Davy Jones, Dal McKennon", "extract": "Treasure Island is a 1973 American animated adventure film directed by Hal Sutherland, produced by Filmation, and released by Warner Bros. In this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel of the same name, Jim Hawkins travels with sidekick Hiccup the Mouse." }, { "title": "Treasure Island", "year": 1972, "genres": "Live Action, Adventure", "cast": "Orson Welles, Lionel Stander, Walter Slezak", "extract": "Treasure Island is a 1972 adventure film, based on the 1883 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film stars Orson Welles as Long John Silver, Kim Burfield as Jim Hawkins, Walter Slezak as Squire Trelawney, Rik Battaglia as Captain Smollett, and Ángel del Pozo as Doctor Livesey." }, { "title": "Trick Baby", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Kiel Martin, Mel Stewart, Vernee Watson-Johnson", "extract": "Trick Baby is a 1972 Blaxploitation film directed by Larry Yust and starring Kiel Martin and Mel Stewart. This crime-drama is based and named after a novel by Iceberg Slim written in 1967. The film was produced by Marshal Backlar and James Levitt. The film first premiered at the DeMille Theater, Sev" }, { "title": "Trouble Man", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime, Thriller", "cast": "Robert Hooks, Paula Kelly", "extract": "Trouble Man is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime thriller film directed by Ivan Dixon and produced and released by 20th Century Fox. The film stars Robert Hooks as \"Mr. T.\", a hard-edged private detective who tends to take justice into his own hands. It is still of note today for its soundtrack, " }, { "title": "Ulzana's Raid", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Richard Jaeckel", "extract": "Ulzana's Raid is a 1972 American Revisionist Western film starring Burt Lancaster, Richard Jaeckel, Bruce Davison and Joaquin Martinez. The film, which was filmed on location in Arizona, was directed by Robert Aldrich based on a script by Alan Sharp. It portrays a brutal raid by Chiricahua Apaches a" }, { "title": "Unholy Rollers", "year": 1972, "genres": "Sports, Action, Comedy", "cast": "Claudia Jennings, Louis Quinn", "extract": "The Unholy Rollers is a 1972 American action comedy film directed by Vernon Zimmerman and starring Claudia Jennings." }, { "title": "Up the Sandbox", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Barbra Streisand, David Selby", "extract": "Up the Sandbox is a 1972 American comedy-drama film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Barbra Streisand." }, { "title": "The Valachi Papers", "year": 1972, "genres": "Noir, Crime", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari", "extract": "The Valachi Papers is a 1972 Italian-French crime neo noir directed by Terence Young. It is an adaptation of the 1968 non-fiction book of the same name by Peter Maas, with a screenplay by Stephen Geller. It tells the story of Joseph Valachi, a Mafia informant in the early 1960s who was the first eve" }, { "title": "The Victim", "year": 1972, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Elizabeth Montgomery, George Maharis, Jess Walton, Sue Ane Langdon, Eileen Heckart", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Visitors", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Patrick McVey, Patricia Joyce, James Woods", "extract": "The Visitors is a 1972 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Patrick McVey. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Kazan used an article written by Daniel Lang for The New Yorker in 1969, and Lang's subsequent book Casualties of War, as a jumping-off point for this film" }, { "title": "The War Between Men and Women", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris", "extract": "The War Between Men and Women is a 1972 American comedy-drama film directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, and Jason Robards. The film is based on the writings of humorist James Thurber, and was released by Cinema Center Films. It features animated cartoons intersper" }, { "title": "What's Up, Doc?", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn", "extract": "What's Up, Doc? is a 1972 American romantic screwball comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. It was intended to pay homage to comedy films of the 1930s and 1940s, especially Bringing Up Baby, and Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny cartoons. The film was loosely" }, { "title": "When the Legends Die", "year": 1972, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Widmark, Frederic Forrest, John War Eagle", "extract": "When The Legends Die is a 1963 American novel, written by Hal Borland; and a 1972 American Western film released in DeLuxe Color by Twentieth Century-Fox." }, { "title": "Where Does It Hurt?", "year": 1972, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Peter Sellers, Jo Ann Pflug, Rick Lenz", "extract": "Where Does it Hurt? is a 1972 American comedy film written and directed by Rod Amateau and starring Peter Sellers, Jo Ann Pflug, Rick Lenz, Pat Morita, and Harold Gould. The film is a darkly satirical look at capitalism in a hospital environment." }, { "title": "Wild in the Sky", "year": 1972, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Georg Stanford Brown, Brandon deWilde, Keenan Wynn", "extract": "Wild in the Sky is a 1972 American action comedy film directed by William T. Naud and starring Georg Stanford Brown, Brandon De Wilde, Keenan Wynn, Tim O'Connor, and Dick Gautier. The film was released as Black Jack in New York in December 1973. The film was released by American International Pictur" }, { "title": "Winter Soldier", "year": 1972, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "John Kerry", "extract": "Winter Soldier is a 1972 American documentary film chronicling the Winter Soldier Investigation, which took place in Detroit, Michigan, from January 31 to February 2, 1971. The film documents the accounts of American soldiers who returned from the War in Vietnam and participated in this war crimes h" }, { "title": "The Woman Hunt", "year": 1972, "genres": "Action", "cast": "John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Sid Haig", "extract": "The Woman Hunt is a 1972 film directed by Eddie Romero and starring John Ashley, Pat Woodell, and Sid Haig." }, { "title": "The Woman Hunter", "year": 1972, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Barbara Eden, Robert Vaughn, Stuart Whitman", "extract": "The Woman Hunter is a 1972 American made-for-television mystery film that premiered as the CBS Movie of the Week on September 19, 1972. The teleplay was written by Brian Clemens and Tony Williamson, from a story by Clemens about a socialite's involvement with an international thief." }, { "title": "The Wrath of God", "year": 1972, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, Rita Hayworth", "extract": "The Wrath of God is a 1972 American Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, Rita Hayworth and Victor Buono. Filmed in Mexico, it is based on the 1971 novel by Jack Higgins writing as James Graham." }, { "title": "You'll Like My Mother", "year": 1972, "genres": "Horror, Thriller", "cast": "Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy", "extract": "You'll Like My Mother is a 1972 American horror and thriller film directed by Lamont Johnson, from screenplay by Jo Heims based on the novel of the same name by Naomi A. Hintze. The film stars Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas and Sian Barbara Allen. The film follows a pregnant widow who t" }, { "title": "40 Carats", "year": 1973, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Edward Albert, Liv Ullmann, Billy Green Bush, Deborah Raffin, Binnie Barnes", "extract": "40 Carats is a 1973 American romantic comedy film directed by Milton Katselas. It is based on the 1968 play of the same name by Jay Presson Allen. The screenplay was written by Leonard Gershe." }, { "title": "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Comedy", "cast": "Cliff Robertson, Pamela Franklin, Bernadette Peters", "extract": "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies is a 1973 American adventure comedy film directed by John Erman from a screenplay by Claudia Salter. The film centers on a barnstorming pilot and his son as they fly around the United States in the 1920s, having adventures along the way. One of the driving forces behi" }, { "title": "The Affair", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Bruce Davison, Frances Reid, Jamie Smith-Jackson", "extract": "The Affair is a 1973 American TV movie directed by Gilbert Cates and starring Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Bruce Davison and Jamie Smith-Jackson." }, { "title": "The All-American Boy", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jon Voight, Jeanne Cooper", "extract": "The All-American Boy is a 1973 American drama film written and directed by Charles Eastman. The film stars Jon Voight, E. J. Peaker, Nancie Phillips, Art Metrano, Kathy Mahoney, Carole Androsky and Jeanne Cooper. The film was released by Warner Bros. on October 24, 1973." }, { "title": "American Graffiti", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Candy Clark, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams", "extract": "American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, " }, { "title": "Arnold", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror, Comedy", "cast": "Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Shani Wallis", "extract": "Arnold is a 1973 American horror comedy film directed by Georg Fenady and starring Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Shani Wallis, Farley Granger, Victor Buono, John McGiver, Bernard Fox, Patric Knowles, Jamie Farr and Norman Stuart. The film was released by Cinerama Releasing Corpora" }, { "title": "Ash Wednesday", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger", "extract": "Ash Wednesday is a 1973 American dark drama film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Elizabeth Taylor. It was produced by Dominick Dunne. The screenplay by Jean-Claude Tramont focuses on the effect that extensive cosmetic surgery has on the life of a middle-aged married woman." }, { "title": "The Baby", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror, Thriller", "cast": "Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill", "extract": "The Baby is a 1973 American psychological thriller film directed by Ted Post and written by Abe Polsky. The film stars Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Suzanne Zenor, and David Manzy. It tells the story of a social worker who investigates an eccentric family which includes \"Baby\", a 21-ye" }, { "title": "Badge 373", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow", "extract": "Badge 373 is a 1973 American neo noir crime thriller film inspired, as was The French Connection, by the life and career of Eddie Egan, here called \"Eddie Ryan\". The film, which has a screenplay by journalist Pete Hamill, was produced and directed by Howard W. Koch, and stars Robert Duvall as Ryan, " }, { "title": "Badlands", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir, Historical", "cast": "Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates", "extract": "Badlands is a 1973 American neo-noir period crime drama film written, produced and directed by Terrence Malick, in his directorial debut. The film stars Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek, and follows Holly Sargis (Spacek), a 15-year old who goes on a killing spree with her partner, Kit Carruthers (Sheen" }, { "title": "Bang the Drum Slowly", "year": 1973, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster", "extract": "Bang the Drum Slowly is a 1973 American sports drama film directed by John D. Hancock, about a baseball player of limited intellect who has a terminal illness, and his brainier, more skilled teammate. It is a film adaptation of the 1956 baseball novel of the same name by American author Mark Harris." }, { "title": "Battle for the Planet of the Apes", "year": 1973, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Roddy McDowall, John Huston, Claude Akins", "extract": "Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a 1973 American science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by John William Corrington and Joyce Hooper Corrington, based on a story by Paul Dehn. The film is the sequel to Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) and the fifth and final i" }, { "title": "Beyond Atlantis", "year": 1973, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Patrick Wayne, John Ashley, Leigh Christian", "extract": "Beyond Atlantis is a 1973 Filipino-American science fiction horror film directed by Eddie Romero, written by Charles Johnson, based on a story by Stephanie Rothman, and starring Patrick Wayne and John Ashley." }, { "title": "Black Caesar", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, D'Urville Martin", "extract": "Black Caesar is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry and Julius Harris. It features a musical score by James Brown, his first experience with writing music for film. A sequel titled Hell Up in Harlem was relea" }, { "title": "Black Mama White Mama", "year": 1973, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Lynn Borden", "extract": "Black Mama White Mama is a 1973 women in prison film directed by Eddie Romero and starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov. The film has elements of blaxploitation. The movie also was released as Hot, Hard and Mean." }, { "title": "Black Snake", "year": 1973, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "David Prowse, Anouska Hempel, Percy Herbert", "extract": "Black Snake is a 1973 American film directed by Russ Meyer and starring Anouska Hempel, David Warbeck, Percy Herbert and Thomas Baptiste. It was Meyer's return to self-financed projects, following the end of his brief deal at 20th Century Fox. Meyer's only attempt at the Blaxploitation genre, it was" }, { "title": "Blackenstein", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "John Hart, Liz Renay, Andrea King", "extract": "Blackenstein, also known as Black Frankenstein on its theatrical release poster and whose actual on-screen title is Blackenstein the Black Frankenstein, is a 1973 American blaxploitation horror film directed by William A. Levey, and starring John Hart, Ivory Stone, Andrea King, Roosevelt Jackson, Jo" }, { "title": "Blume in Love", "year": 1973, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson, Shelley Winters", "extract": "Blume in Love is a 1973 American romantic comedy drama film written, produced and directed by Paul Mazursky. It stars George Segal in the titular role, alongside Susan Anspach and Kris Kristofferson. Others in the cast include Mazursky, Marsha Mason and Shelley Winters." }, { "title": "Book of Numbers", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Raymond St. Jacques, Philip Michael Thomas, Freda Payne, Hope Clarke", "extract": "Book of Numbers is a 1973 American crime film directed by and starring Raymond St. Jacques. It was produced by AVCO Embassy Pictures, and is the story of two black waiters who team up in El Dorado, Arkansas to run a numbers racket among the poor and working class black community in the 1930s. Meanwh" }, { "title": "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Kerwin Mathews, Elaine Devry, Robert J. Wilke", "extract": "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf is a 1973 Technicolor horror film directed by Nathan H. Juran. The film stars Kerwin Mathews in the final film he and Juran made after their earlier work, which included The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. In this thriller, a boy visits his father in a secluded cabin; the father is " }, { "title": "Breezy", "year": 1973, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "William Holden, Kay Lenz, Marj Dusay", "extract": "Breezy is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, produced by Robert Daley, and written by Jo Heims. The film stars William Holden and Kay Lenz, with Roger C. Carmel, Marj Dusay, and Joan Hotchkis in supporting roles. It is the third film directed by Eastwood and the first wi" }, { "title": "Cahill U.S. Marshal", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Gary Grimes, George Kennedy, Neville Brand", "extract": "Cahill U.S. Marshal is a 1973 American Western film in Technicolor starring John Wayne as a driven lawman in a black hat. The film was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and filmed on location in Durango, Mexico. The supporting cast features George Kennedy, Neville Brand, Marie Windsor, Royal Dano, Denv" }, { "title": "The Candy Snatchers", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Tiffany Bolling, Ben Piazza, Dolores Dorn", "extract": "The Candy Snatchers is a 1973 American exploitation crime film directed by Guerdon Trueblood. The film was unofficially inspired by the kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle. It stars Susan Sennett as a teenager who is kidnapped and held for ransom by three amateur criminals. The picture gained cult fil" }, { "title": "The Cat Creature", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Meredith Baxter, David Hedison, Gale Sondergaard", "extract": "The Cat Creature is a 1973 American made-for-television horror film produced by Douglas S. Cramer and directed by Curtis Harrington from a teleplay by Robert Bloch and starring Meredith Baxter, David Hedison and Gale Sondergaard. The film serves as a tribute to the low-budget Val Lewton horror films" }, { "title": "Charley and the Angel", "year": 1973, "genres": "Family, Comedy, Western", "cast": "Fred MacMurray, Harry Morgan, Cloris Leachman, Kurt Russell, George Lindsey", "extract": "Charley and the Angel is a 1973 American Disney family/comedy film set in an unidentified small city in the 1930s Depression-era Midwestern United States and starring Fred MacMurray in one of his final film appearances and his last movie for Disney. The film, directed by Vincent McEveety, is based o" }, { "title": "Charley One-Eye", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Roundtree, Roy Thinnes, Nigel Davenport", "extract": "Charley One-Eye is a 1973 British-American film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Richard Roundtree, Roy Thinnes and Nigel Davenport." }, { "title": "Charley Varrick", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir", "cast": "Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, John Vernon, Jacqueline Scott, Andrew Robinson", "extract": "Charley Varrick is a 1973 American neo-noir crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Walter Matthau, Andrew Robinson, Joe Don Baker and John Vernon. Charley Varrick was based on the novel The Looters by John H. Reese and is the first of four consecutive films Matthau appeared in that were not " }, { "title": "Charlotte's Web", "year": 1973, "genres": "Animated, Drama, Musical, Family", "cast": "Voices of, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Pamelyn Ferdin", "extract": "Charlotte's Web is a 1973 American animated musical drama film based on the 1952 children's book of the same name by E. B. White. The film was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Like the book, this film centers on a pig named Wilbur who befriends an intellig" }, { "title": "Cinderella Liberty", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Caan, Marsha Mason, Eli Wallach", "extract": "Cinderella Liberty is a 1973 American drama film adapted by Daryl Ponicsan from his 1973 novel of the same title. The film tells the story of a sailor who falls in love with a prostitute and becomes a surrogate father for her 10-year-old mixed race son. The film stars James Caan, Marsha Mason and El" }, { "title": "Class of '44", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Gary Grimes, Deborah Winters, Jerry Houser", "extract": "Class of '44 is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. Directed by Paul Bogart, it is structured as a sequel to the 1971 film Summer of '42 which recounted the events in the earlier portion of Raucher's memoirs." }, { "title": "Cleopatra Jones", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Tamara Dobson, Antonio Fargas, Shelley Winters", "extract": "Cleopatra Jones is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Jack Starrett. Tamara Dobson stars as an undercover government agent who uses the day job of supermodel as her cover and an excuse to travel to exotic places. Bernie Casey, Shelley Winters and Antonio Fargas also feature. The film ha" }, { "title": "Coffy", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, William Elliott", "extract": "Coffy is a 1973 American blaxploitation film written and directed by Jack Hill. The story is about a black female vigilante played by Pam Grier who seeks violent revenge against a heroin dealer responsible for her sister's addiction." }, { "title": "Cops and Robbers", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "Joseph Bologna, Cliff Gorman, Delphi Lawrence", "extract": "Cops and Robbers is a 1973 crime comedy film directed by Aram Avakian with an original screenplay by Donald E. Westlake which Westlake subsequently expanded into a novel. The film stars Cliff Gorman as Tom and Joseph Bologna as Joe." }, { "title": "The Crazies", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "Lynn Lowry, Richard Liberty, Will McMillan", "extract": "The Crazies is a 1973 American science fiction horror film written and directed by George A. Romero. It stars Lane Carroll, Will McMillan, and Harold Wayne Jones as residents of a small American town that accidentally become afflicted by a military biological weapon. Filmed in Evans City in Western " }, { "title": "The Daring Dobermans", "year": 1973, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Charles Knox Robinson, Tim Considine, David Moses, Joan Caulfield, John War Eagle", "extract": "The Daring Dobermans is a 1973 film. It is a sequel to The Doberman Gang. It picks up right where its predecessor left off, with the six Doberman Pinschers in the wilderness that they headed to following a rogue Bulldog at nightfall." }, { "title": "The Day of the Dolphin", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller", "cast": "George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino, Fritz Weaver", "extract": "The Day of the Dolphin is a 1973 American science fiction thriller film directed by Mike Nichols and starring George C. Scott. Based on the 1967 novel Un animal doué de raison, by French writer Robert Merle, the screenplay was written by American Buck Henry." }, { "title": "The Deadly Trackers", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Harris, Rod Taylor, Neville Brand", "extract": "The Deadly Trackers is a 1973 American Western film directed by Barry Shear and starring Richard Harris, Rod Taylor and Al Lettieri. It is based on the novel Riata by Samuel Fuller." }, { "title": "A Delicate Balance", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick", "extract": "A Delicate Balance is a 1973 American-Canadian-British drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Joseph Cotten, and Betsy Blair. The screenplay by Edward Albee is based on his 1966 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name." }, { "title": "Detroit 9000", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Action", "cast": "Alex Rocco, Hari Rhodes, Vonetta McGee", "extract": "Detroit 9000 is a 1973 American action film directed by Arthur Marks from a screenplay by Orville H. Hampton. Originally marketed as a blaxploitation film, it had a resurgence on video 25 years later." }, { "title": "The Devil in Miss Jones", "year": 1973, "genres": "Erotic", "cast": "Georgina Spelvin, Harry Reems, Gerard Damiano", "extract": "The Devil in Miss Jones is a 1973 pornographic film, written, directed and produced by Gerard Damiano and starring Georgina Spelvin and Harry Reems. It is widely regarded as a classic adult film, released during the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984). After his 1972 success with Deep Throat, Damiano sho" }, { "title": "Dillinger", "year": 1973, "genres": "Biography, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Geoffrey Lewis, Ben Johnson, Richard Dreyfuss", "extract": "Dillinger is a 1973 American gangster film about the life and criminal exploits of notorious bank robber John Dillinger. It stars Warren Oates as Dillinger, Ben Johnson as his pursuer, FBI Agent Melvin Purvis, and Cloris Leachman as the \"Lady in Red\" who made it possible for Purvis to kill Dillinger" }, { "title": "Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "John Considine, Barry Coe, Cheryl Miller, Jo Morrow, Stewart Moss", "extract": "Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls is a 1973 American horror film directed by Eddie Saeta and starring John Considine, Barry Coe, Cheryl Miller, Stewart Moss, Leon Askin, and Jo Morrow. The film was released by Cinerama Releasing Corporation in October 1973." }, { "title": "The Doll Squad", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Francine York, Anthony Eisley, Anthony Eisley", "extract": "The Doll Squad is a 1973 low-budget Z-grade action film by Feature-Faire that was later re-released under the title Seduce and Destroy. Directed, edited, co-written and co-produced by Ted V. Mikels, it features Francine York, Michael Ansara, John Carter, Anthony Eisley, Leigh Christian and Tura Sata" }, { "title": "The Don Is Dead", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Anthony Quinn, Angel Tompkins, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri", "extract": "The Don Is Dead is a 1973 American crime film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler, and Marvin H. Albert, adapted from Albert's novel of the same name. It stars Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, and Angel Tompkins." }, { "title": "Double Indemnity", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber, Samantha Eggar", "extract": "Double Indemnity is a 1973 American made-for-television crime film directed by Jack Smight and starring Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber and Samantha Eggar. It was a remake of Double Indemnity (1944) based on the film rather than the original novel." }, { "title": "Electra Glide in Blue", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Robert Blake, Mitchell Ryan, Jeannine Riley", "extract": "Electra Glide in Blue is a 1973 American action film, starring Robert Blake as a motorcycle cop in Arizona and Billy \"Green\" Bush as his partner. It was produced and directed by James William Guercio, and is named after the Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle issued to traffic cops. The soundtr" }, { "title": "Emperor of the North", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Action, Adventure", "cast": "Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine", "extract": "Emperor of the North Pole is a 1973 American action adventure film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, and Charles Tyner. It was later re-released on home media under the shorter title Emperor of the North, ostensibly chosen by studio executives to avoi" }, { "title": "Enter the Dragon", "year": 1973, "genres": "Martial Arts", "cast": "Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Angela Mao Ying, Shih Kien", "extract": "Enter the Dragon is a 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse, written by Michael Allin, and starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon and Jim Kelly. It was Lee's final completed film appearance before his death on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32. An American and Hong Kong co-production, it premiered in" }, { "title": "Executive Action", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer", "extract": "Executive Action is a 1973 American conspiracy thriller film directed by David Miller about the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. Written by Dalton Trumbo, it was based on the novel of the same name by Mark Lane and Donald Freed. It stars Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan. Mille" }, { "title": "The Exorcist", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn", "extract": "The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller and Linda Blair. It follows" }, { "title": "Five on the Black Hand Side", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Clarice Taylor, D'Urville Martin, Glynn Turman", "extract": "Five on the Black Hand Side is a 1973 African American comedy film based on the 1969 play of the same name by Charlie L. Russell. It was shot in Los Angeles, California. Leonard Jackson appeared as John Henry Brooks. He was cast in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple fifteen years later." }, { "title": "Fly Me", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action, Erotic", "cast": "Pat Anderson, Lenore Kasdorf, Richard Young", "extract": "Fly Me is a 1973 United States-Filipino sexploitation film about the adventures of three flight attendants." }, { "title": "Frank Film", "year": 1973, "genres": "Animated, Short", "cast": "Frank Mouris", "extract": "Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short film by Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996." }, { "title": "The Friends of Eddie Coyle", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir", "cast": "Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco", "extract": "The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 American neo-noir crime film starring Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle and directed by Peter Yates. The screenplay by Paul Monash was adapted from the 1970 novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins." }, { "title": "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler", "year": 1973, "genres": "Family", "cast": "Ingrid Bergman, Johnny Doran, Madeline Kahn", "extract": "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is a 1973 American children's film based on E.L. Konigsburg's novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. It tells the story of a girl and her brother who run away from home to live in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and di" }, { "title": "Ganja & Hess", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Marlene Clark", "extract": "Ganja & Hess is a 1973 American blaxploitation horror film written and directed by Bill Gunn and starring Marlene Clark and Duane Jones. The film follows the exploits of anthropologist Dr. Hess Green (Jones), who becomes a vampire after his intelligent but unstable assistant (Gunn) stabs him with an" }, { "title": "Genesis II", "year": 1973, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodrigues", "extract": "Genesis II is a 1973 American made-for-television science fiction film created and produced by Gene Roddenberry and directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. The film, which opens with the line, \"My name is Dylan Hunt. My story begins the day on which I died\", is the story of a 20th-century man thrown forwa" }, { "title": "Godspell", "year": 1973, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Victor Garber, David Haskell, Gilmer McCormick", "extract": "Godspell is a 1973 musical film. It is a film adaptation of the 1971 Off-Broadway musical Godspell, created by John-Michael Tebelak with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Directed by David Greene with stars Victor Garber as Jesus and David Haskell as Judas/John the Baptist, the film is set in co" }, { "title": "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", "year": 1973, "genres": "Fantasy, Adventure", "cast": "John Phillip Law, Tom Baker", "extract": "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is a 1973 fantasy adventure film directed by Gordon Hessler and featuring stop motion effects by Ray Harryhausen. Based on the Arabian Nights tales of Sinbad the Sailor, it is the second of three Sinbad films released by Columbia Pictures, the others being The 7th Voyage " }, { "title": "Gordon's War", "year": 1973, "genres": "Adventure, Action, War", "cast": "Paul Winfield, Carl Lee, David Downing", "extract": "Gordon's War is a 1973 action film written by Howard Friedlander and Ed Spielman, and directed by Ossie Davis. It stars Paul Winfield as Gordon Hudson." }, { "title": "Group Marriage", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Victoria Vetri, Claudia Jennings", "extract": "Group Marriage is a 1973 sex comedy film directed by Stephanie Rothman." }, { "title": "Guns of a Stranger", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Marty Robbins, Chill Wills, Dovie Beams", "extract": "Guns of a Stranger is a 1973 American Western film directed by Robert Hinkle and written by Charles W. Aldridge. The film stars Marty Robbins, Chill Wills, Dovie Beams, Steven Tackett, Bill Coontz and Shug Fisher. The film was released on May 1, 1973, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Happy Mother's Day, Love George", "year": 1973, "genres": "Thriller, Mystery", "cast": "Patricia Neal, Cloris Leachman, Bobby Darin", "extract": "Happy Mother's Day, Love George is a 1973 American mystery film produced and directed by Darren McGavin. The film stars Patricia Neal, Cloris Leachman, Bobby Darin, Tessa Dahl, Ron Howard, Kathie Browne, Joe Mascolo, Simon Oakland, and Thayer David." }, { "title": "The Harrad Experiment", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Whitmore, Tippi Hedren, Don Johnson", "extract": "The Harrad Experiment is a 1973 coming-of-age film about a fictional school called Harrad College where the students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Robert Rimmer, this film deals with the concept of free love during the height of the" }, { "title": "Harry in Your Pocket", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "James Coburn, Michael Sarrazin, Trish Van Devere", "extract": "Harry in Your Pocket is a 1973 comedy-drama film, about a team of professional pickpockets written by James Buchanan and Ronald Austin and directed by Bruce Geller, starring James Coburn, Michael Sarrazin, Trish Van Devere and Walter Pidgeon. Prior to release, the film was titled \"Harry Never Holds." }, { "title": "Heavy Traffic", "year": 1973, "genres": "Animated, Live Action, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "voices of, Joseph Kaufmann, Jamie Farr", "extract": "Heavy Traffic is a 1973 American live-action/animated comedy drama film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi. The film, which begins, ends, and occasionally combines with live-action, explores the often surreal fantasies of a young New York City cartoonist named Michael Corleone, using pinball image" }, { "title": "Hell Up in Harlem", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir", "cast": "Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry", "extract": "Hell Up in Harlem is a 1973 blaxploitation American neo-noir film, starring Fred Williamson and Gloria Hendry. Written and directed by Larry Cohen, it is a sequel to the film Black Caesar." }, { "title": "Hex", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western, Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Keith Carradine, Tina Herazo, Hilary Thompson", "extract": "Hex is a 1973 American Western supernatural horror film directed by Leo Garen and starring Keith Carradine, Cristina Raines, Hillarie Thompson, Dan Haggerty, Gary Busey, and Scott Glenn. Set in 1919, its plot follows a wayward band of motorcyclists who seek shelter at a rural Nebraska farm inhabited" }, { "title": "High Plains Drifter", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan", "extract": "High Plains Drifter is a 1973 American Western film directed by Clint Eastwood, written by Ernest Tidyman, and produced by Robert Daley for The Malpaso Company and Universal Pictures. The film stars Eastwood as a mysterious stranger who metes out justice in a corrupt frontier mining town. The film w" }, { "title": "Hijack", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action, Drama, Thriller", "cast": "David Janssen, Keenan Wynn, Lee Purcell", "extract": "Hijack is a 1973 American made-for-television action drama thriller film directed by Leonard Horn and starring David Janssen, Keenan Wynn and Lee Purcell." }, { "title": "Hit!", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Gwen Welles", "extract": "Hit! is a 1973 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor. It is about a federal agent trying to destroy a drug zone after his daughter dies from a heroin overdose." }, { "title": "I Escaped from Devil's Island", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Jim Brown, Christopher George, James Luisi", "extract": "I Escaped from Devil's Island is a 1973 exploitation film about an escape attempt from Devil's Island. Roger Corman and Gene Corman produced this grim adventure saga which was made to cash in on the release of Papillon." }, { "title": "The Iceman Cometh", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan", "extract": "The Iceman Cometh is a 1973 American drama film directed by John Frankenheimer. The screenplay, written by Thomas Quinn Curtiss, is based on Eugene O'Neill's 1946 play of the same name. The film was produced by Ely Landau for the American Film Theatre, which from 1973 to 1975 presented thirteen film" }, { "title": "Idaho Transfer", "year": 1973, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Keith Carradine, Kelley Bohanon", "extract": "Idaho Transfer is a 1973 science fiction film directed by Peter Fonda. It stars Kelley Bohanon, Kevin Hearst, Dale Hopkins, and Keith Carradine." }, { "title": "Interval", "year": 1973, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Merle Oberon, Robert Wolders, Claudio Brook", "extract": "Interval is a 1973 romantic drama film starring Merle Oberon in her final performance. Oberon also produced the movie, and fell in love with her co-star in it, Robert Wolders, divorcing her husband to marry Wolders in 1975." }, { "title": "Invasion of the Bee Girls", "year": 1973, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Anitra Ford, William Smith, Victoria Vetri", "extract": "Invasion of the Bee Girls is a 1973 American science fiction film. The first film venture for writer Nicholas Meyer, it was directed by Denis Sanders and stars William Smith, Anitra Ford and Victoria Vetri." }, { "title": "Jesus Christ Superstar", "year": 1973, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman", "extract": "Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1973 American musical drama film directed by Norman Jewison and jointly written for the screen by Jewison and Melvyn Bragg; they based their screenplay on the 1970 rock opera of the same name, the libretto of which was written by Tim Rice and whose music was composed by A" }, { "title": "Jeremy", "year": 1973, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Leonardo Cimino", "extract": "Jeremy is a 1973 American romantic drama film starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor as two Manhattan high school students who share a tentative month-long romance. It was the first film directed by Arthur Barron, and won the prize for Best First Work in the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Benson was" }, { "title": "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Franciscus, Juliet Mills, Dorothy McGuire", "extract": "Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a 1973 American drama film directed by Hall Bartlett, adapted from the 1970 novella of the same name by Richard Bach. The film tells the story of a young seabird who, after being cast out by his stern flock, goes on an odyssey to discover how to break the limits of his" }, { "title": "Jory", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robby Benson, Claudio Brook, John Marley", "extract": "Jory is a 1973 American Western film directed by Jorge Fons and starring Robby Benson in the title role. It was adapted from the 1969 novel of the same name by Milton R. Bass." }, { "title": "Kid Blue", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle", "extract": "Kid Blue is a 1973 American Comedy Western film directed by James Frawley and starring Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle and Ben Johnson." }, { "title": "The Killing Kind", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Ann Sothern, John Savage, Ruth Roman", "extract": "The Killing Kind is a 1973 American psychological horror film directed by Curtis Harrington, and starring Ann Sothern, John Savage, Ruth Roman, Luana Anders, and Cindy Williams. It follows a young man who, after being released from prison for a sexual assault he did not commit, submits to his impuls" }, { "title": "Lady Ice", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Donald Sutherland, Jennifer O'Neill, Robert Duvall", "extract": "Lady Ice is a 1973 American crime film directed by Tom Gries, and stars Donald Sutherland, Jennifer O'Neill, and Robert Duvall. The story concerns an insurance investigator who becomes involved with a wealthy young woman he suspects of fencing stolen jewelry." }, { "title": "The Last American Hero", "year": 1973, "genres": "Biography, Sports, Drama", "cast": "Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty", "extract": "The Last American Hero is a 1973 American sports drama film based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson. Directed by Lamont Johnson, the film stars Jeff Bridges as Junior Jackson, a character based on Johnson. It is based on Tom Wolfe's essay \"The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Ye" }, { "title": "The Last Detail", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Carol Kane", "extract": "The Last Detail is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, from a screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Darryl Ponicsan. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, and Carol Kane. It follows two career sailors assigned to" }, { "title": "The Last of Sheila", "year": 1973, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "James Coburn, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, Joan Hackett", "extract": "The Last of Sheila is a 1973 American whodunnit mystery film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim. It starred Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane, and Raquel Welch." }, { "title": "The Laughing Policeman", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Joanna Cassidy, Cathy Lee Crosby", "extract": "The Laughing Policeman is a 1973 American neo-noir thriller film loosely based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The setting of the story is transplanted from Stockholm to San Francisco. It was directed by Stuart Rosenberg and features Walter Matthau as Detective Jake" }, { "title": "The Legend of Hell House", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt", "extract": "The Legend of Hell House is a 1973 gothic supernatural horror film directed by John Hough, and starring Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, and Gayle Hunnicutt. It follows a group of researchers who spend a week in the former home of a sadist and murderer, where previous paranormal invest" }, { "title": "Little Cigars", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Angel Tompkins, Jerry Maren", "extract": "Little Cigars is a film released in 1973 by American International Pictures and was directed by Chris Christenberry." }, { "title": "Little Laura and Big John", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Fabian Forte, Karen Black, Paul Gleason", "extract": "Little Laura and Big John is a 1973 American feature film about the exploits of the Ashley gang in the Florida everglades in the 1910s and 1920s." }, { "title": "Live and Let Die", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action, Spy", "cast": "Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour", "extract": "Live and Let Die is a 1973 spy film. It is the eighth film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Guy Hamilton and produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, while Tom Mankiewicz wrote " }, { "title": "Lolly-Madonna XXX", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges", "extract": "Lolly-Madonna XXX is a 1973 film directed by Richard C. Sarafian. The film was co-written by Rodney Carr-Smith and Sue Grafton, based on the 1969 novel The Lolly-Madonna War by Grafton." }, { "title": "The Long Goodbye", "year": 1973, "genres": "Mystery, Crime, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Henry Gibson, Nina van Pallandt, Jim Bouton", "extract": "The Long Goodbye is a 1973 American neo-noir satirical mystery crime thriller film directed by Robert Altman and based on Raymond Chandler's 1953 novel. The screenplay was written by Leigh Brackett, who co-wrote the screenplay for Chandler's The Big Sleep in 1946. The film stars Elliott Gould as Phi" }, { "title": "Lost Horizon", "year": 1973, "genres": "Adventure, Fantasy, Musical", "cast": "Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, George Kennedy, Michael York", "extract": "Lost Horizon is a 1973 musical fantasy adventure film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, George Kennedy, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, Bobby Van, James Shigeta, Charles Boyer and John Gielgud. It was also the final film produced by Ross Hunter. The fil" }, { "title": "Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Maggie Smith, Timothy Bottoms", "extract": "Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula. It is often categorized as a drama, but contains many comic elements. Maggie Smith and Timothy Bottoms star." }, { "title": "Luther", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee", "extract": "Luther is the 1974 American biographical drama film of John Osborne's biographical play, presenting the life of Martin Luther. It was one of eight in the first season of the American Film Theatre's series of plays made into films. It was produced by Ely Landau, directed by British director Guy Green" }, { "title": "The Mack", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Max Julien, Richard Pryor, Roger E. Mosley", "extract": "The Mack is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by California native Michael Campus, starring Max Julien and Richard Pryor. The film also stars Oscar-nominee Juanita Moore and Tony-nominated actor Dick Anthony Williams. Filmed in Oakland, California the movie follows the rise an" }, { "title": "The Mackintosh Man", "year": 1973, "genres": "Thriller, Noir, Spy, War", "cast": "Paul Newman, James Mason", "extract": "The Mackintosh Man is a 1973 British Cold War neo noir spy thriller film, directed by John Huston and starring Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda and James Mason." }, { "title": "Magnum Force", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Action, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Tim Matheson, David Soul, Robert Urich", "extract": "Magnum Force is a 1973 American neo-noir vigilante action thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film Dirty Harry. Ted Post, who had previously worked with Eastwood on Rawhide and Hang 'Em High, directed the film. The screenplay was writt" }, { "title": "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb", "extract": "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing is a 1973 American Western film adaptation of Marilyn Durham's novel of the same name directed by Richard C. Sarafian, written by Eleanor Perry and William W. Norton, and starring Burt Reynolds and Sarah Miles." }, { "title": "Marco", "year": 1973, "genres": "Historical, Musical, Adventure", "cast": "Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Weston, Zero Mostel", "extract": "Marco is a 1973 American-Japanese historical musical adventure film directed by Seymour Robbie and starring Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Weston and Zero Mostel, which depicts the 13th century journey of Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo along the Silk Road and his meeting with Kublai Khan." }, { "title": "Maurie", "year": 1973, "genres": "Sports, Drama, Biography", "cast": "Bernie Casey, Bo Svenson, Maidie Norman", "extract": " Maurie is a 1973 American biographical drama film directed by Daniel Mann. Distributed by National General Pictures, the film covers the lives and relationship of two NBA Hall of fame basketball players, the forward Jack Twyman, and his teammate the forward Maurice Stokes." }, { "title": "Mean Streets", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Amy Robinson", "extract": "Mean Streets is a 1973 American crime film co-written and directed by Martin Scorsese, co-written by Mardik Martin, and starring Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. It was produced by Warner Bros. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 2, 1973, and was released on October 14. De N" }, { "title": "Messiah of Evil", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Elisha Cook Jr., Anitra Ford, Michael Greer", "extract": "Messiah of Evil is a 1973 American supernatural horror film co-written, co-produced, and co-directed by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, and starring Marianna Hill, Michael Greer, Anitra Ford, Royal Dano, and Elisha Cook Jr. Its plot follows a woman who travels to a remote coastal town in California t" }, { "title": "The Naked Ape", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Johnny Crawford, Victoria Principal, Diana Darrin", "extract": "The Naked Ape is a 1973 American comedy film, loosely adapted from the non-fiction book of the same name by Desmond Morris, written and directed by Donald Driver, and starring Johnny Crawford, Victoria Principal, Dennis Olivieri, Diana Darrin, Norman Grabowski, and John Hillerman, with animated segm" }, { "title": "A Name for Evil", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Samantha Eggar, Robert Culp, Mike Lane", "extract": "A Name for Evil is a 1973 American horror film directed by Bernard Girard and starring Samantha Eggar and Robert Culp." }, { "title": "The Neptune Factor", "year": 1973, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Ben Gazzara, Yvette Mimieux, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "The Neptune Factor, also known as The Neptune Disaster, is a 1973 science fiction film directed by Daniel Petrie, featuring underwater cinematography by Paul Herbermann. The film's special effects utilized underwater photography of miniatures with actual marine life." }, { "title": "The No Mercy Man", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action, Western", "cast": "Sid Haig, Ron Thompson, Richard X. Slattery", "extract": "The No Mercy Man is a 1973 action film with elements of a modern-day Western starring Steve Sandor, Rockne Tarkington, Sid Haig, Ron Thompson, Mike Lane, and Richard X. Slattery. The film was co-written and directed by Daniel Vance in his first and last feature film. The film was shot in Todd-AO by " }, { "title": "Oklahoma Crude", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Western", "cast": "George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills, Jack Palance", "extract": "Oklahoma Crude is a 1973 American comedy-drama western film directed by Stanley Kramer in Panavision. It stars George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills and Jack Palance. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where Kramer won the Golden Prize for Direction. The song \"Send a " }, { "title": "One Little Indian", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "James Garner, Vera Miles, Pat Hingle, Clay O'Brien, Rudy Diaz", "extract": "One Little Indian is a 1973 American Western comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions starring James Garner and Vera Miles. The supporting cast includes Pat Hingle, John Doucette, Morgan Woodward, Andrew Prine, as well as a 10-year-old Jodie Foster. The plotline involves a cavalry soldier's m" }, { "title": "The Outfit", "year": 1973, "genres": "Noir, Crime", "cast": "Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Sheree North, Robert Ryan", "extract": "The Outfit is a 1973 American neo-noir crime film directed by John Flynn. It stars Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker and Robert Ryan." }, { "title": "The Paper Chase", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman", "extract": "The Paper Chase is a 1973 American comedy-drama film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman, and directed by James Bridges." }, { "title": "Paper Moon", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn", "extract": "Paper Moon is a 1973 American road comedy-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and released by Paramount Pictures. Screenwriter Alvin Sargent adapted the script from the 1971 novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown. The film, shot in black-and-white, is set in Kansas and Missouri during the Great De" }, { "title": "Papillon", "year": 1973, "genres": "Historical, Drama", "cast": "Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman", "extract": "Papillon is a 1973 epic historical drama prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière (\"Papillon\") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis" }, { "title": "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western, Biography", "cast": "James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, John Beck, Slim Pickens", "extract": "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is a 1973 American Revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by Rudy Wurlitzer, and starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Barry Sullivan, Jason Robards, Slim Pickens and Bob Dylan. The film is about an ag" }, { "title": "Please Don't Eat My Mother", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Buck Kartalian, Rene Bond", "extract": "Please Don't Eat My Mother is a 1973 exploitation film directed by Carl J. Monson." }, { "title": "Robin Hood", "year": 1973, "genres": "Animated, Adventure, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Peter Ustinov, Terry-Thomas, Brian Bedford", "extract": "Robin Hood is a 1973 American animated musical adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. Produced and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it is the 21st Disney animated feature film. Based on the English folk tale of the same name, the story fol" }, { "title": "The Roommates", "year": 1973, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Marki Bey, Pat Woodell, Roberta Collins", "extract": "The Roommates is a 1973 American thriller film directed by Arthur Marks, starring Pat Woodell, Marki Bey, Roberta Collins, Laurie Rose, and Christina Hart." }, { "title": "Sssssss", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies", "extract": "Sssssss is a 1973 American horror film starring Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict and Heather Menzies. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by Hal Dresner and Daniel C. Striepeke, the latter of whom also produced the film. The make-up effects were created by John Chambers and Nick Marcell" }, { "title": "Santee", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Glenn Ford, Michael Burns, Dana Wynter", "extract": "Santee is a 1973 American Color Western film directed by Gary Nelson and starring Glenn Ford. It was one of the first motion pictures to be shot electronically on videotape, using Norelco PCP-70 portable plumbicon NTSC cameras and portable Ampex VR-1200 2\" VTRs, before being transferred to film at C" }, { "title": "Savage!", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "James Iglehart, Lada Edmund, Jr., Carol Speed", "extract": "Savage! is a 1973 American-Philippines action film with elements of blaxploitation. The funding and distribution came from Roger Corman's New World Pictures which also provided the leading players from among a number of American actors who regularly appeared in such features. It was produced and dir" }, { "title": "Savage", "year": 1973, "genres": "Thriller, Drama", "cast": "Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Will Geer, Dabney Coleman, Michele Carey", "extract": "Savage is a 1973 American thriller-drama television pilot directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Martin Landau. It was not picked up as a series and has been referred to as a standalone made-for-television film." }, { "title": "Save the Tiger", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman", "extract": "Save the Tiger is a 1973 American drama film about moral conflict in contemporary America directed by John G. Avildsen, and starring Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Thayer David, Lara Parker, and Liv Lindeland. The screenplay was adapted by Steve Shagan from his 1972 novel of the same ti" }, { "title": "Scalawag", "year": 1973, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester, Neville Brand", "extract": "Scalawag is a 1973 film directed by Kirk Douglas, his first of two films directed, the other being Posse. The film is a western re-telling of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson." }, { "title": "Scarecrow", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Eileen Brennan", "extract": "Scarecrow is a 1973 American road movie directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. The story involves the relationship between two men who travel from California seeking to start a business in Pittsburgh." }, { "title": "Scorpio", "year": 1973, "genres": "Thriller, Spy", "cast": "Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield", "extract": "Scorpio is a 1973 American spy film directed by Michael Winner and written by David W. Rintels and Gerald Wilson. It stars Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, and Paul Scofield. Delon plays the title character, a hitman hired by the CIA to assassinate his mentor (Lancaster), a former agent suspected of tre" }, { "title": "Scream Blacula Scream", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "William Marshall, Pam Grier, Michael Conrad", "extract": "Scream Blacula Scream is a 1973 American blaxploitation vampire horror film. It is a sequel to the 1972 film Blacula. The film was produced by American International Pictures (AIP) and Power Productions. This was the acting debut of Richard Lawson." }, { "title": "Scream, Pretty Peggy", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Bette Davis, Ted Bessell, Sian Barbara Allen", "extract": "Scream, Pretty Peggy is a 1973 American made-for-television horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Bette Davis, Ted Bessell, and Sian Barbara Allen. Its plot follows a young college student who is given a job by a sculptor housekeeping at a mysterious mansion where his sister and their " }, { "title": "Serpico", "year": 1973, "genres": "Biography, Crime, Drama, Noir", "cast": "Al Pacino, John Randolph, Tony Roberts", "extract": "Serpico is a 1973 American neo-noir biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino in the title role. The screenplay was adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from the book of the same name written by Peter Maas with the assistance of its subject, Frank Serpico. The " }, { "title": "The Seven-Ups", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Action, Mystery, Noir", "cast": "Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines", "extract": "The Seven-Ups is a 1973 American neo-noir mystery action film produced and directed by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Roy Scheider as a crusading policeman who is the leader of the Seven-Ups, a squad of plainclothes officers who use dirty, unorthodox tactics to snare their quarry on charges leading to pr" }, { "title": "Shaft in Africa", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Neda Arnerić", "extract": "Shaft in Africa is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by John Guillermin, and the third film of the Shaft series, starring Richard Roundtree as John Shaft. Stirling Silliphant wrote the screenplay. The film's budget was $1.5 million, but the film was a box office flop, grossing just $1 mil" }, { "title": "Shamus", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Comedy, Thriller", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P. Ryan", "extract": "Shamus is a 1973 American comedy thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik, and starring Burt Reynolds and Dyan Cannon. The word \"shamus\" means \"detective\" in Yiddish." }, { "title": "Showdown", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rock Hudson, Dean Martin, Susan Clark", "extract": "Showdown is a 1973 American Western film produced and directed by George Seaton and starring Rock Hudson, Dean Martin and Susan Clark." }, { "title": "Sisters", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt", "extract": "Sisters is a 1972 American psychological horror film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, and Charles Durning. A French Canadian model's separated conjoined twin is suspected of having committed a brutal murder witnessed by a newspaper reporter in Staten Island, New " }, { "title": "The Slams", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Jim Brown, Judy Pace, Frank de Kova", "extract": "The Slams is a 1973 American action film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Jim Brown." }, { "title": "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off", "year": 1973, "genres": "", "cast": "Jim Brown, Ed McMahon, Brock Peters", "extract": "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off is a 1973 blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Charles Eric Johnson. The film stars Jim Brown, Ed McMahon, Don Stroud, Brock Peters, Gloria Hendry and Dick Anthony Williams. The film was released on August 31, 1973, by American International Pictures." }, { "title": "Sleeper", "year": 1973, "genres": "Science Fiction, Comedy, Satire", "cast": "Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Bartlett Robinson", "extract": "Sleeper is a 1973 American science fiction comedy film parodying a dystopic future of the United States in 2173, directed by Woody Allen and written by Allen and Marshall Brickman. The plot involves the misadventures of the owner of a health food store who is cryogenically frozen in 1973 and defrost" }, { "title": "Slither", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, War", "cast": "James Caan, Sally Kellerman, Peter Boyle", "extract": "Slither is a 1973 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff and starring James Caan. Caan plays an ex-convict, one of several people trying to find a stash of stolen money. Peter Boyle and Sally Kellerman co-star. Slither was the first screenplay by W.D. Richter." }, { "title": "Snatched", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Howard Duff, Leslie Nielsen, Sheree North, Barbara Parkins, Robert Reed", "extract": "Snatched is a 1973 American made-for-television crime film directed by Sutton Roley and starring Howard Duff, Leslie Nielsen, Sheree North, Barbara Parkins, Robert Reed, John Saxon, Tisha Sterling and Anthony Zerbe." }, { "title": "Some Call It Loving", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Erotic, Mystery, Romance", "cast": "Zalman King, Richard Pryor, Tisa Farrow", "extract": "Some Call It Loving, also known as Sleeping Beauty is a 1973 romantic mystery erotic drama film written, produced, and directed by James B. Harris and starring Zalman King, Carol White, Tisa Farrow, and Richard Pryor. It is based on a short story by John Collier." }, { "title": "The Soul of Nigger Charley", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin, Denise Nicholas", "extract": "The Soul of Nigger Charley is a 1973 American blaxploitation Western film directed by Larry Spangler and starring Fred Williamson. It is the sequel to 1972's The Legend of Nigger Charley. It is followed by Boss Nigger. It is rated R in the United States." }, { "title": "Soylent Green", "year": 1973, "genres": "Science Fiction, Thriller", "cast": "Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Edward G. Robinson", "extract": "Soylent Green is a 1973 American ecological dystopian thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer, and starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Edward G. Robinson in his final film role. It is loosely based on the 1966 science-fiction novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison, with a pl" }, { "title": "The Spook Who Sat By the Door", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Action, Crime", "cast": "Lawrence Cook, Paula Kelly, J. A. Preston", "extract": "The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a 1973 action crime–drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Sam Greenlee. It is both a satire of the civil rights struggle in the United States of the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of Black militancy. Dan Freeman, the titular p" }, { "title": "Stacey", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Anne Randall, Marjorie Bennett, Anitra Ford", "extract": "Stacey is a 1973 exploitation film directed by Andy Sidaris. Half the budget was provided by Roger Corman for New World Pictures; the rest was raised by Sidaris. It was re-released in 1975 as Stacy and Her Gangbusters." }, { "title": "Steelyard Blues", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Peter Boyle", "extract": "Steelyard Blues is a 1973 American comedy crime film directed by Alan Myerson and starring Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda and Peter Boyle." }, { "title": "The Sting", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan", "extract": "The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss. The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had directed Newman and Redford in the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Created by screenwriter David S" }, { "title": "The Stone Killer", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Action, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Paul Koslo", "extract": "The Stone Killer is a 1973 American action neo noir thriller film produced and directed by Michael Winner and starring Charles Bronson. It came out in between The Mechanic (1972) and Death Wish (1974), all three of which teamed up actor/director Bronson and Winner. Norman Fell and John Ritter appear" }, { "title": "The Student Teachers", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Susan Damante, Dick Miller", "extract": "The Student Teachers is a 1973 film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It was inspired by the \"nurse\" cycle of pictures starting with The Student Nurses (1970). Roger Corman says it was one of the best of the cycle." }, { "title": "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney", "extract": "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams is a 1973 American Technicolor drama film directed by Gilbert Cates and written by Stewart Stern, starring Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, and Sylvia Sidney. It tells the story of a New York City housewife who rethinks her relationships with her husband, her children, an" }, { "title": "Superchick", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Joyce Jillson, Louis Quinn, John Carradine", "extract": "Superchick is a 1973 American action comedy exploitation film directed by Ed Forsyth and starring Joyce Jillson, Louis Quinn, Thomas Reardon, Tony Young, and Timothy Wayne Brown. The film was released by Crown International Pictures in September 1973." }, { "title": "Superdad", "year": 1973, "genres": "Family, Comedy", "cast": "Bob Crane, Barbara Rush, Kurt Russell", "extract": "Superdad is a 1973 American comedy film by Walt Disney Productions starring Bob Crane, Barbara Rush, Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, and Kathleen Cody. Directed by Vincent McEveety, the film marks the motion picture debut of Bruno Kirby." }, { "title": "Super Fly T.N.T.", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Roscoe Lee Browne, Sheila Frazier, Robert Guillaume", "extract": "Super Fly T.N.T. is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed and starring Ron O'Neal. O'Neal reprises his role of Youngblood Priest from the 1972 film Super Fly. The film was both a critical and commercial failure according to some critics." }, { "title": "Sweet Jesus, Preacherman", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Roger E. Mosley, William Smith, Michael Pataki", "extract": "Sweet Jesus, Preacherman is a 1973 American blaxploitation action film directed by Henning Schellerup and written by John Cerullo, M. Stuart Madden and Abbey Leitch. The film stars Roger E. Mosley, William Smith, Michael Pataki, Tom Johnigarn, Joe Tornatore and Damu King. The film was released on Ma" }, { "title": "Sweet Kill", "year": 1973, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Tab Hunter, Isabel Jewell, John Aprea", "extract": "Sweet Kill is a 1973 B-movie written and directed by future Academy Award winner Curtis Hanson. The film was Hanson's directorial debut and was executive-produced by Roger Corman. It stars 1950s heartthrob Tab Hunter and was the last film of actress Isabel Jewell." }, { "title": "Terminal Island", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action, Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Phyllis Davis, Marta Kristen, Barbara Leigh", "extract": "Terminal Island, released theatrically in the U.K. as Knuckle Men, is a 1973 American action–drama thriller film directed by Stephanie Rothman. It features early screen performances by Tom Selleck and Roger E. Mosley. Although an exploitation film, it has been treated with much serious discussion by" }, { "title": "Terror in the Wax Museum", "year": 1973, "genres": "Mystery, Horror", "cast": "Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, Maurice Evans", "extract": "Terror in the Wax Museum is a 1973 American horror mystery film directed by Georg Fenady and starring Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, Maurice Evans, John Carradine, Broderick Crawford, Louis Hayward, Patric Knowles, and Shani Wallis. The film was released by Cinerama Releasing Corporation in May 1973." }, { "title": "That Man Bolt", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Fred Williamson, Miko Mayama, Teresa Graves", "extract": "That Man Bolt is a 1973 American action film directed by David Lowell Rich and Henry Levin. It stars Fred Williamson in the title role of a courier and Byron Webster. The film combined several genres: blaxploitation, the martial arts film, and James Bond superspy films. It was filmed in Hong Kong, M" }, { "title": "The Thief Who Came to Dinner", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates, Ned Beatty, Jill Clayburgh", "extract": "The Thief Who Came to Dinner is a 1973 American comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin. Based on the novel by Terrence Lore Smith, the film stars Ryan O'Neal and Jacqueline Bisset, with Charles Cioffi, Warren Oates, and in an early appearance, Jill Clayburgh." }, { "title": "The Three Musketeers", "year": 1973, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Oliver Reed, Michael York, Richard Chamberlain, Raquel Welch", "extract": "The Three Musketeers (also known as The Three Musketeers (The Queen's Diamonds)) is a 1973 swashbuckler film based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser, and produced by Ilya Salkind. It stars Michael York, Oliver Reed, Fr" }, { "title": "Tom Sawyer", "year": 1973, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Jodie Foster, Warren Oates, Celeste Holm", "extract": "Tom Sawyer is the 1973 American musical film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1876 boyhood adventure story The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Directed by Don Taylor, the film stars Johnny Whitaker as the title character, Jodie Foster as Becky Thatcher, Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn, and Ho–Chunk tribesman Kunu" }, { "title": "Trader Horn", "year": 1973, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Rod Taylor, Anne Heywood, Jean Sorel", "extract": "Trader Horn is a 1973 Metrocolor film directed by Reza Badiyi and starring Rod Taylor as the African adventurer Alfred Aloysius Horn (1861–1931). It is a remake of the 1931 film, also released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Neither picture is faithful to the original memoirs of Horn, who was 53 when World " }, { "title": "The Train Robbers", "year": 1973, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Bobby Vinton", "extract": "The Train Robbers is a 1973 American Western film written and directed by Burt Kennedy and starring John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, and Ricardo Montalbán. Filming took place in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the town of Sombrerete, Mexico. Two brief scenes take place in the squ" }, { "title": "Treasure Island", "year": 1973, "genres": "Animated, Adventure", "cast": "Richard Dawson", "extract": "Treasure Island is a 1973 American animated adventure film directed by Hal Sutherland, produced by Filmation, and released by Warner Bros. In this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel of the same name, Jim Hawkins travels with sidekick Hiccup the Mouse." }, { "title": "Two People", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Peter Fonda, Lindsay Wagner, Estelle Parsons", "extract": "Two People is a 1973 American drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise and starring Peter Fonda and Lindsay Wagner. The screenplay by Richard De Roy focuses on the brief relationship shared by a Vietnam War deserter and a fashion model." }, { "title": "Walking Tall", "year": 1973, "genres": "Crime, Action, Noir, Thriller, Biography", "cast": "Joe Don Baker, Noah Beery Jr., Lurene Tuttle", "extract": "Walking Tall is a 1973 American neo-noir biographical vigilante action thriller film of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a professional wrestler-turned-lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee, played by Joe Don Baker. The film was directed by Phil Karlson. Based on Pusser's life, it has become a cult film with tw" }, { "title": "A Warm December", "year": 1973, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Sidney Poitier, Ester Anderson, George Baker", "extract": "A Warm December is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sidney Poitier and starring him in the lead role as Dr. Matt Younger. It also stars Jamaican actress Esther Anderson as Catherine, Matt's love interest. Anderson's performance as an African princess won her a NAACP Image Award for Be" }, { "title": "The Way We Were", "year": 1973, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Susan Blakely, Patrick O'Neal", "extract": "The Way We Were is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Arthur Laurents wrote both the novel and screenplay based on his college days at Cornell University and his experiences with the House Un-American Activities Committee." }, { "title": "The Werewolf of Washington", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror, Comedy", "cast": "Dean Stockwell, Biff McGuire, Michael Dunn, Clifton James, Thayer David", "extract": "The Werewolf of Washington is a 1973 horror comedy film written and directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg and starring Dean Stockwell. Produced by Nina Schulman, it satirizes several individuals in the Richard Nixon administration." }, { "title": "Westworld", "year": 1973, "genres": "Science Fiction, Western", "cast": "Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin", "extract": "Westworld is a 1973 American science fiction Western film written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film follows adult guests visiting an interactive amusement park containing lifelike androids that unexpectedly begin to malfunction. The film stars Yul Brynner as an android in the amusement park" }, { "title": "White Lightning", "year": 1973, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins", "extract": "White Lightning is a 1973 American action film directed by Joseph Sargent, written by William W. Norton, and starring Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, R. G. Armstrong and Diane Ladd. It marked Laura Dern's film debut." }, { "title": "Wicked, Wicked", "year": 1973, "genres": "Horror, Thriller", "cast": "David Bailey, Tiffany Bolling, Randolph Roberts", "extract": "Wicked, Wicked is a 1973 horror-thriller film written and directed by Richard L. Bare and starring David Bailey, Tiffany Bolling and Randolph Roberts. It was presented in \"Duo-Vision\", a gimmick more commonly known as split-screen." }, { "title": "The World's Greatest Athlete", "year": 1973, "genres": "Sports, Comedy", "cast": "John Amos, Tim Conway, Jan-Michael Vincent", "extract": "The World's Greatest Athlete is a 1973 American sports comedy film directed by Robert Scheerer and starring John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tim Conway, Dayle Haddon, and Jan-Michael Vincent. Released by Walt Disney Productions, it is one of the few wide-release Hollywood sports films to look at the wo" }, { "title": "The Young Nurses", "year": 1973, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Jeane Manson, Allan Arbus, Sally Kirkland", "extract": "The Young Nurses is a 1973 film directed by Clint Kimbrough. It was the fourth in the popular \"nurses\" cycle for New World Pictures, starting with The Student Nurses (1970)." }, { "title": "Your Three Minutes Are Up", "year": 1973, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Janet Margolin", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Jimi Hendrix", "year": 1973, "genres": "Musical, Documentary", "cast": "", "extract": "Jimi Hendrix is a 1973 rockumentary about Jimi Hendrix, directed and produced by Joe Boyd, John Head and Gary Weis. The film contains concert footage of Hendrix from 1967 to 1970, including the Monterey Pop Festival the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, Woodstock and a Berkeley concert. The film also inc" }, { "title": "Manson", "year": 1973, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Vincent Bugliosi", "extract": "Manson is a 1973 documentary film by Robert Hendrickson and Laurence Merrick about American criminal and cult leader Charles Manson and his followers, known as \"The Family\". Narrated by Jess Pearson, the film explores the origins of Manson and his disciples, and the lead-up and events of the Tate–La" }, { "title": "Visions of Eight", "year": 1973, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "1972 Summer Olympics", "extract": "Visions of Eight is a 1973 American documentary film offering a stylized look at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Produced by Stan Margulies and executive produced by David L. Wolper, it was directed by eight directors. It was screened out-of-competition at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. It was later shown" }, { "title": "11 Harrowhouse", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Thriller, Action", "cast": "Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard", "extract": "11 Harrowhouse is a 1974 British heist comedy thriller film directed by Aram Avakian and starring Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard, and John Gielgud in Panavision. It was adapted by Charles Grodin based upon the novel by Gerald A. Browne with the screenplay by Jeffrey Bloom" }, { "title": "99 and 44/100% Dead", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Action, Comedy", "cast": "Richard Harris, Edmond O'Brien, Bradford Dillman, Chuck Connors", "extract": "99 and 44/100% Dead! is a 1974 American action comedy film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Richard Harris. The title is a play on an advertising slogan for Ivory soap." }, { "title": "Abby", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Carol Speed, Juanita Moore, Terry Carter", "extract": "Abby is a 1974 American blaxploitation horror film about a woman who is possessed by a Yoruba sex spirit. The film stars Carol Speed as the title character, William H. Marshall and Terry Carter. It was directed by William Girdler, who co-wrote the film's story with screenwriter Gordon Cornell Layne." }, { "title": "Act of Vengeance", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Lada St. Edmund", "extract": "Act of Vengeance, also known as Rape Squad and The Violator, is a 1974 American exploitation film. It was directed by Bob Kelljan and stars Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Jennifer Lee, Connie Strickland, Lisa Moore, Tony Young, Steve Kanaly and Anneka Di Lorenzo." }, { "title": "Airport 1975", "year": 1974, "genres": "Disaster", "cast": "Charlton Heston, Karen Black, Gloria Swanson, Linda Blair, George Kennedy", "extract": "Airport 1975 is a 1974 American air disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 film Airport. It was directed by Jack Smight, produced by William Frye, executive produced by Jennings Lang, and written by Don Ingalls. The film stars Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy and Glori" }, { "title": "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Diane Ladd, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Curtin", "extract": "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American comedy drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Robert Getchell. It stars Ellen Burstyn as a widow who travels with her preteen son across the Southwestern United States in search of a better life. Kris Kristofferson, Billy \"Green\" Bush" }, { "title": "Amazing Grace", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Moms Mabley, Slappy White, Rosalind Cash", "extract": "Amazing Grace is a 1974 American comedy film directed by Stan Lathan and starring Moms Mabley and Moses Gunn. The film's title is a play on words based on the name of the Christian hymn \"Amazing Grace\"." }, { "title": "The Arena", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Paul Muller (actor)", "extract": "The Arena, also known as Naked Warriors, is a 1974 gladiator exploitation film directed by Steve Carver and starring Margaret Markov and Pam Grier. Joe D'Amato, the film's cinematographer, has stated that he took over direction of the fight scenes in the film." }, { "title": "Bad Ronald", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror, Thriller", "cast": "Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman, Kim Hunter", "extract": "Bad Ronald is a 1974 American made-for-television horror thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik and starring Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman and Kim Hunter. It is based on the novel of the same title by Jack Vance." }, { "title": "Bank Shot", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Action", "cast": "George C. Scott, Joanna Cassidy, Sorrell Booke", "extract": "Bank Shot is a 1974 heist film directed by Gower Champion and written by Wendell Mayes. It was loosely based upon Donald E. Westlake's 1972 novel of the same name, which was the second book of his \"Dortmunder\" series. The film stars George C. Scott, Joanna Cassidy, Sorrell Booke, and G. Wood." }, { "title": "The Bat People", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Stewart Moss, Marianne McAndrew, Michael Pataki", "extract": "The Bat People is a 1974 American horror film directed by Jerry Jameson, written and produced by Lou Shaw, and distributed by American International Pictures. Starring Stewart Moss and Marianne McAndrew, the film tells the story of a doctor, who after being bitten by a bat in a cave, undergoes an ac" }, { "title": "The Bears and I", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Patrick Wayne, Chief Dan George, Andrew Duggan", "extract": "The Bears and I is a 1974 American drama film directed by Bernard McEveety and written by John Whedon. The film stars Patrick Wayne, Chief Dan George, Andrew Duggan, Michael Ansara and Robert Pine. The film was released on July 31, 1974, by Buena Vista Distribution." }, { "title": "Benji", "year": 1974, "genres": "Family", "cast": "Patsy Garrett, Christopher Connelly, Patsy Garrett, Peter Breck", "extract": "Benji is a 1974 American family film written, produced and directed by Joe Camp. It is the first in a series of five films about the golden mixed breed dog named Benji. Filmed in and around McKinney and Denton in Texas, the story follows Benji, a stray but friendly dog, who is adored by some of the " }, { "title": "Beyond the Door", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia", "extract": "Beyond the Door is a 1974 supernatural horror film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis and Roberto Piazzoli, and starring Juliet Mills, Gabriele Lavia, and Richard Johnson. The plot follows a San Francisco housewife who becomes demonically possessed in the midst of a pregnancy. The film was a co-product" }, { "title": "Big Bad Mama", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action, Comedy, Crime, Erotic", "cast": "Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt", "extract": "Big Bad Mama is a 1974 American action-crime-sexploitation comedy movie produced by Roger Corman, starring Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, and Tom Skerritt, with Susan Sennett and Robbie Lee. This movie is about a mother, Wilma, and her two daughters, Polly and Billie Jean, who go on a crime spree" }, { "title": "Billy Two Hats", "year": 1974, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gregory Peck, Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Warden", "extract": "Billy Two Hats is a 1974 American Western film directed by Ted Kotcheff. It stars Gregory Peck, Jack Warden and Desi Arnaz, Jr." }, { "title": "Black Belt Jones", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action, Martial Arts", "cast": "Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Eric Laneuville", "extract": "Black Belt Jones is a 1974 American blaxploitation martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and starring Jim Kelly and Gloria Hendry. The film is a spiritual successor to Clouse's prior film Enter the Dragon, in which Kelly had a supporting role. Here, Kelly features in his first starring role as" }, { "title": "Black Eye", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action, Noir", "cast": "Fred Williamson, Rosemary Forsyth, Teresa Graves", "extract": "Black Eye is a 1974 American neo-noir action and blaxploitation film produced by Pat Rooney, directed by Jack Arnold and starring Fred Williamson. The film was based on the 1971 novel Murder on the Wild Side by Jeff Jacks." }, { "title": "The Black Godfather", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Rod Perry, Don Chastain, Jimmy Witherspoon", "extract": "The Black Godfather is a 1974 American blaxploitation film written and directed by John Evans and starring Rod Perry, Don Chastain, Diane Sommerfield and Jimmy Witherspoon. The plot is about J.J., a rising star in the black crime scene, who is in the process of consolidating his power over the neigh" }, { "title": "Black Samson", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Rockne Tarkington, William Smith, Carol Speed", "extract": "Black Samson is a 1974 American blaxploitation film, starring Rockne Tarkington, Carol Speed, William Smith and Connie Strickland. The film was written by Daniel B. Cady and Warren Hamilton Jr., directed by Charles Bail and released by Warner Bros. It was the directorial debut for Bail, more commonl" }, { "title": "Blazing Saddles", "year": 1974, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman", "extract": "Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Bergman. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. The film received gener" }, { "title": "Bootleggers", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Paul Koslo, Jaclyn Smith, Slim Pickens", "extract": "Bootleggers is a 1974 American comedy-drama film directed by Charles B. Pierce and starring Paul Koslo and Dennis Fimple." }, { "title": "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller, Western", "cast": "Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Helmut Dantine, Robert Webber, Emilio Fernandez", "extract": "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a 1974 Mexican-American neo-Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, co-written by Peckinpah and Gordon Dawson from a story by Peckinpah and Frank Kowalski, and starring Warren Oates and Isela Vega, with Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández" }, { "title": "Buster and Billie", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir", "cast": "Jan-Michael Vincent, Pamela Sue Martin, Clifton James, Robert Englund, Joan Goodfellow", "extract": "Buster and Billie is a 1974 American neo noir crime film motion picture released by Columbia Pictures. The film was of the tragic romance/revenge film genres. It was directed by Daniel Petrie, whose credits include films such as Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981)." }, { "title": "Busting", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield", "extract": "Busting is a 1974 American crime film directed by Peter Hyams in his theatrical directorial debut, starring Elliott Gould and Robert Blake as Los Angeles police detectives. It was the main inspiration for the cop series Starsky & Hutch, which premiered in 1975 and, like this film, also featured Anto" }, { "title": "Caged Heat", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Erica Gavin, Roberta Collins, Barbara Steele", "extract": "Caged Heat, also known as Renegade Girls, is a 1974 women in prison film. It was written and directed by Jonathan Demme for New World Pictures, headed by Roger Corman. The film stars Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid, Rainbeaux Smith, and Barbara Steele." }, { "title": "The California Kid", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action, Horror, Thriller", "cast": "Martin Sheen", "extract": "The California Kid is a 1974 American made-for-television action thriller film directed by Richard T. Heffron and starring Martin Sheen." }, { "title": "California Split", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Elliott Gould, George Segal, Ann Prentiss", "extract": "California Split is a 1974 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Altman and starring Elliott Gould and George Segal as a pair of gamblers and was the first non-Cinerama film to use eight-track stereo sound." }, { "title": "The Castaway Cowboy", "year": 1974, "genres": "Family, Comedy, Western", "cast": "James Garner, Vera Miles, Eric Shea, Robert Culp", "extract": "The Castaway Cowboy is a 1974 American comedy western film released by Walt Disney Productions starring James Garner, Vera Miles, Eric Shea, and Robert Culp about a Texas rancher who gets shanghaied, then jumps ship and finds himself washed ashore in Hawaii. Filmed on location in Hawaii, the film wa" }, { "title": "Catch My Soul", "year": 1974, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Richie Havens, Lance LeGault, Season Hubley", "extract": "Catch My Soul is a 1974 film produced by Jack Good and Richard M. Rosenbloom, and directed by Patrick McGoohan. It was an adaptation of Good's stage musical of the same title, which itself was loosely adapted from William Shakespeare's Othello. It was not a critical success." }, { "title": "Chinatown", "year": 1974, "genres": "Mystery, Noir", "cast": "Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Diane Ladd", "extract": "Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. The film was inspired by the California water wars, a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century, by " }, { "title": "Chosen Survivors", "year": 1974, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Diana Muldaur, Bradford Dillman, Jackie Cooper", "extract": "Chosen Survivors is a 1974 Mexican-American horror science fiction film directed by Sutton Roley and starring Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Richard Jaeckel, Bradford Dillman, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. and Diana Muldaur" }, { "title": "Claudine", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs", "extract": "Claudine is a 1974 American romantic comedy-drama film, directed by John Berry. Claudine was written by Lester Pine and Tina Pine, produced by Third World Cinema, and distributed by 20th Century Fox, starring James Earl Jones, Diahann Carroll, and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. The film was released on Apr" }, { "title": "Cockfighter", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Ed Begley Jr.", "extract": "Cockfighter is a 1974 drama film by director Monte Hellman, starring Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton and featuring Laurie Bird and Ed Begley, Jr. The screenplay is based on the 1962 novel of the same title by Charles Willeford." }, { "title": "Conrack", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair", "extract": "Conrack is a 1974 American drama film based on the 1972 autobiographical book The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jon Voight in the title role, alongside Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Hume Cronyn and Antonio Fargas. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on Marc" }, { "title": "The Conversation", "year": 1974, "genres": "Mystery, Thriller", "cast": "Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford", "extract": "The Conversation is a 1974 American mystery thriller film written, produced, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr, and Robert Duvall. The film revolves around a surveillance expert and " }, { "title": "Crazy Joe", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Fred Williamson, Eli Wallach, Rip Torn", "extract": "Crazy Joe is a 1974 crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. The Italian-American co-production is a fictionalized retelling of the murder of Joseph \"Crazy Joe\" Gallo, a mobster who was gunned down on April 7, 1972, at a restaurant in Little Italy. The screenplay by L" }, { "title": "The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Timothy Bottoms, Barbara Hershey, Albert Salmi, George Marshall", "extract": "The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder is a 1974 film from Playboy Enterprises directed by Arthur Hiller and produced by Hugh Hefner. This was the final film for actor George Marshall." }, { "title": "Cry Panic", "year": 1974, "genres": "Mystery, Thriller", "cast": "John Forsythe, Earl Holliman, Ralph Meeker, Norman Alden, Claudia McNeil", "extract": "Cry Panic is a 1974 American made-for-television mystery film directed by James Goldstone and starring John Forsythe, Earl Holliman, Ralph Meeker, Norman Alden, Claudia McNeil and Anne Francis. The film premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on February 6, 1974 and was co-produced by Aaron Spelling " }, { "title": "Daisy Miller", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Mildred Natwick", "extract": "Daisy Miller is a 1974 American drama film produced and directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Cybill Shepherd in the title role. The screenplay by Frederic Raphael is based on the 1878 novella of the same title by Henry James. The lavish period costumes and sets were done by Ferdinando Scarfio" }, { "title": "Dark Star", "year": 1974, "genres": "Science Fiction, Comedy", "cast": "Dan O'Bannon, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Nick Castle", "extract": "Dark Star is a 1974 American science fiction comedy film directed and produced by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship Dark Star, twenty years into their mission to destroy unstable planets that might threaten future colonization of other" }, { "title": "Death Cruise", "year": 1974, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Richard Long, Polly Bergen, Edward Albert, Kate Jackson, Celeste Holm", "extract": "Death Cruise is a 1974 American made-for-television mystery film starring Richard Long, Polly Bergen, Edward Albert, Kate Jackson, Celeste Holm, Tom Bosley, Michael Constantine and Cesare Danova. It was directed by Ralph Senensky and aired as the ABC Movie of the Week on October 30, 1974." }, { "title": "The Death Squad", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Robert Forster, Michelle Philips, Claude Akins, Mark Goddard, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "The Death Squad is a 1974 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by Harry Falk and starring Robert Forster, Michelle Phillips, Claude Akins, Mark Goddard and Melvyn Douglas." }, { "title": "Death Wish", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller, Action, Noir", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, Hope Lange, Stuart Margolin", "extract": "Death Wish is a 1974 American neo-noir vigilante action thriller film loosely based on the 1972 novel of the same title by Brian Garfield. Directed by Michael Winner, the film stars Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, an architect who becomes a vigilante after his wife and daughter are attacked during a" }, { "title": "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Susan George, Peter Fonda, Vic Morrow", "extract": "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry is a 1974 American road crime drama film based on the 1963 Richard Unekis novel titled The Chase. Directed by John Hough, the film stars Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, and Vic Morrow. Although Jimmie Haskell is credited with writing the music score, the soundtrack co" }, { "title": "Dirty O'Neil", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Thriller", "cast": "Morgan Paull, Art Metrano, Pat Anderson", "extract": "Dirty O'Neil is a 1974 American film directed by Leon Capetanos and Lewis Teague." }, { "title": "The Dove", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Joseph Bottoms, Dabney Coleman, Deborah Raffin", "extract": "The Dove is a 1974 American biographical film directed by Charles Jarrott. The picture was produced by Gregory Peck, the third and last feature film he would produce." }, { "title": "Dynamite Brothers", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action, Martial Arts", "cast": "Timothy Brown, Alan Tang, Aldo Ray", "extract": "Dynamite Brothers, also known by its alternate title East Meets Watts, is a 1974 martial arts and blaxploitation film." }, { "title": "Earthquake", "year": 1974, "genres": "Disaster, Drama", "cast": "Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Richard Roundtree, George Kennedy, Geneviève Bujold", "extract": "Earthquake is a 1974 American ensemble disaster drama film directed and produced by Mark Robson and starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner. The plot concerns the struggle for survival after a catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Los Angeles, California." }, { "title": "The Education of Sonny Carson", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Don Gordon, Joyce Walker, Paul Benjamin", "extract": "The Education of Sonny Carson is a 1974 American blaxploitation drama film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny Carson. The film was directed by The Mack director Michael Campus, and starring Rony Clanton, Don Gordon, Joyce Walker, Paul Benjamin, and Mary Alice." }, { "title": "Flesh Gordon", "year": 1974, "genres": "Erotic, Comedy, Satire", "cast": "William Dennis Hunt, John Hoyt, Candy Samples", "extract": "Flesh Gordon is a 1974 American sex comedy feature film serving as a spoof of Universal Pictures's first Flash Gordon serial films from the 1930s. The film was produced by Walter R. Cichy, Bill Osco, and Howard Ziehm. It was co-directed by Ziehm and Michael Benveniste, who also wrote the screenplay." }, { "title": "For Pete's Sake", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons", "extract": "For Pete's Sake is a 1974 American screwball comedy film starring Barbra Streisand and directed by Peter Yates. The screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin chronicles the misadventures of a Brooklyn housewife. In 1977, it was used as the basis for the Hindi film Aap Ki Khatir." }, { "title": "Foxy Brown", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Terry Carter", "extract": "Foxy Brown is a 1974 American blaxploitation film written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Pam Grier as the title character who takes on a gang of white drug dealers who murdered her boyfriend. The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Truck Turner. The fil" }, { "title": "Freebie and the Bean", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Action", "cast": "Alan Arkin, James Caan, Loretta Swit", "extract": "Freebie and the Bean is a 1974 American buddy cop black comedy action film directed by Richard Rush and starring James Caan, Alan Arkin, Loretta Swit and Valerie Harper. The film follows two off-beat police detectives who wreak havoc in San Francisco attempting to bring down an organized crime boss." }, { "title": "The Front Page", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Carol Burnett", "extract": "The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's 1928 play of the same name, which inspired several other films and televised movi" }, { "title": "The Gambler", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "James Caan, Lauren Hutton, Paul Sorvino", "extract": "The Gambler is a 1974 American crime drama film written by James Toback and directed by Karel Reisz. It stars James Caan, Paul Sorvino and Lauren Hutton. \nCaan's performance was widely lauded and was nominated for a Golden Globe." }, { "title": "'Gator Bait", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Claudia Jennings, Bill Thurman", "extract": "'Gator Bait is a 1974 film written, produced, and directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian." }, { "title": "Ginger in the Morning", "year": 1974, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Fred Ward, Sissy Spacek, Monte Markham", "extract": "Ginger in the Morning is a 1974 comedy-drama-romance film starring Sissy Spacek as a hitchhiker. It was only the third theatrical film for Spacek, and the first American film appearance of Fred Ward." }, { "title": "The Girl from Petrovka", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Goldie Hawn, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins", "extract": "The Girl from Petrovka is a 1974 American comedy-drama film starring Goldie Hawn and Hal Holbrook, based on the novel by George Feifer. It is about an American journalist, Joe (Holbrook) who goes to the Soviet Union and meets Oktyabrina (Hawn), an undocumented ballet dancer, which attracts the atten" }, { "title": "The Godfather Part II", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Lee Strasberg, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall", "extract": "The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film is partially based on the 1969 novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola, and it is both a sequel and a prequel to the 1972 film The Godfather, presentin" }, { "title": "Golden Needles", "year": 1974, "genres": "Adventure, Action", "cast": "Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Ashley, Ann Sothern, Jim Kelly, Burgess Meredith", "extract": "Golden Needles is a 1974 American action/adventure film starring Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Ashley, Ann Sothern, Jim Kelly, Burgess Meredith, and Roy Chiao. The film was directed by Robert Clouse and shot on location in Hong Kong." }, { "title": "Gone in 60 Seconds", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "H. B. Halicki, Gary Bettenhausen, Parnelli Jones", "extract": "Gone in 60 Seconds is a 1974 American action film written, directed, produced by, and starring H. B. Halicki. The film centers on a group of car thieves and the 48 cars they must steal in a matter of days. It is known for having wrecked and destroyed 93 cars in a 40-minute car chase scene, one of th" }, { "title": "The Gravy Train", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Stacy Keach, Margot Kidder, Frederic Forrest", "extract": "The Gravy Train, also commonly known as The Dion Brothers, is a 1974 American crime-comedy film directed by Jack Starrett, written by Terrence Malick and Bill Kerby, and starring Stacy Keach and Frederic Forrest." }, { "title": "The Great Gatsby", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Karen Black", "extract": "The Great Gatsby is a 1974 American romantic drama film based on the 1925 novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film was directed by Jack Clayton, produced by David Merrick, and written by Francis Ford Coppola. It stars Robert Redford in the title role of Jay Gatsby, along with Mia Farr" }, { "title": "The Groove Tube", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Independent", "cast": "Chevy Chase, Richard Belzer, Jennifer Welles", "extract": "The Groove Tube is a 1974 American independent comedy film written and produced by Ken Shapiro and starring Shapiro, Richard Belzer and Chevy Chase. It features the song \"Move On Up\" by Curtis Mayfield in its opening scene." }, { "title": "Hangup", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "William Elliott, Cliff Potts, Marki Bey", "extract": "Hangup, also called Hang Up and later released under the name Super Dude, is a 1974 film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars William Elliott and Marki Bey. This was the last film directed by Hathaway." }, { "title": "Harry and Tonto", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Art Carney, Ellen Burstyn, Larry Hagman", "extract": "Harry and Tonto is a 1974 road movie written by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld and directed by Mazursky. It features Art Carney as Harry in an Oscar-winning performance. Tonto is his pet cat." }, { "title": "Heatwave!", "year": 1974, "genres": "Disaster", "cast": "Ben Murphy, Bonnie Bedelia, David Huddleston, Lew Ayres, Dana Elcar", "extract": "Heatwave! is an American disaster movie that was broadcast on the ABC television network on January 26, 1974. It was an ABC Movie of the Week. Its running time was 90 minutes. The film was directed by Jerry Jameson, produced by Herbert F. Solow and Harve Bennett." }, { "title": "Herbie Rides Again", "year": 1974, "genres": "Family, Comedy", "cast": "Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, Keenan Wynn", "extract": "Herbie Rides Again is a 1974 American comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Bill Walsh, based on a story by Gordon Buford. The film is the second installment in the Herbie film series and the sequel to The Love Bug (1968). It stars Helen Hayes, Stefanie Powers, Ken Berry, and" }, { "title": "Homebodies", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Horror", "cast": "Peter Brocco, Frances Fuller, William Hansen", "extract": "Homebodies is a 1974 comedy horror film directed by Larry Yust. The film features a cast of veteran actors, including Ian Wolfe, Ruth McDevitt, Peter Brocco, and Douglas Fowley. The film centers on elderly residents resorting to murder to protect their condemned building." }, { "title": "The House on Skull Mountain", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Victor French, Janee Michelle, Mike Evans", "extract": "The House on Skull Mountain is a 1974 horror film directed by Ron Honthaner. After Pauline Christophe, the sole heir for the mansion on Skull Mountain dies, four of her family members are called to hear her will. Upon arrival, each of the guests is stalked by a skeleton in a robe." }, { "title": "How to Seduce a Woman", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Angel Tompkins, Alexandra Hay, Judith McConnell", "extract": "How to Seduce a Woman is a 1974 American comedy film, directed by Charles Martin. It stars Angus Duncan, Angel Tompkins, and Alexandra Hay, and was released in late January 1974." }, { "title": "Huckleberry Finn", "year": 1974, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Jeff East, Paul Winfield, David Wayne, Arthur O'Connell, Harvey Korman", "extract": "Huckleberry Finn is a 1974 musical film version of Mark Twain's 1884 novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." }, { "title": "Hurricane", "year": 1974, "genres": "Disaster", "cast": "Larry Hagman, Martin Milner, Jessica Walter, Barry Sullivan, Michael Learned", "extract": "Hurricane is a 1974 American TV film. It was an ABC Movie of the Week." }, { "title": "The Island at the Top of the World", "year": 1974, "genres": "Adventure, Action, Fantasy", "cast": "David Hartman, Mako", "extract": "The Island at the Top of the World is a 1974 American live-action lost world fantasy adventure film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Winston Hibler. It was released by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution and starring Donald Sinden and David Hartman." }, { "title": "It's Alive", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Guy Stockwell", "extract": "It's Alive is a 1974 American science fiction horror film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen. It stars John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell as a couple whose infant child turns out to be a vicious mutant. The film's cast also includes James Dixon, William Wellman Jr., Shamus Locke, Andrew Dug" }, { "title": "Juggernaut", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Suspense", "cast": "Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Freddie Jones", "extract": "Juggernaut is a 1974 British crime suspense film starring Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, and Anthony Hopkins. The film, which was directed by Richard Lester, was largely shot on location aboard the TS Hamburg in the North Sea. It was inspired by real events aboard QE2 in May 1972 when Royal Marines an" }, { "title": "Killdozer!", "year": 1974, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Clint Walker, Carl Betz, Neville Brand, Robert Urich", "extract": "Killdozer! is a 1974 made for TV science-fiction horror movie, adapted from a 1944 novella of the same name by Theodore Sturgeon. A comic book adaptation appeared the same year, in Marvel Comics' Worlds Unknown #6. The film has since gained a cult following." }, { "title": "The Klansman", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Cameron Mitchell, Linda Evans, O. J. Simpson", "extract": "The Klansman is a 1974 American drama film based on the 1967 book of the same name by William Bradford Huie. It was directed by Terence Young and starred Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, O. J. Simpson, Lola Falana and Linda Evans. The film is in the public domain." }, { "title": "Knife for the Ladies", "year": 1974, "genres": "Western, Horror", "cast": "Jack Elam, Ruth Roman, Gene Evans", "extract": "Knife for the Ladies is a 1974 American Western horror film directed by Larry G. Spangler and starring Jack Elam, Ruth Roman and Gene Evans. It was the first production from the company Bryanston Pictures." }, { "title": "Law and Disorder", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Carroll O'Connor, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth, Karen Black", "extract": "Law and Disorder is a 1974 American comedy-drama film directed by Ivan Passer, starring Carroll O'Connor, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth and Karen Black." }, { "title": "The Legend of Earl Durand", "year": 1974, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Peter Haskell, Slim Pickens, Keenan Wynn", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Lenny", "year": 1974, "genres": "Biography, Drama", "cast": "Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner", "extract": "Lenny is a 1974 American biographical drama film about the comedian Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman and directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Julian Barry is based on his play of the same name." }, { "title": "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams", "year": 1974, "genres": "Adventure, Independent", "cast": "Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle", "extract": "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams is a 1974 independent feature film produced by Charles E. Sellier Jr. and Raylan D. Jensen for Sun Classic Pictures. The film's popularity led to an NBC television series of the same name. The title character, played by Dan Haggerty, was loosely based on Californi" }, { "title": "The Little Prince", "year": 1974, "genres": "Musical, Fantasy, Science Fiction", "cast": "Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder", "extract": "The Little Prince is a 1974 British-American sci-fi fantasy-musical film with screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe, arranged and orchestrated by Angela Morley. It was both directed and produced by Stanley Donen and based on the 1943 classic children-adult's novella, The" }, { "title": "The Longest Yard", "year": 1974, "genres": "Sports, Comedy", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter", "extract": "The Longest Yard is a 1974 American prison sports comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Tracy Keenan Wynn, based on a story by producer Albert S. Ruddy, and starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, and Mike Conrad. The film was released as \"The Mean Machine\" in the United Kingdo" }, { "title": "The Lords of Flatbush", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Perry King, Henry Winkler, Sylvester Stallone, Susan Blakely", "extract": "The Lords of Flatbush is a 1974 American drama film directed by Martin Davidson and Stephen F. Verona. The film stars Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Paul Mace and Henry Winkler. Stallone was also credited with writing additional dialogue. The plot is about street teenagers in leather jackets from t" }, { "title": "Lost in the Stars", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Clifton Davis", "extract": "Lost in the Stars is the 1974 film version of the Kurt Weill-Maxwell Anderson musical adaptation of the Alan Paton novel Cry, the Beloved Country. The film was produced and released as part of the American Film Theatre, which adapted theatrical works for a subscription-driven cinema series." }, { "title": "Lovin' Molly", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Blythe Danner, Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges", "extract": "Lovin' Molly is a 1974 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner in the title role, Ed Binns, and Susan Sarandon. The film is based on one of Larry McMurtry's first novels, Leaving Cheyenne (1963). Prior to release, the film was also known" }, { "title": "Macon County Line", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Independent", "cast": "Max Baer, Alan Vint, Cheryl Waters", "extract": "Macon County Line is a 1974 American independent film directed by Richard Compton and produced by Max Baer Jr. Baer and Compton also co-wrote the film, in which Baer stars as a vengeful county sheriff in Georgia out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters." }, { "title": "Mama's Dirty Girls", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Gloria Grahame, Paul Lambert, Candice Rialson, Sondra Currie", "extract": "Mama's Dirty Girls is a 1974 exploitation film starring Gloria Grahame and Candice Rialson about a woman and her three daughters who murder men for money." }, { "title": "Mame", "year": 1974, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston, Bruce Davison, Jane Connell", "extract": "Mame is a 1974 Technicolor musical film in Panavision based on the 1966 Broadway musical of the same name and the 1955 novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis." }, { "title": "Man on a Swing", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Elizabeth Wilson", "extract": "Man on a Swing is a 1974 American thriller film directed by Frank Perry and written by David Zelag Goodman. The film stars Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson and George Voskovec and was released on February 27, 1974, by Paramount Pictures.\nThe film is loosely drawn from a " }, { "title": "The Man with the Golden Gun", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action, Spy", "cast": "Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams", "extract": "The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 spy film and the ninth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming's posthumously published 1965 novel of the same name, the film has Bond sent " }, { "title": "McQ", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Action, Noir", "cast": "John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Al Lettieri", "extract": "McQ is a 1974 American Panavision neo-noir crime action film directed by John Sturges and starring John Wayne. It costars Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, and Al Lettieri, and features Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston, Julian Christopher, Roger E. Mosley, and William Bryant in supporting " }, { "title": "The Midnight Man", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Mystery, Noir", "cast": "Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell", "extract": "The Midnight Man is a 1974 American neo noir mystery film starring and co-directed by Burt Lancaster. The film also stars Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Morgan Woodward, Harris Yulin, Robert Quarry, Joan Lorring, Lawrence Dobkin, Ed Lauter, Mills Watson, Charles Tyner and Catherine Bach." }, { "title": "Mixed Company", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Barbara Harris, Joseph Bologna, Lisa Gerritsen", "extract": "Mixed Company is a 1974 American comedy-drama film directed by Melville Shavelson and written by Shavelson and Mort Lachman. It stars Barbara Harris, Joseph Bologna, Tom Bosley, Lisa Gerritsen, Dorothy Shay, Ruth McDevitt and Haywood Nelson." }, { "title": "The Morning After", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dick Van Dyke, Lynn Carlin, Don Porter, Linda Lavin", "extract": "The Morning After is a 1974 American made-for-television drama film starring Dick Van Dyke and Lynn Carlin, based on the best selling novel by Jack B. Weiner, and with a screenplay by Richard Matheson." }, { "title": "Mr. Majestyk", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Paul Koslo", "extract": "Mr. Majestyk is a 1974 American action film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Elmore Leonard. Charles Bronson stars as the title character, a melon farmer and Vietnam War veteran who comes into conflict with gangsters. Leonard, who wrote the film with an original screenplay, took the name" }, { "title": "Murder on the Orient Express", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset", "extract": "Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 British mystery film directed by Sidney Lumet, produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin, and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie." }, { "title": "Newman's Law", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "George Peppard, Roger Robinson, Eugene Roche", "extract": "Newman's Law is a 1974 American crime film directed by Richard T. Heffron and starring George Peppard." }, { "title": "The Nickel Ride", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Noir", "cast": "Jason Miller, Linda Haynes, Victor French", "extract": "The Nickel Ride is a 1974 American neo-noir crime film directed and produced by Robert Mulligan and starring Jason Miller, Linda Haynes, Victor French, Bo Hopkins, and John Hillerman. It is the debut film of screenwriter Eric Roth. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nomi" }, { "title": "Nightmare Circus", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Andrew Prine", "extract": "Nightmare Circus is a 1974 horror film directed by Alan Rudolph, who took over production after the first few days were handled by producer Gerald Cormier. The film was co-written by Cormier and Roman Valenti." }, { "title": "Nightmare Honeymoon", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller, Crime", "cast": "Dack Rambo, John Beck, Roy Jenson", "extract": "Nightmare Honeymoon is a 1974 American crime-thriller film directed by Elliot Silverstein, starring Dack Rambo and Rebecca Dianna Smith." }, { "title": "Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat", "year": 1974, "genres": "Animated, Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Skip Hinnant", "extract": "The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat is a 1974 American adult animated anthology black comedy film directed by Robert Taylor as a sequel to Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat (1972), adapted from the comic strip by Robert Crumb, neither of whom had any involvement in the making of the film. The only two people" }, { "title": "Northeast of Seoul", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller, Action", "cast": "Anita Ekberg, John Ireland, Victor Buono", "extract": "Northeast of Seoul is a 1972 American action-thriller film directed by David Lowell Rich. It stars Anita Ekberg and John Ireland, with music by Alan Heyman." }, { "title": "Oliver Twist", "year": 1974, "genres": "Animated, Adventure, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Josh Albee, Jane Webb, Les Tremayne", "extract": "Oliver Twist is a 1974 American animated adventure musical drama film directed by Hal Sutherland that is based on Charles Dickens's 1838 novel of the same name. The film was the second and last to be produced by Filmation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Davy Jones, who played The Artful Do" }, { "title": "Once Upon a Scoundrel", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Zero Mostel, Katy Jurado, Pancho Córdova", "extract": "Once Upon a Scoundrel is a 1974 American-Mexican comedy film directed by George Schaefer and starring Zero Mostel, Katy Jurado and A Martinez." }, { "title": "Open Season", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Peter Fonda, John Phillip Law, Richard Lynch", "extract": "Open Season is a 1974 thriller film directed by Peter Collinson. It stars Peter Fonda, John Phillip Law, William Holden and Cornelia Sharpe. The film was shot in both Spain and England, with parts of those countries used to portray the American backwoods. The screenplay was by David Osborn and Liz C" }, { "title": "Our Time", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson, Debralee Scott", "extract": "Our Time is a 1974 American drama film directed by Peter Hyams. The film was written by Jane C. Stanton, and stars Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson and Betsy Slade. The story is set at a Massachusetts school for girls in the 1950s." }, { "title": "The Parallax View", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller, Political", "cast": "Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels", "extract": "The Parallax View is a 1974 American political thriller film produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, and starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels and Paula Prentiss. The screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1970 novel by Loren Singer. The story concerns a re" }, { "title": "The Phantom of Hollywood", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Horror, Thriller", "cast": "Skye Aubrey, Jack Cassidy, Jackie Coogan, Broderick Crawford, Peter Haskell", "extract": "The Phantom of Hollywood is a 1974 American made-for-television horror thriller film and starring Skye Aubrey, Jack Cassidy, Jackie Coogan, Broderick Crawford, Peter Haskell John Ireland and Peter Lawford. It is notable for being one of the last films shot on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer back lot, which " }, { "title": "Phantom of the Paradise", "year": 1974, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Horror", "cast": "Paul Williams, Jessica Harper, William Finley", "extract": "Phantom of the Paradise is a 1974 American rock musical comedy horror film written and directed by Brian De Palma and scored by and starring Paul Williams. In the film, a naïve young singer-songwriter is tricked by legendary but unscrupulous music producer Swan (Williams) into giving up his life's w" }, { "title": "Phase IV", "year": 1974, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick", "extract": "Phase IV is a 1974 science-fiction horror film. The only feature-length film directed by graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass, it stars Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport and Lynne Frederick." }, { "title": "The Photographer", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Michael Callan, Barbara Nichols, Harold J. Stone", "extract": "The Photographer is a 1974 American thriller film written and directed by William Byron Hillman. The film stars Michael Callan, Barbara Nichols, Harold J. Stone, Edward Andrews, Jed Allan and Spencer Milligan. The film was released on December 5, 1974, by Embassy Pictures." }, { "title": "Planet Earth", "year": 1974, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "John Saxon, Janet Margolin, Ted Cassidy, Christopher Cary, Diana Muldaur", "extract": "Planet Earth is a 1974 American made-for-television science fiction film that was created by Gene Roddenberry, written by Roddenberry and Juanita Bartlett. It first aired on April 23, 1974 on the ABC network, and stars John Saxon as Dylan Hunt. It was presented as a pilot for what was hoped to be a " }, { "title": "Policewomen", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Sondra Currie, Tony Young, Jean Bell", "extract": "Policewomen is a 1974 exploitation film about a female police officer who infiltrates an all-female criminal gang. The film was written and directed by Lee Frost, and stars Sondra Currie, Tony Young, and Phil Hoover." }, { "title": "The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann", "year": 1974, "genres": "Erotic", "cast": "Eric Edwards, Georgina Spelvin, Jamie Gillis", "extract": "The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann is a 1974 American hardcore adult film starring Barbara Bourbon and directed by Radley Metzger that is considered one of the classics of the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984). It was a step forward in the development of the genre, as it had a plot and good acting. " }, { "title": "Report to the Commissioner", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely", "extract": "Report to the Commissioner is a 1975 American crime drama film based on James Mills' 1972 novel. It involves a rookie cop in the New York City Police Department who is assigned a special missing person case, which in fact is meant to be a wild-goose chase to back up an undercover female police offic" }, { "title": "Rhinoceros", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel, Karen Black", "extract": "Rhinoceros is a 1974 American comedy film based on the play Rhinocéros by Eugène Ionesco. The film was produced by Ely Landau for the American Film Theatre, which presented thirteen film adaptations of plays in the United States from 1973 to 1975." }, { "title": "S*P*Y*S", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Spy", "cast": "Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Zouzou", "extract": "S*P*Y*S is a 1974 American spy comedy film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland and Zouzou. The film was screened at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, but it was not entered into the main competition." }, { "title": "The Savage Is Loose", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Lee Montgomery", "extract": "The Savage Is Loose is a 1974 American drama film produced and directed by George C. Scott. It stars Scott, Trish Van Devere, John David Carson and Lee H. Montgomery." }, { "title": "Savage Sisters", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Gloria Hendry, John Ashley, Cheri Caffaro", "extract": "Savage Sisters is a 1974 women in prison film made in the Philippines and directed by Eddie Romero." }, { "title": "Score", "year": 1974, "genres": "Erotic, Romance", "cast": "Casey Donovan, Claire Wilbur, Lynn Lowry", "extract": "Score is a 1974 erotic romance film directed by Radley Metzger. One of the first films to explore bisexual relationships, it was part of the brief porn chic fad of the Golden Age of Porn in the early 1970s that also included Behind the Green Door, The Devil in Miss Jones and Deep Throat. The film wa" }, { "title": "Seizure", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Herve Villechaize", "extract": "Seizure is a 1974 horror film. It is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay." }, { "title": "Shanks", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Philippe Clay, Marcel Marceau", "extract": "Shanks is a 1974 American surrealist horror film about a puppeteer able to manipulate dead bodies like puppets. Mime Marcel Marceau, in his first major film role, plays the titular Malcolm Shanks. It was the last film directed by producer-director William Castle." }, { "title": "The Single Girls", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Claudia Jennings, Greg Mullavy, Joan Prather", "extract": "The Single Girls is a 1974 exploitation film about a group of swingers at a Caribbean resort who are stalked by a mysterious killer. The film was directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian, and stars Claudia Jennings, Jean Marie Ingels, and Greg Mullavey." }, { "title": "The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Robert Walker Jr., Cesar Romero, Tom Drake", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Spikes Gang", "year": 1974, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Ron Howard", "extract": "The Spikes Gang is a 1974 American Western film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Lee Marvin. Produced by the Mirisch Company and based on the novel The Bank Robber by Giles Tippette, the supporting cast features Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith and Ron Howard. Veteran character actors Art" }, { "title": "Sugar Hill", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Richard Lawson", "extract": "Sugar Hill is a 1974 American horror blaxploitation zombie film, directed by Paul Maslansky and starring Marki Bey as the title character who uses voodoo to get revenge on the people responsible for her boyfriend's death. It was released by American International Pictures. According to the film, the" }, { "title": "The Sugarland Express", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson", "extract": "The Sugarland Express is a 1974 American crime drama film directed by Steven Spielberg in his feature film directorial debut. The film follows a woman and her husband as they take a police officer hostage and flee across Texas while they try to get to their child before he is placed in foster care. " }, { "title": "Summer School Teachers", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Candice Rialson, Pat Anderson, Grainger Hines", "extract": "Summer School Teachers is a 1974 feature film directed and written by Barbara Peeters and starring Candice Rialson. It is about three female friends who all teach at a school over the summer." }, { "title": "The Super Cops", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Action, Adventure", "cast": "Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier", "extract": "The Super Cops is a 1974 action adventure film directed by Gordon Parks and starring Ron Leibman and David Selby. The film is based on the book The Super Cops: The True Story of the Cops Called Batman and Robin by L. H. Whittemore. The film was released a few months after the successful cop movie Se" }, { "title": "The Swinging Cheerleaders", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Rainbeaux Smith, Colleen Camp, Rosanne Katon", "extract": "The Swinging Cheerleaders is a 1974 comedy-drama film written and directed by exploitation film auteur Jack Hill." }, { "title": "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Jerry Stiller", "extract": "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a 1974 American crime drama film directed by Joseph Sargent, produced by Gabriel Katzka and Edgar J. Scherick, and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, and Héctor Elizondo. Peter Stone adapted the screenplay from the 1973 novel of the same name w" }, { "title": "The Tamarind Seed", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Thriller, War, Romance", "cast": "Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle", "extract": "The Tamarind Seed is a 1974 romantic thriller drama film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Evelyn Anthony, the film is about a British Home Office functionary and a Soviet era attaché who are lovers involved " }, { "title": "The Teacher", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller, Erotic", "cast": "Angel Tompkins, Jay North, Marlene Schmidt", "extract": "The Teacher is a 1974 American coming-of-age erotic thriller film written, produced, and directed by Hikmet Avedis in 12 days for an estimated $65,000 and released by Crown International Pictures. The film is Avedis' grindhouse homage to 1967's The Graduate." }, { "title": "The Terminal Man", "year": 1974, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "George Segal, Joan Hackett, Jill Clayburgh", "extract": "The Terminal Man is a 1974 American horror science fiction film directed by Mike Hodges, based on the 1972 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. Starring George Segal, the film centers on the danger of mind control and the power of computers." }, { "title": "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal", "extract": "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American horror film produced and directed by Tobe Hooper from a story and screenplay by Hooper and Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen, who respectively portray Sally Hardesty, Franklin Hardesty, the hi" }, { "title": "That's Entertainment!", "year": 1974, "genres": "Documentary, Musical", "cast": "Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "That's Entertainment! is a 1974 American compilation film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to celebrate the studio's 50th anniversary. The success of the retrospective prompted a 1976 sequel, the related 1985 film That's Dancing!, and a third installment in 1994." }, { "title": "Thieves Like Us", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, Louise Fletcher", "extract": "Thieves Like Us is a 1974 American crime film, set in the United States of the 1930s. It was directed by Robert Altman and starred Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Edward Anderson, which also supplied source material for the 1948 film They Live " }, { "title": "Thomasine & Bushrod", "year": 1974, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Max Julien, Vonetta McGee, George Murdock", "extract": "Thomasine & Bushrod is a 1974 Western film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., written by and starring Max Julien and Vonetta McGee and was released by Columbia Pictures. The title song was written by Arthur Lee and performed by his band Love." }, { "title": "Three the Hard Way", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Jim Brown", "extract": "Three the Hard Way is a 1974 action blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks Jr., written by Eric Bercovici and Jerrold L. Ludwig and starring Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, and Jim Kelly." }, { "title": "Thunder County", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Ted Cassidy, Carol Locatell", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis", "extract": "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a 1974 American crime comedy film written and directed by Michael Cimino and starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and Geoffrey Lewis." }, { "title": "TNT Jackson", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Jeanne Bell, Chiquito, Stan Shaw", "extract": "TNT Jackson, released in the Philippines as Dynamite Wong and T.N.T. Jackson, is a 1974 American blaxploitation film produced and directed by Cirio H. Santiago. The script was originally written by actor Dick Miller, but Roger Corman had it rewritten." }, { "title": "The Towering Inferno", "year": 1974, "genres": "Disaster", "cast": "Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Fred Astaire", "extract": "The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. It was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from the novels The Tower (1973) by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno (1974) " }, { "title": "The Treasure of Jamaica Reef", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Stephen Boyd, David Ladd, Chuck Woolery", "extract": "The Treasure of Jamaica Reef is a 1975 American film directed by Virginia L. Stone." }, { "title": "The Trial of Billy Jack", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama, Action, Western", "cast": "Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Riley Hill (actor)", "extract": "The Trial of Billy Jack is a 1974 Western action film starring Delores Taylor and Tom Laughlin. It is the sequel to the 1971 film Billy Jack and the third film overall in the series." }, { "title": "Truck Stop Women", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Claudia Jennings, Lieux Dressler, Dennis Fimple", "extract": "Truck Stop Women is a 1974 film, directed by Mark L. Lester and partly financed by Phil Gramm." }, { "title": "Truck Turner", "year": 1974, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Annazette Chase", "extract": "Truck Turner, also known as Black Bullet, is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Jonathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Leigh Chapman, and Oscar Williams. Hayes also scored the music for the soundtrack. The film was released by Am" }, { "title": "The Ultimate Thrill", "year": 1974, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Barry Brown, Britt Ekland", "extract": "The Ultimate Thrill is a 1974 American thriller film directed by Robert Butler and starring Barry Brown, Britt Ekland and Eric Braeden. It was also released under the title Ultimate Chase. The soundtrack was by Ed Townsend which to the present day has not been released." }, { "title": "Uptown Saturday Night", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Action, Crime", "cast": "Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor", "extract": "Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American action comedy crime film written by Richard Wesley and directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte co-starring. Cosby and Poitier teamed up again for Let's Do It Again (1975) and A Piece of the Action (1977). Although Cosby's " }, { "title": "W", "year": 1974, "genres": "Mystery, Thriller", "cast": "Twiggy, John Vernon, Dirk Benedict, Eugene Roche", "extract": "W is a 1974 American psychological thriller film directed by Richard Quine and starring Twiggy, Dirk Benedict and Michael Witney. It was produced by Mel Ferrer." }, { "title": "Welcome to Arrow Beach", "year": 1974, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Laurence Harvey, Joanna Pettet, Meg Foster", "extract": "Welcome to Arrow Beach is a 1974 American horror film directed by and starring Laurence Harvey. Following its limited theatrical release, an edited version of the film was reissued in 1976 under the title Tender Flesh." }, { "title": "Where the Lilies Bloom", "year": 1974, "genres": "Family, Drama", "cast": "Jan Smithers, Harry Dean Stanton, Rance Howard", "extract": "Where the Lilies Bloom is a 1974 American drama film adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Bill and Vera Cleaver. The film was produced by Robert B. Radnitz and directed by William A. Graham in Watauga County, Ashe County, and in Avery County, North Carolina. Soundtrack music is by Ea" }, { "title": "Where the Red Fern Grows", "year": 1974, "genres": "Family, Drama", "cast": "James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Lonny Chapman", "extract": "Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1974 drama film directed by Norman Tokar and starring James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Stewart Petersen and Jack Ging. It is based on the 1961 novel of the same name." }, { "title": "The White Dawn", "year": 1974, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr.", "extract": "The White Dawn is a 1974 Canadian-American drama film directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, and Louis Gossett Jr. It portrays the conflict between aboriginal peoples' traditional way of life and Europeans' eagerness to take advantage of them. The film employs authent" }, { "title": "Willie Dynamite", "year": 1974, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Roscoe Orman, Eddie Rivers, Diana Sands", "extract": "Willie Dynamite is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Gilbert Moses and starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, Joyce Walker, and was released by Universal Pictures. The eponymous Willie Dynamite is a pimp in New York City, who strives to be number one in the city. As he i" }, { "title": "A Woman Under the Influence", "year": 1974, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, Fred Draper", "extract": "A Woman Under the Influence is a 1974 American drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes. The story follows a woman whose unusual behavior leads to conflict with her blue-collar husband and family. It received two Academy Award nominations, for Best Actress and Best Director." }, { "title": "The Working Girls", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Sarah Kennedy, Mary Beth Hughes, Cassandra Peterson", "extract": "The Working Girls is a 1974 sexploitation film written and directed by Stephanie Rothman and starring Sarah Kennedy, Laurie Rose and Cassandra Peterson." }, { "title": "The Yakuza", "year": 1974, "genres": "Noir, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith", "extract": "The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Brian Keith. The screenplay by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne is from a story by Schrader's brother, Leonard Schrader." }, { "title": "The Year Without a Santa Claus", "year": 1974, "genres": "Animated", "cast": "Voices of, Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 stop motion animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The story is based on Phyllis McGinley's 1956 book of the same name. It is narrated by Shirley Booth and starring the voices of Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, and George S. Irv" }, { "title": "Young Frankenstein", "year": 1974, "genres": "Comedy, Horror", "cast": "Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman", "extract": "Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster. The film co-" }, { "title": "Zandy's Bride", "year": 1974, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Susan Tyrrell", "extract": "Zandy's Bride is a 1974 American Western film directed by Jan Troell and starring Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann." }, { "title": "Zardoz", "year": 1974, "genres": "Science Fiction, Fantasy", "cast": "Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman", "extract": "Zardoz is a 1974 science fantasy film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling. It depicts a post-apocalyptic world where barbarians worship \"Zardoz\", a stone god with the power to grant either death or eternal life, and who—in the opening scen" }, { "title": "Exploratorium", "year": 1974, "genres": "Documentary, Short", "cast": "", "extract": "Exploratorium is a 1974 American short documentary film about the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco, produced by Jon Boorstin. The film explores the museum through imagery and sound, without voice-over. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. The film wa" }, { "title": "F for Fake", "year": 1974, "genres": "Documentary, Drama", "cast": "Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten", "extract": "F for Fake is a 1973 docudrama film co-written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles who worked on the film alongside François Reichenbach, Oja Kodar, and Gary Graver. Initially released in 1974, it focuses on Elmyr de Hory's recounting of his career as a professional art forger; de Hory's story s" }, { "title": "Hearts and Minds", "year": 1974, "genres": "Documentary, War", "cast": "", "extract": "Hearts and Minds is a 1974 American documentary film about the Vietnam War directed by Peter Davis. The film's title is based on a quote from President Lyndon B. Johnson: \"the ultimate victory will depend on the hearts and minds of the people who actually live out there\". The movie was chosen as the" }, { "title": "Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones", "year": 1974, "genres": "Documentary, Performance", "cast": "The Rolling Stones", "extract": "Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones is a concert movie featuring the British rock band the Rolling Stones that was first released in 1974. Directed by Rollin Binzer and produced by Binzer and Marshall Chess, it was filmed in 16mm by Bob Freeze and Steve Gebhardt of Butterfly Films during four s" }, { "title": "92 in the Shade", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Peter Fonda, Margot Kidder, Warren Oates, Elizabeth Ashley", "extract": "92 in the Shade is a 1975 American drama film written and directed by Thomas McGuane, based on his 1973 novel of the same name, it stars Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Elizabeth Ashley and Margot Kidder." }, { "title": "Aaron Loves Angela", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Moses Gunn, Irene Cara, Kevin Hooks", "extract": "Aaron Loves Angela is a 1975 American comedy-drama film written by Gerald Sanford and directed by Gordon Parks Jr. It stars Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks and Irene Cara." }, { "title": "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Leo McKern, Dom DeLuise", "extract": "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother is a 1975 American musical comedy film with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Roy Kinnear, and Leo McKern. The film was Wilder's directorial debut, from his own original script." }, { "title": "The Adventures of the Wilderness Family", "year": 1975, "genres": "Family, Adventure, Drama, War", "cast": "Robert Logan, Susan Damante-Shaw, George Buck Flower", "extract": "The Adventures of the Wilderness Family is a 1975 American family adventure drama film directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Robert Logan, George Buck Flower and Susan Damante-Shaw. The film is about Skip Robinson and his family who decide to move from Los Angeles, California to a new home in the" }, { "title": "Against a Crooked Sky", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Boone, Henry Wilcoxon, Clint Ritchie", "extract": "Against a Crooked Sky is a 1975 American Western film directed by Earl Bellamy and starring Richard Boone, Stewart Petersen, and Henry Wilcoxon." }, { "title": "Aloha, Bobby and Rose", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Paul Le Mat, Tim McIntire, Leigh French", "extract": "Aloha, Bobby and Rose is a 1975 American road drama film written and directed by Floyd Mutrux and starring Paul Le Mat, Dianne Hull and Robert Carradine. The plot concerns a young working-class couple who accidentally cause the death of a store clerk during their first date and go on the run from th" }, { "title": "The Apple Dumpling Gang", "year": 1975, "genres": "Family, Comedy, Western", "cast": "Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Harry Morgan", "extract": "The Apple Dumpling Gang is a 1975 American comedy-Western film directed by Norman Tokar. The plot is about a slick gambler named Russell Donovan who is duped into taking care of a group of orphans who eventually strike gold. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions." }, { "title": "At Long Last Love", "year": 1975, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn, Duilio Del Prete, Eileen Brennan", "extract": "At Long Last Love is a 1975 American jukebox musical comedy film written, produced, and directed by Peter Bogdanovich. It stars Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn, and Duilio Del Prete as two couples who each switch partners during a party and attempt to make each other jealous. Featuring" }, { "title": "Best Friends", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Hatch, Susanne Benton", "extract": "Best Friends is a 1975 American drama film directed by Noel Nosseck and starring Doug Chapin and Richard Hatch. The film centers on the slow psychotic deterioration of a Vietnam war veteran who aims to restore his carefree youth by eliminating his best friend's marital engagement." }, { "title": "Bite the Bullet", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Hackman, James Coburn, Candice Bergen, Ben Johnson, Jan-Michael Vincent", "extract": "Bite the Bullet is a 1975 American Western film written, produced, and directed by Richard Brooks and starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, and James Coburn, with Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent, Ben Johnson, and Dabney Coleman in supporting roles." }, { "title": "The Black Bird", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Segal, Stéphane Audran, Elisha Cook Jr.", "extract": "The Black Bird is a 1975 comedy film written and directed by David Giler and starring George Segal and Stéphane Audran. It is a comedic sequel to the John Huston film version of The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Segal playing Sam Spade's son, Sam Spade, Jr., and Lee Patrick and Elisha Cook Jr. reprisin" }, { "title": "Black Fist", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Richard Lawson, Dabney Coleman, Philip Michael Thomas", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Blazing Stewardesses", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Yvonne De Carlo, Regina Carrol, Robert Livingston", "extract": "Blazing Stewardesses is a 1975 American sex comedy film directed by Al Adamson. Its title derives from the 1975 film The Naughty Stewardesses and the 1974 film Blazing Saddles." }, { "title": "Boss Nigger", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin", "extract": "Boss Nigger is a 1975 blaxploitation Western film directed by Jack Arnold, and stars former football player Fred Williamson, who both wrote and co-produced. Boss Nigger is the first film for which Williamson was credited as screenwriter or producer." }, { "title": "A Boy and His Dog", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Science Fiction", "cast": "Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards", "extract": "A Boy and His Dog is a 1975 American black comedy science fiction film directed by actor L.Q. Jones, from a screenplay by Jones based on the 1969 novella of the same title by fantasy author Harlan Ellison. The film stars Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Alvy Moore, and Jason Robards. It was independentl" }, { "title": "Breakheart Pass", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Jill Ireland, Richard Crenna, Charles Durning", "extract": "Breakheart Pass is a 1975 American Western film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland. Based on the 1974 novel of the same title by Scottish author Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), it was filmed in north central Idaho." }, { "title": "Breakout", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland, John Huston", "extract": "Breakout is a 1975 action film from Columbia Pictures starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Robert Duvall, John Huston, Sheree North and Randy Quaid. Bronson and Ireland, the lead actor and actress, were married in real life. The film is notable for giving the usually serious Bronson a more comedi" }, { "title": "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "year": 1975, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Clark Gable, Herbert Hoover", "extract": "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is a 1975 documentary film directed by Philippe Mora, consisting largely of newsreel footage and contemporary film clips to portray the era of the Great Depression." }, { "title": "Bucktown", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Crime", "cast": "Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala", "extract": "Bucktown, USA is a 1975 American crime action blaxploitation film released by American International Pictures starring Fred Williamson." }, { "title": "Bug", "year": 1975, "genres": "Horror, War", "cast": "Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles, Richard Gilliland", "extract": "Bug is a 1975 American horror film in Panavision, directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by William Castle and Thomas Page, from Page's novel The Hephaestus Plague (1973). It was the last film Castle was involved in before his death in 1977. The film starred Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richar" }, { "title": "Bugs Bunny: Superstar", "year": 1975, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Narrated by, Orson Welles", "extract": "Bugs Bunny: Superstar is a 1975 Looney Tunes documentary film narrated by Orson Welles and produced and directed by Larry Jackson. It was the first documentary to examine the history of Warner Bros. Looney Tunes with its cartoon characters." }, { "title": "The Candy Tangerine Man", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Adventure", "cast": "John Daniels, George Buck Flower, Eli Haines", "extract": "The Candy Tangerine Man is a 1975 American action-adventure blaxploitation film starring John Daniels, Eli Haines and Tom Hankason. Distributed by Moonstone Entertainment, it follows the story of the powerful \"Black Baron\" (Daniels), both a pimp and a doting father. The film was directed and produce" }, { "title": "Capone", "year": 1975, "genres": "Biography, Crime, War", "cast": "Ben Gazzara, Susan Blakely, John Cassavetes, Sylvester Stallone", "extract": "Capone is a 1975 American biographical crime film directed by Steve Carver, written by Howard Browne, and starring Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely, John Cassavetes, and Sylvester Stallone in an early film appearance. The film is a biography of the infamous Al Capone." }, { "title": "Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Adventure", "cast": "Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens, Norman Fell", "extract": "Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold is a 1975 American action-adventure film directed by Charles Bail and starring Tamara Dobson as Cleopatra \"Cleo\" Jones, Stella Stevens and Norman Fell. The film is a sequel to the 1973 action film Cleopatra Jones." }, { "title": "Cooley High", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Glynn Turman, Garrett Morris", "extract": "Cooley High is a 1975 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows the narrative of high school seniors and best friends, Leroy \"Preach\" Jackson and Richard \"Cochise\" Morris. Written by Eric Monte, directed by Michael Schultz, the film, primarily shot in Chicago, was a major hit at the box " }, { "title": "Coonskin", "year": 1975, "genres": "Animated, Live Action, Crime", "cast": "Voices of, Philip Michael Thomas, Barry White, Scatman Crothers, Charles Gordone", "extract": "Coonskin is a 1975 American live-action/animated satirical crime film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi. The film references the Uncle Remus folk tales, and satirizes the blaxploitation film genre as well as Disney's racially controversial film Song of the South, also adapted from the Uncle Remus" }, { "title": "Cornbread, Earl and Me", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Laurence Fishburne, Jamaal Wilkes, Moses Gunn", "extract": "Cornbread, Earl and Me is a 1975 American coming-of-age drama film that stars Tierre Turner, Laurence Fishburne, and NBA player Jamaal Wilkes. It was directed and co-produced by Joseph Manduke. The film is loosely based on the 1966 Ronald Fair novel Hog Butcher." }, { "title": "Cover Girl Models", "year": 1975, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Pat Anderson, Lindsay Bloom, Tara Strohmeier", "extract": "Cover Girl Models is a 1975 exploitation film from New World Pictures about three models who become involved in international espionage." }, { "title": "Crazy Mama", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern, Donny Most, Linda Purl", "extract": "Crazy Mama is a 1975 American action comedy film directed by Jonathan Demme, produced by Julie Corman and starring Cloris Leachman. It marked the film debut of Bill Paxton and Dennis Quaid." }, { "title": "Darktown Strutters", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Trina Parks, Shirley Washington, Roger E. Mosley", "extract": "Darktown Strutters is a 1975 blaxploitation musical comedy film from New World Pictures. Despite having mixed reviews at the time it has gained cult status over the years with praise from film director Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino called it \"a ridiculous satire\"." }, { "title": "The Day of the Locust", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton, Bo Hopkins, Burgess Meredith", "extract": "The Day of the Locust is a 1975 American satirical historical drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton, Burgess Meredith, Richard Dysart, John Hillerman and Geraldine Page. Set in Hollywood, California just before World War II, the film de" }, { "title": "Deadly Hero", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Thriller, Noir", "cast": "Don Murray, Diahn Williams, James Earl Jones", "extract": "Deadly Hero is a 1975 American neo noir thriller film starring Don Murray, Diahn Williams, James Earl Jones, Lilia Skala and Treat Williams. It was directed by Ivan Nagy from a screenplay by George Wislocki and Don Petersen. Released in limited locales in 1975 with an R rating from the Motion Pictur" }, { "title": "The Deadly Tower", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Kurt Russell, Richard Yniguez, Ned Beatty, Pernell Roberts, Clifton James", "extract": "The Deadly Tower is a 1975 American made-for-television action drama thriller film directed by Jerry Jameson. It stars Kurt Russell and Richard Yniguez and is based on the University of Texas tower shooting." }, { "title": "Death Race 2000", "year": 1975, "genres": "Science Fiction, Action, Sports", "cast": "David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth", "extract": "Death Race 2000 is a 1975 American science fiction action film\nproduced by Roger Corman, directed by Paul Bartel, and starring David Carradine. The film takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transcontinental Road Race has become a form of national entertai" }, { "title": "The Devil's Rain", "year": 1975, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Ernest Borgnine, Ida Lupino, William Shatner", "extract": "The Devil's Rain is a 1975 supernatural horror film directed by Robert Fuest. The ensemble cast includes William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino, and Keenan Wynn. Additionally, John Travolta made his film debut in a minor role. Satanist Anton LaVey is credited as the" }, { "title": "Diamonds", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Action", "cast": "Robert Shaw, Richard Roundtree, Shelley Winters, Barbara Hershey", "extract": "Diamonds is a 1975 Israeli-American heist film. Robert Shaw stars in a dual role as twin brothers. Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey and Shelley Winters are co-stars. The film was also released as Diamond Shaft, although it has no relation to the Shaft films other than having Roundtree in the cast." }, { "title": "Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Adventure", "cast": "Ron Ely, Paul Gleason, William Lucking", "extract": "Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze is a 1975 American action film starring Ron Ely as pulp hero Doc Savage. This was the last film completed by pioneering science fiction producer George Pal. It was directed by Michael Anderson, who had previously directed another big-budget adventure film, Around the Wo" }, { "title": "Dog Day Afternoon", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Biography", "cast": "Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, James Broderick", "extract": "Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning. The screenplay is written by Frank Pierson and is based on the Life magazine arti" }, { "title": "Dolemite", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "Rudy Ray Moore, D'Urville Martin, Hy Pyke", "extract": "Dolemite is a 1975 American blaxploitation crime comedy film and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack. Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1960s, heard a rhymed toast about an urban hero named Dol" }, { "title": "The Drowning Pool", "year": 1975, "genres": "Mystery, Thriller", "cast": "Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Melanie Griffith", "extract": "The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and based upon Ross Macdonald's novel of the same name. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa, and is a loose sequel to Harper. The setting is shifted from California to Louisiana." }, { "title": "Dr. Minx", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Edy Williams, Randy Boone, Marlene Schmidt", "extract": "Dr. Minx is a 1975 sexploitation film, directed by Hikmet Avedis and starring Edy Williams and Randy Boone." }, { "title": "The Eiger Sanction", "year": 1975, "genres": "Thriller, Action", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy, Vonetta McGee, Gregory Walcott", "extract": "The Eiger Sanction is a 1975 American action film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Based on the 1972 novel The Eiger Sanction by Trevanian, the film is about Jonathan Hemlock, an art history professor, mountain climber, and former assassin once employed by a secret government agency, who is " }, { "title": "Escape to Witch Mountain", "year": 1975, "genres": "Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction", "cast": "Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Eddie Albert, Kim Richards, Denver Pyle", "extract": "Escape to Witch Mountain is a 1975 American fantasy science-fiction film, based on Alexander H. Key's 1968 novel of the same name and directed by John Hough. It was released on March 21, 1975 by Walt Disney Productions and Buena Vista Distribution Company. It is the first film of the Witch Mountain " }, { "title": "Farewell, My Lovely", "year": 1975, "genres": "Mystery, Crime, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Harry Dean Stanton", "extract": "Farewell, My Lovely is a 1975 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Dick Richards and featuring Robert Mitchum as private detective Philip Marlowe. The picture is based on Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely (1940), which had previously been adapted for film as Murder, My Sweet " }, { "title": "Flash and the Firecat", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Roger Davis, Joan Shawlee, Richard Kiel", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Fore Play", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Zero Mostel, Estelle Parsons", "extract": "Fore Play is a 1975 comedy anthology film co-directed by Bruce Malmuth, Robert McCarty, Ralph Rosenblum, and future Academy Award-winner John G. Avildsen." }, { "title": "The Fortune", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing", "extract": "The Fortune is a 1975 American black comedy film starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty, and directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Adrien Joyce focuses on two bumbling con men who plot to steal the fortune of a wealthy young heiress, played by Stockard Channing in her first film starring ro" }, { "title": "The Four Deuces", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Warren Berlinger", "extract": "The Four Deuces is a 1975 American comedy film directed by William H. Bushnell and written by C. Lester Franklin. The film stars Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Warren Berlinger, Adam Roarke, Gianni Russo and Hard Boiled Haggerty. The film was released in January 1976, by Embassy Pictures." }, { "title": "Framed", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke, John Marley", "extract": "Framed is a 1975 American crime film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Joe Don Baker and Conny Van Dyke. It was the final film of Karlson's Hollywood career." }, { "title": "French Connection II", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller", "cast": "Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Ed Lauter", "extract": "French Connection II is a 1975 American action thriller film starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a sequel to the 1971 Academy Award for Best Picture winner The French Connection. The film continues the story of the central character, Detective Jimmy \"Popeye\" Doyle, again " }, { "title": "Friday Foster", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Eartha Kitt", "extract": "Friday Foster is a 1975 American blaxploitation film written and directed by Arthur Marks and starring Pam Grier in the title role. Yaphet Kotto, Eartha Kitt, Scatman Crothers and Carl Weathers co-starred. It is an adaptation of the 1970-74 syndicated newspaper comic strip of the same name, scripted" }, { "title": "Friendly Persuasion", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Kiley, Shirley Knight", "extract": "Friendly Persuasion is a made-for-TV movie. The film is based on the novels The Friendly Persuasion and Except for Me and Thee by Jessamyn West; the former novel was previously adapted in 1956. It originally aired on ABC on May 18, 1975." }, { "title": "Funny Lady", "year": 1975, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Drama, Biography", "cast": "Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Roddy McDowall", "extract": "Funny Lady is a 1975 American biographical musical comedy-drama film and the sequel to the 1968 film Funny Girl. The film stars Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall and Ben Vereen." }, { "title": "Gemini Affair", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marta Kristen, Anne Seymour, Victoria Carroll", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Giant Spider Invasion", "year": 1975, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Steve Brodie, Alan Hale Jr., Leslie Parrish", "extract": "The Giant Spider Invasion is a 1975 science fiction horror film produced, composed and directed by Bill Rebane, and follows giant spiders that terrorize the town of Merrill, Wisconsin and its surrounding area. The film was theatrically released in 1975 by Group 1 Films and enjoyed a considerable run" }, { "title": "Give 'em Hell, Harry!", "year": 1975, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "James Whitmore", "extract": "Give 'em Hell, Harry! is a biographical play and 1975 film, written by playwright Samuel Gallu. Both the play and film are a one-man show about former President of the United States Harry S. Truman. Give 'em Hell, Harry! stars James Whitmore, and was directed by Steve Binder and Peter H. Hunt." }, { "title": "Gone with the West", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "James Caan, Stefanie Powers", "extract": "Gone with the West is a 1975 American Western film starring James Caan and Stefanie Powers, directed by Bernard Girard." }, { "title": "The Great Waldo Pepper", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Redford, Susan Sarandon, Margot Kidder", "extract": "The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 American drama film directed, produced, and co-written by George Roy Hill. Set during 1926–1931, the film stars Robert Redford as a disaffected World War I veteran pilot who missed the opportunity to fly in combat, and examines his sense of postwar dislocation in 192" }, { "title": "Grey Gardens", "year": 1975, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith Ewing Bouvier", "extract": "Grey Gardens is a 1975 American documentary film by Albert and David Maysles. The film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive, upper-class women, a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale, who lived in poverty at Grey Gardens, a derelict mansion at 3 West End Road in the wealthy Georgica Pon" }, { "title": "The Happy Hooker", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Biography", "cast": "Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Conrad Janis", "extract": "The Happy Hooker is a 1975 American biographical comedy film directed by Nicholas Sgarro and starring Lynn Redgrave. It was adapted from the best-selling memoir by Xaviera Hollander." }, { "title": "Hard Times", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Action, Sport", "cast": "Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland", "extract": "Hard Times is a 1975 action drama sport film marking the directorial debut of Walter Hill. It stars Charles Bronson as Chaney, a mysterious drifter freighthopping through Louisiana during the Great Depression, who proves indomitable in illegal bare-knuckled boxing matches after forming a partnership" }, { "title": "Hearts of the West", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence", "extract": "Hearts of the West, released in Europe as Hollywood Cowboy, is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Blythe Danner, and Alan Arkin. Set in 1930s Hollywood, the story revolves around a wannabe Western writer who" }, { "title": "Hester Street", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Carol Kane, Steven Keats, Doris Roberts", "extract": "Hester Street is a 1975 romantic film based on Abraham Cahan's 1896 novella Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto, and was adapted and directed by Joan Micklin Silver. In 2011, Hester Street was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress." }, { "title": "The Hiding Place", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Julie Harris, Eileen Heckart, Arthur O'Connell", "extract": "The Hiding Place is a 1975 film based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Corrie ten Boom that recounts her and her family's experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust during World War II." }, { "title": "The Hindenburg", "year": 1975, "genres": "Disaster", "cast": "George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Charles Durning", "extract": "The Hindenburg is a 1975 American Technicolor disaster film based on the Hindenburg disaster. The film stars George C. Scott. It was produced and directed by Robert Wise, and was written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson and William Link, based on the 1972 book of the same name by Michael M. Moone" }, { "title": "Hustle", "year": 1975, "genres": "Noir, Crime, Thriller", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson", "extract": "Hustle is a 1975 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Burt Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve." }, { "title": "The Intruder", "year": 1975, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Chris Robinson, Mickey Rooney, Yvonne De Carlo", "extract": "The Intruder is a 1975 American horror film written and directed by Chris Robinson and starring Mickey Rooney, Ted Cassidy, and Yvonne De Carlo. Its plot follows a group of people who are stalked on an island by a killer while searching for gold." }, { "title": "I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bill Dana, Joanna Barnes, Bob Dishy", "extract": "I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? is a 1975 black comedy movie directed by Steven Hilliard Stern, and starring Bob Dishy and Joanna Barnes. Originally Peter Sellers was to be cast as the lead, but insurance refused to cover him after a recent heart attack, and Dishy was cast as his replacement at the " }, { "title": "Jaws", "year": 1975, "genres": "Thriller, Adventure", "cast": "Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss", "extract": "Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter, hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at" }, { "title": "Johnny Firecloud", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Horror, Thriller", "cast": "Victor Mohica, Ralph Meeker, Christina Hart", "extract": "Johnny Firecloud is a 1975 American exploitation horror thriller film directed by William Castleman and starring Victor Mohica, Ralph Meeker, and David Canary. Its plot follows a Native American who, after serving in the Vietnam War, returns to his New Mexico desert hometown to find it victimized by" }, { "title": "The Killer Elite", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Thriller", "cast": "James Caan, Robert Duvall, Burt Young, Mako", "extract": "The Killer Elite is a 1975 American action thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah and written by Marc Norman and Stirling Silliphant, adapted from the Robert Syd Hopkins novel Monkey in the Middle. It stars James Caan and Robert Duvall as a pair of elite mercenaries who become bitter rivals and are" }, { "title": "Lady Cocoa", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Lola Falana, Millie Perkins, Alex Dreier", "extract": "Lady Cocoa is a 1975 low-budget American blaxploitation crime drama that was directed by Matt Cimber. With Lola Falana in the title role, the film also featured Millie Perkins, Alex Dreier, Gene Washington and Joe Greene. It was released by Moonstone Entertainment, and written by George Theakos." }, { "title": "Las Vegas Lady", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Stella Stevens, Stuart Whitman, George DiCenzo", "extract": "Las Vegas Lady is a 1975 American crime film directed by Noel Nosseck, and starring Stella Stevens, Stuart Whitman, George DiCenzo, Lynne Moody, Linda Scruggs, Joseph Della Sorte, Hank Robinson, and Karl Lukas. In this heist film Stella Stevens stars as a thief who enlists her friends – a trapeze ar" }, { "title": "Lepke", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Tony Curtis, Anjanette Comer, Michael Callan", "extract": "Lepke is a 1975 film starring Tony Curtis as the Jewish-American gangster Louis \"Lepke\" Buchalter. It is often regarded by film critics as one of Tony Curtis's most underrated movies and one of his finest performances" }, { "title": "Let's Do It Again", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Action, Crime", "cast": "Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Ossie Davis", "extract": "Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American action crime comedy film starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby and Jimmie Walker among an all-star black cast. The film, directed by Poitier, is about blue-collar workers who decide to rig a boxing match to raise money for their fraternal lodge. The " }, { "title": "Love and Death", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Olga Georges-Picot", "extract": "Love and Death is a 1975 American comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. It is a satire on Russian literature starring Allen and Diane Keaton as Boris and Sonja, Russians living during the Napoleonic Era who engage in mock-serious philosophical debates. Allen considered it the funniest fil" }, { "title": "Lucky Lady", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Gene Hackman", "extract": "Lucky Lady is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds and Robby Benson. Its story takes place in 1930 during Prohibition in the United States." }, { "title": "Mackintosh and T.J.", "year": 1975, "genres": "Family, Western", "cast": "Roy Rogers, Joan Hackett, Andrew Robinson", "extract": "Mackintosh and T.J. is a 1975 American modern day Western film starring Roy Rogers in his last feature film appearance in a film that was specifically written for him. Prior to this film his most recent feature film appearances were in the Bob Hope films Son of Paleface (1952) and 1959's Alias Jesse" }, { "title": "Mahogany", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins", "extract": "Mahogany is a 1975 American romantic drama film directed by Berry Gordy and produced by Motown Productions. The Motown founder Gordy took over the film direction after British filmmaker Tony Richardson was dismissed from the film. Mahogany stars Diana Ross as Tracy Chambers, a struggling fashion des" }, { "title": "Man Friday", "year": 1975, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier", "extract": "Man Friday is a 1975 adventure film directed by Jack Gold and starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Roundtree. It is adapted from the 1973 play by Adrian Mitchell based on Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe, but reverses the roles, portraying Crusoe as a blunt, stiff Englishman, while the native" }, { "title": "The Man in the Glass Booth", "year": 1975, "genres": "Biography, Drama", "cast": "Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman", "extract": "The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 American drama film directed by Arthur Hiller. The film was produced and released as part of the American Film Theatre, which adapted theatrical works for a subscription cinema series. The screenplay was adapted from Robert Shaw's 1967 novel and 1968 stage play, " }, { "title": "The Man Who Would Be King", "year": 1975, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer", "extract": "The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 adventure film adapted from the 1888 Rudyard Kipling novella of the same name. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey and Christopher Plummer as Kipling. The film follows two rogue ex-soldiers, former non-" }, { "title": "The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall, Jackie Coogan", "extract": "The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery is a 1975 comedy-mystery film starring former \"Bowery Boys\" members Gabriel Dell and Huntz Hall, Jackie Coogan, and Joyce Van Patten. The film is a parody of the 1941 film noir The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart. The cast also includes Barbara Harris, A" }, { "title": "Mandingo", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "James Mason, Susan George, Ken Norton", "extract": "Mandingo is a 1975 American historical melodrama film that focuses on the Atlantic slave trade in the Antebellum South. The film's title refers to the mandinka people, who are referred to as \"Mandingos\", and described as being good slaves for fighting matches. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis for Para" }, { "title": "The Master Gunfighter", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Laughlin, Ron O'Neal, Barbara Carrera", "extract": "The Master Gunfighter is a film released in 1975 in Panavision, written and produced by Tom Laughlin, who also played the lead as Finley. The Master Gunfighter is mainly a remake of the 1969 Japanese film Goyokin, although the story revolves around a true incident in the early 1800s involving massac" }, { "title": "Mitchell", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, Linda Evans", "extract": "Mitchell is a 1975 American action film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, written by Ian Kennedy Martin, and starring Joe Don Baker as an abrasive police detective. The film was released in the United States on September 10, 1975 by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation." }, { "title": "Moonrunners", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "James Mitchum, Waylon Jennings, Joan Blackman", "extract": "Moonrunners is a 1975 action comedy film starring James Mitchum, about a Southern family who runs bootleg liquor. It was reworked four years later into the popular long-running television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and the two productions share some similarities. Mitchum had co-starred with his fa" }, { "title": "Mr. Ricco", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Dean Martin, Eugene Roche, Denise Nicholas", "extract": "Mr. Ricco is a 1975 crime drama film directed by Paul Bogart and starring Dean Martin in his last leading film role, along with Eugene Roche, Denise Nicholas and Cindy Williams." }, { "title": "Mr. Sycamore", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jason Robards, Sandy Dennis, Jean Simmons", "extract": "Mr. Sycamore is a play written by Ketti Frings that was published in 1942. It is about a meek mailman who becomes so obsessed with a particular sycamore tree on his delivery route that he leads himself to believe that the only way to end his troubles is to plant himself and become a tree. On Broadwa" }, { "title": "Murder on Flight 502", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller", "cast": "Robert Stack, Sonny Bono, Farrah Fawcett-Majors", "extract": "Murder on Flight 502 is a 1975 American made-for-television drama mystery thriller film directed by George McCowan. The film stars Robert Stack, Sonny Bono and Farrah Fawcett-Majors, along with an all-star ensemble television cast in supporting roles. It was inspired by the success of the Airport fi" }, { "title": "Murph the Surf", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "Robert Conrad, Don Stroud, Donna Mills", "extract": "Murph the Surf, also known as Live a Little, Steal a Lot, is a 1975 film based on a jewel burglary involving the surfer Jack Roland Murphy, who had the nickname \"Murph the Surf\". Starring Robert Conrad and Don Stroud, it was directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. The New York Times edition of October 20, 20" }, { "title": "Naked Came the Stranger", "year": 1975, "genres": "Erotic", "cast": "Alan Marlow, Darby Lloyd Rains, David Savage", "extract": "Naked Came the Stranger is an American adult erotic film released in 1975. The film was directed by Radley Metzger and filmed in several elaborate locations in New York City." }, { "title": "Nashville", "year": 1975, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley, Barbara Harris", "extract": "Nashville is a 1975 American satirical musical comedy-drama film directed and produced by Robert Altman. The film follows various people involved in the country and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee, over a five-day period, leading up to a gala concert for a populist outsider running f" }, { "title": "Night Moves", "year": 1975, "genres": "Mystery, Noir", "cast": "Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, Melanie Griffith, James Woods, Jennifer Warren", "extract": "Night Moves is a 1975 American neo-noir film directed by Arthur Penn, and starring Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, with supporting performances from Melanie Griffith and James Woods. Its plot follows a Los Angeles private investigator who uncovers a series of sinister events while search" }, { "title": "Once Is Not Enough", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, Deborah Raffin, Brenda Vaccaro", "extract": "Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough is a 1975 American romance film, directed by Guy Green, starring Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton, Brenda Vaccaro, Melina Mercouri, and Deborah Raffin. It was produced by Howard W. Koch and written by Julius J. Epstein, based on the 19" }, { "title": "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito, William Redfield", "extract": "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American psychological drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. The film stars Jack Nicholson who plays a new patient at a mental institution alongside Louise Fletcher who plays an austere nurse. It also fea" }, { "title": "One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing", "year": 1975, "genres": "Family, Comedy", "cast": "Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Derek Nimmo", "extract": "One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing is a 1975 comedy film set in the early 1920s, about the theft of a dinosaur skeleton from the Natural History Museum. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company. The title is a parody of the film title One of Our " }, { "title": "Operation Daybreak", "year": 1975, "genres": "Thriller, War", "cast": "Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland", "extract": "Operation Daybreak is a 1975 war film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS general Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. Starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw, the film was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague. It is adapted f" }, { "title": "The Other Side of the Mountain", "year": 1975, "genres": "Biography, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Belinda Montgomery", "extract": "The Other Side of the Mountain is a 1975 American drama romance film based on the true story of ski racing champion Jill Kinmont. The UK title of the film was A Window to the Sky." }, { "title": "Peeper", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Michael Caine, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn", "extract": "Peeper is a 1975 American mystery comedy film directed by Peter Hyams and starring Michael Caine as Leslie C. Tucker, a bungling private investigator. It was a send-up of 1940s film noir. Peeper was a box-office failure that jeopardized Hyams's career and almost prevented him from obtaining funding " }, { "title": "Permission to Kill", "year": 1975, "genres": "Thriller, Spy", "cast": "Dirk Bogarde, Ava Gardner, Timothy Dalton", "extract": "Permission to Kill, also known as The Executioner, is a 1975 spy thriller film made by Sascha-Verleih and distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures. It was directed by Cyril Frankel and produced by Paul Mills from a screenplay by Robin Estridge. The film had original music by Richard Rodney Bennett and t" }, { "title": "Poor Pretty Eddie", "year": 1975, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Leslie Uggams, Shelley Winters, Michael Christian", "extract": "Poor Pretty Eddie is a 1975 American film starring Leslie Uggams, Shelley Winters and Michael Christian. Made on a relatively small budget, it is known for having an atypical narrative and directorial style, which combines elements of horror, exploitation film making and Southern gothic. It has subs" }, { "title": "Posse", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins", "extract": "Posse is a 1975 American Revisionist Western film in Technicolor and Panavision. It was produced and directed by Kirk Douglas who also starred. The screenplay was written by Christopher Knopf and William Roberts. The plot centers on a U.S. marshal with political ambitions leading an elite posse in p" }, { "title": "The Prisoner of Second Avenue", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks", "extract": "The Prisoner of Second Avenue is a 1975 American black comedy film written by Neil Simon, directed and produced by Melvin Frank and starring Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft. Neil Simon adapted the screenplay from his 1971 Broadway play." }, { "title": "Psychic Killer", "year": 1975, "genres": "Horror, Slasher", "cast": "Jim Hutton, Julie Adams, Paul Burke", "extract": "Psychic Killer is a 1975 American slasher film directed by Ray Danton and written by Greydon Clark, Mikel Angel and Ray Danton. The film stars Paul Burke, Jim Hutton, Julie Adams, Nehemiah Persoff, Neville Brand and Aldo Ray. The film was released in December 1975, by AVCO Embassy Pictures. Original" }, { "title": "Race with the Devil", "year": 1975, "genres": "Horror, Action", "cast": "Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit", "extract": "Race with the Devil is a 1975 American action horror film directed by Jack Starrett, written by Wes Bishop and Lee Frost, and starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, and Lara Parker. This was the second of three films Fonda and Oates would star in together. Race with the Devil is a hybrid " }, { "title": "Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Sally Kellerman, Alan Arkin, Mackenzie Phillips", "extract": "Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by Dick Richards and written by John Kaye. The film was the second film credit for Jerry Bruckheimer, who was an associate producer. The film features the song \"Honky Tonk Angels\", performed by lead actress Sally Kellerma" }, { "title": "Rancho Deluxe", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Elizabeth Ashley, Harry Dean Stanton", "extract": "Rancho Deluxe is a 1975 Neo-Western comedy film directed by Frank Perry. Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston star as two cattle rustlers in modern-day Livingston, Montana, who plague a wealthy ranch owner, played by Clifton James." }, { "title": "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud", "year": 1975, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Michael Sarrazin, Margot Kidder, Jennifer O'Neill", "extract": "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud is a 1975 American psychological horror film directed by J. Lee Thompson, and starring Michael Sarrazin, Margot Kidder, and Jennifer O'Neill. It follows a university professor who, after experiencing a series of bizarre nightmares, comes to believe he is the reincarn" }, { "title": "Report to the Commissioner", "year": 1975, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Héctor Elizondo", "extract": "Report to the Commissioner is a 1975 American crime drama film based on James Mills' 1972 novel. It involves a rookie cop in the New York City Police Department who is assigned a special missing person case, which in fact is meant to be a wild-goose chase to back up an undercover female police offic" }, { "title": "Return to Macon County", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Nick Nolte, Don Johnson, Robin Mattson", "extract": "Return to Macon County is a 1975 American action drama film and a sequel to the 1974 drive-in classic Macon County Line. This film was written and directed by Richard Compton, who was also responsible for the earlier film. It was re-released by Orion Pictures in the late-1990s." }, { "title": "Rollerball", "year": 1975, "genres": "Science Fiction, Sports, Action", "cast": "James Caan, John Beck, John Houseman", "extract": "Rollerball is a 1975 science fiction sports film directed and produced by Norman Jewison. It stars James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn and Ralph Richardson. The screenplay, written by William Harrison, adapted his own short story \"Roller Ball Murder\", which had first appeare" }, { "title": "Rooster Cogburn", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Jordan", "extract": "Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 American Western film directed by Stuart Millar and starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn. Written by Martha Hyer based on the character Rooster Cogburn from Charles Portis' 1968 Western novel True Grit, the film is a sequel to the 1969 film True Grit, which also starre" }, { "title": "Rosebud", "year": 1975, "genres": "Suspense, Action, Thriller", "cast": "Peter O'Toole, Peter Lawford, Richard Attenborough", "extract": "Rosebud is a 1975 American action thriller film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, and Peter Lawford. The script was by Otto's son, Erik Lee Preminger, based on the novel by Joan Hemingway and Paul Bonnecarrère. Originally the film was set to star Robert Mi" }, { "title": "Search for the Gods", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kurt Russell, Stephen McHattie, John War Eagle", "extract": "Search for the Gods is a 1975 made-for-television drama film directed by Jud Taylor. It stars Kurt Russell and Stephen McHattie. It was intended to be the pilot episode of a TV series that never made it into production." }, { "title": "Shampoo", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, War", "cast": "Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Jack Warden, Lee Grant", "extract": "Shampoo is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Hal Ashby, and starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill, and Carrie Fisher in her film debut. Co-written by Beatty and Robert Towne, the film follows a promiscuous Los Angeles hairdresser on Election Day" }, { "title": "Sharks' Treasure", "year": 1975, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Cornel Wilde, Yaphet Kotto, Cliff Osmond", "extract": "Sharks' Treasure is a 1975 American adventure film written, produced and directed by Cornel Wilde and starring Cornel Wilde and Yaphet Kotto." }, { "title": "Sheba, Baby", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Pam Grier, D'Urville Martin, Austin Stoker", "extract": "Sheba, Baby is a 1975 American blaxploitation action film directed by William Girdler and starring Pam Grier and Austin Stoker." }, { "title": "Sixpack Annie", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lindsay Bloom, Larry Mahan, Raymond Danton", "extract": "Sixpack Annie is a 1975 American International film aimed at the drive-in theatre circuit that was advertised with tags \"Lookout... She's Legal Now! She's Out to Tear the Town Apart!\" and \"She's got the boys glad and the sheriff mad,\" amongst others. Another tagline used was \"She's the pop top princ" }, { "title": "Smile", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Barbara Feldon, Bruce Dern", "extract": "Smile is a 1975 American satirical comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, written by Jerry Belson, and starring Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, and Geoffey Lewis. It focuses on various personalities involved in a beauty pageant in Santa Rosa, California, and satirizes small-town America " }, { "title": "Smoke in the Wind", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Ashley, Walter Brennan, Myron Healey", "extract": "Smoke in the Wind is a 1975 American Western film directed by Andy Brennan and Joseph Kane. It marked Walter Brennan's final film role as he died over six months before the film's release." }, { "title": "The Specialist", "year": 1975, "genres": "Thriller, War", "cast": "Adam West, John Anderson, Ahna Capri", "extract": "The Specialist is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Howard Avedis and written by Ralph B. Potts, Howard Avedis and Marlene Schmidt. The film stars Adam West, John Anderson, Ahna Capri, Harvey Jason, Alvy Moore and Marlene Schmidt. The film was released in May 1975, by Crown International Pic" }, { "title": "The Stepford Wives", "year": 1975, "genres": "Science Fiction, Thriller", "cast": "Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Tina Louise", "extract": "The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American satirical psychological thriller film directed by Bryan Forbes. It was written by William Goldman, who based his screenplay on Ira Levin's 1972 novel of the same name. The film stars Katharine Ross as a woman who relocates with her husband and children from New " }, { "title": "The Strongest Man in the World", "year": 1975, "genres": "Science Fiction, Comedy", "cast": "Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Cesar Romero, Michael McGreevey, Eve Arden", "extract": "The Strongest Man in the World is a 1975 American science fiction comedy film directed by Vincent McEveety, produced by Walt Disney Productions, and starring Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn and Eve Arden. It was the third and final film for the series Dexter Riley." }, { "title": "The Sunshine Boys", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin", "extract": "The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based on the 1972 play of the same name by Neil Simon, about two legendary comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act. The cast included" }, { "title": "Supervixens", "year": 1975, "genres": "", "cast": "Charles Napier, Shari Eubank, Uschi Digard", "extract": "Supervixens is a 1975 American film directed by American filmmaker Russ Meyer. The cast features Meyer regulars Charles Napier, Uschi Digard, and Haji. The film also features Shari Eubank in one of her only two film roles and Christy Hartburg in her only film role." }, { "title": "Switchblade Sisters", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Asher Brauner, Don Stark, Marlene Clark", "extract": "Switchblade Sisters is a 1975 American exploitation action film detailing the lives of high school-aged female gang members. It was directed by Jack Hill and stars Joanne Nail, Robbie Lee and Monica Gayle. The film is also known as The Jezebels, Maggie's Stiletto Sisters and The Warriors II: Las Nav" }, { "title": "Take a Hard Ride", "year": 1975, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson", "extract": "Take a Hard Ride is a 1975 Italian-American Spaghetti Western film directed by Anthony Dawson and starring Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly. This was the second of three films Brown, Williamson, and Kelly would star in, following Three the Hard Way and preceding One Down, Two " }, { "title": "That's the Way of the World", "year": 1975, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Harvey Keitel, Ed Nelson, Bert Parks", "extract": "That's the Way of the World is a 1975 film produced and directed by Sig Shore and starring Harvey Keitel. It features the music of R&B/Funk group Earth, Wind & Fire. The film depicts the music business and the life of record executives. A soundtrack by Earth, Wind & Fire released in the same year ev" }, { "title": "Three Days of the Condor", "year": 1975, "genres": "Thriller, Political", "cast": "Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson", "extract": "Three Days of the Condor is a 1975 American political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. The screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel was based on the 1974 novel Six Days of the Condor by James Grady." }, { "title": "Thundercrack!", "year": 1975, "genres": "Erotic, Horror, Comedy", "cast": "Marion Eaton, George Kuchar", "extract": "Thundercrack! is a 1975 pornographic black comedy horror film written, edited, shot and directed by Curt McDowell, and written by George Kuchar based on a story by McDowell and Mark Ellinger. It stars Marion Eaton, Ken Scudder, Melinda McDowell and George Kuchar. Combining an \"old dark house\" myster" }, { "title": "The Timber Tramps", "year": 1975, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Claude Akins, Leon Ames, Eve Brent", "extract": "Timber Tramps is a 1975 film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Claude Akins and Leon Ames." }, { "title": "Trucker's Woman", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Michael Hawkins, Mary Cannon, Doodles Weaver", "extract": "Trucker's Woman is a 1975 action film directed by Will Zens and starring Michael Hawkins." }, { "title": "Tubby the Tuba", "year": 1975, "genres": "Animated, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Voices of, Dick Van Dyke, Jack Gilford", "extract": "Tubby the Tuba is a 1975 animated musical-comedy film, based on the 1945 children's story for concert orchestra and narrator by Paul Tripp and George Kleinsinger. It was released on April 1, 1975 by Avco Embassy Pictures. The film was produced by the New York Institute of Technology, under the super" }, { "title": "The Ultimate Warrior", "year": 1975, "genres": "Science Fiction, Action, Adventure", "cast": "Yul Brynner, Max von Sydow, Joanna Miles", "extract": "The Ultimate Warrior is a 1975 science fiction action-adventure film directed by Robert Clouse. One of a series of post-apocalyptic films from the 1960s and 1970s, it is set in post-civilization New York City in 2012 and depicts the struggles of a small enclave of inhabitants attempting to survive i" }, { "title": "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Conny Van Dyke, Ned Beatty, Jerry Reed, James Hampton", "extract": "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings is a 1975 American comedy film directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Burt Reynolds, and written by Thomas Rickman. The 20th Century Fox film features the acting debut of Jerry Reed." }, { "title": "Walking Tall Part 2", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Crime", "cast": "Bo Svenson, Luke Askew, John Davis Chandler", "extract": "Walking Tall Part 2 is the 1975 sequel to the crime/action film, Walking Tall. Walking Tall Part 2 was directed by Earl Bellamy, and produced by Charles A. Pratt. The film stars Bo Svenson as Buford Pusser, replacing Joe Don Baker, who played Pusser in the first Walking Tall film. The on-screen titl" }, { "title": "Whiffs", "year": 1975, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Eddie Albert, Harry Guardino, Jennifer O'Neill", "extract": "Whiffs is a 1975 comedy film directed by Ted Post and starring Elliott Gould, Eddie Albert, Harry Guardino, Godfrey Cambridge, and Jennifer O'Neill. It was produced by Brut Productions and released theatrically in the U.S. by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "White Line Fever", "year": 1975, "genres": "Action, Crime, Noir", "cast": "Jan-Michael Vincent, Slim Pickens, L. Q. Jones", "extract": "White Line Fever is a 1975 Canadian-American action crime neo-noir film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Jan-Michael Vincent." }, { "title": "The Wild McCullochs", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Forrest Tucker, Julie Adams, Don Grady", "extract": "The Wild McCullochs is a 1975 American drama film written and directed by Max Baer Jr. and starring Forrest Tucker, Julie Adams, Max Baer Jr., Janice Heiden, Dennis Redfield and Don Grady. The film was released on May 21, 1975, by American International Pictures." }, { "title": "The Wild Party", "year": 1975, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Raquel Welch, James Coco, Perry King", "extract": "The Wild Party is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory Productions. Loosely based on Joseph Moncure March's narrative poem of the same name, the screenplay is written by Walter Marks, who also composed the score. The plot follow" }, { "title": "The Wind and the Lion", "year": 1975, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, John Huston, Brian Keith, Geoffrey Lewis", "extract": "The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 American epic adventure film written and directed by John Milius and starring Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, and John Huston. Made in Panavision and Metrocolor and produced by Herb Jaffe and Phil Rawlins, the film was loosely based on the real-life Perdica" }, { "title": "Across the Great Divide", "year": 1976, "genres": "Family, War, Western", "cast": "Robert Logan, Heather Rattray, George Buck Flower", "extract": "Across the Great Divide is a 1976 American Western film directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Robert Logan, Heather Rattray, and George Buck Flower. The film was shot on location in Utah and Canada." }, { "title": "Alex and the Gypsy", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Lemmon, Geneviève Bujold, James Woods", "extract": "Alex & the Gypsy is a 1976 American comedy film directed by John Korty and written by Lawrence B. Marcus. The film stars Jack Lemmon, Geneviève Bujold, James Woods, Gino Ardito, Robert Emhardt and Titos Vandis. The film was released on October 3, 1976, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Alice, Sweet Alice", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror, Slasher", "cast": "Linda Miller, Brooke Shields, Mildred Clinton", "extract": "Alice, Sweet Alice is a 1976 American psychological slasher film co-written and directed by Alfred Sole, and starring Linda Miller, Paula Sheppard, and Brooke Shields in her film debut. Set in 1961 New Jersey, the film focuses on a troubled adolescent girl who becomes a suspect in the brutal murder " }, { "title": "All the President's Men", "year": 1976, "genres": "Biography, Drama, Political, Thriller", "cast": "Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Hal Holbrook", "extract": "All the President's Men is a 1976 American biographical political drama thriller film about the Watergate scandal that brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon. Directed by Alan J. Pakula with a screenplay by William Goldman, it is based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Carl Bern" }, { "title": "The Amazing Dobermans", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Crime, Family", "cast": "Fred Astaire, James Franciscus, Barbara Eden, Jack Carter", "extract": "The Amazing Dobermans is a 1976 American crime comedy film starring Fred Astaire, James Franciscus and Barbara Eden. It is the second and final sequel in a trilogy of Doberman Gang films that includes The Doberman Gang (1972) and The Daring Dobermans (1973). The film was re-released theatrically in " }, { "title": "Assault on Precinct 13", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action, Thriller", "cast": "Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Charles Cyphers", "extract": "Assault on Precinct 13 is a 1976 American action thriller film written, directed, scored, and edited by John Carpenter. Austin Stoker stars as a police officer who defends a defunct precinct against a relentless criminal gang, along with Darwin Joston as a convicted murderer who helps him. Laurie Zi" }, { "title": "At the Earth's Core", "year": 1976, "genres": "Science Fiction, Fantasy", "cast": "Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro", "extract": "At the Earth's Core is a 1976 British-American fantasy-science fiction film produced by Britain's Amicus Productions." }, { "title": "Baby Blue Marine", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Jan-Michael Vincent, Glynnis O'Connor, Katherine Helmond, Richard Gere", "extract": "Baby Blue Marine is a 1976 American drama film set during World War II that was directed by John D. Hancock and starring Jan-Michael Vincent. The feature film was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg." }, { "title": "The Bad News Bears", "year": 1976, "genres": "Sports, Comedy", "cast": "Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Chris Barnes, Jackie Earle Haley, Vic Morrow", "extract": "The Bad News Bears is a 1976 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Bill Lancaster. It stars Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex-baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team known as the Bears. Alongside Matthau, the film's cast includes Tatum O'Neal, " }, { "title": "The Big Bus", "year": 1976, "genres": "Disaster, Comedy", "cast": "Stockard Channing, Joseph Bologna, John Beck, Sally Kellerman, Larry Hagman", "extract": "The Big Bus is a 1976 American disaster comedy film starring Joseph Bologna and Stockard Channing, and directed by James Frawley. A spoof of the disaster movie genre, it follows the maiden cross-country trip of an enormous nuclear-powered bus named Cyclops." }, { "title": "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings", "year": 1976, "genres": "Sports, Comedy", "cast": "Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor", "extract": "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings is a 1976 American sports comedy film about a team of enterprising ex-Negro league baseball players in the era of racial segregation. Loosely based upon William Brashler's 1973 novel of the same name, it starred Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones an" }, { "title": "Bittersweet Love", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Lana Turner, Robert Lansing, Celeste Holm", "extract": "Bittersweet Love is a 1976 American DeLuxe Color romantic drama film directed by David Miller, written by Adrian Morrall and D.A. Kellogg, starring Lana Turner, Robert Lansing, Celeste Holm, Robert Alda, Scott Hylands, and Meredith Baxter-Birney in Panavision." }, { "title": "Black Heat", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Timothy Brown, Russ Tamblyn, Regina Carrol", "extract": "Black Heat is a 1976 blaxploitation action film directed and produced by Al Adamson. The film stars Timothy Brown, Russ Tamblyn and Geoffrey Land. The film was renamed to Girl's Hotel for play at drive in theaters, then later changed to Murder Gang." }, { "title": "Black Shampoo", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Daniels, Tanya Boyd, Skip E. Lowe", "extract": "Black Shampoo is an American exploitation film directed by Greydon Clark. Released in 1976, the comedy film is considered an example of the blaxploitation and sexploitation subgenres of exploitation film. Produced on a budget of $50,000, the film stars John Daniels as Jonathan Knight, an African Ame" }, { "title": "The Blue Bird", "year": 1976, "genres": "Family, Fantasy", "cast": "Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Ava Gardner", "extract": "The Blue Bird is a 1976 American-Soviet children's fantasy film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Hugh Whitemore, Alfred Hayes, and Aleksei Kapler is based on the 1908 play L'Oiseau bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck. It was the fifth screen adaptation of the play, following two silent films, the" }, { "title": "Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lynda Carter, Marjoe Gortner, Belinda Balaski", "extract": "Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw is a 1976 crime drama film directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Marjoe Gortner and Lynda Carter. The film marks the big screen debut of Lynda Carter and was released four months after her first appearance as television's Wonder Woman." }, { "title": "Bound for Glory", "year": 1976, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Randy Quaid, Gail Strickland", "extract": "Bound for Glory is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Hal Ashby and loosely adapted by Robert Getchell from Woody Guthrie's 1943 partly fictionalized autobiography Bound for Glory. The film stars David Carradine as folk singer Woody Guthrie, with Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland" }, { "title": "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Travolta, Robert Reed, Diana Hyland, Glynnis O'Connor, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 American made for television drama film inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who lacked effective immune systems. It stars John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Diana Hyland, Robert Reed, Ralph Bellamy and P.J. Soles. It was written by Douglas Day " }, { "title": "Breaking Point", "year": 1976, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Bo Svenson, Robert Culp, John Colicos", "extract": "Breaking Point is a 1976 Canadian-American crime drama film starring Bo Svenson and Robert Culp, produced and directed by Bob Clark." }, { "title": "Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Harvey Keitel, Will Sampson, Geraldine Chaplin", "extract": "Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson is a 1976 revisionist Western film directed by Robert Altman and based on the 1968 play Indians by Arthur Kopit. It stars Paul Newman as William F. Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, along with Geraldine Chaplin, Will Sampson, Joel Grey, Harvey K" }, { "title": "Burnt Offerings", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Karen Black, Bette Davis, Oliver Reed", "extract": "Burnt Offerings is a 1976 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed and Bette Davis, and Lee H. Montgomery, with Eileen Heckart, Burgess Meredith and Anthony James in smaller roles. It is based on the 1973 novel of the same name by " }, { "title": "Cannonball", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "David Carradine, Robert Carradine, Veronica Hamel", "extract": "Cannonball is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Paul Bartel and starring David Carradine. The film is one of two released in 1976 that were based on a real illegal cross-continent road race that took place for a number of years in the United States. The same topic later became the basis for th" }, { "title": "Car Wash", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Antonio Fargas, Franklyn Ajaye, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lorraine Gary", "extract": "Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film released by Universal Pictures. Directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher, the film stars Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters, R" }, { "title": "Carrie", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, William Katt, Amy Irving, Betty Buckley", "extract": "Carrie is a 1976 American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay written by Lawrence D. Cohen, adapted from Stephen King's 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. The film stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie White, a shy 16-year-old who is consistently mocked and bullied at s" }, { "title": "The Cassandra Crossing", "year": 1976, "genres": "Disaster, Thriller", "cast": "Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Martin Sheen, Lionel Stander", "extract": "The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about a disease-infected Swedish terrorist who infects a train's passengers as they head to a " }, { "title": "Chesty Anderson, USN", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Shari Eubank, Fred Willard, Scatman Crothers", "extract": "Chesty Anderson, U.S. Navy is a 1976 R-rated comedy film featuring Shari Eubank as Chesty Anderson, a WAVE in the U.S. Navy." }, { "title": "Creature from Black Lake", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple", "extract": "Creature from Black Lake is a 1976 American horror film written and directed by Joy N. Houck Jr. and starring Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson, and Bill Thurman. It follows two anthropology students from the University of Chicago who attempt to document the Fouke Monster, a Bi" }, { "title": "Death Journey", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action, Crime", "cast": "Fred Williamson, Emil Farkas, Sam Coppola", "extract": "Death Journey is a 1976 action crime film written by Abel Joney and directed by Fred Williamson, who also stars as Jesse Crowder." }, { "title": "Deadly Hero", "year": 1976, "genres": "Thriller, Noir", "cast": "Don Murray, James Earl Jones, Lilia Skala", "extract": "Deadly Hero is a 1975 American neo noir thriller film starring Don Murray, Diahn Williams, James Earl Jones, Lilia Skala and Treat Williams. It was directed by Ivan Nagy from a screenplay by George Wislocki and Don Petersen. Released in limited locales in 1975 with an R rating from the Motion Pictur" }, { "title": "Diary of the Dead", "year": 1976, "genres": "Thriller, Noir", "cast": "Héctor Elizondo, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Salome Jens", "extract": "Diary of the Dead is a 1976 neo-noir film directed by Arvin Brown, based on the 1971 novel One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell. It was produced by Charles B. Moss. Robert L. Fish, author of Mute Witness, the basis of Bullitt, contributed to the screenplay." }, { "title": "Dixie Dynamite", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Warren Oates, Christopher George, Stanley Adams", "extract": "Dixie Dynamite is a 1976 American film directed by Lee Frost that stars Warren Oates. Steve McQueen appears uncredited in a scene as a motorbike driver." }, { "title": "Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Bernie Casey, Rosalind Cash, Milt Kogan", "extract": "Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde is a 1976 blaxploitation horror film loosely inspired by the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film stars Bernie Casey and Rosalind Cash, and was directed by William Crain. Along with Crain, the film was written by Larry LeBron an" }, { "title": "Drive-In", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Glenn Morshower, Trey Wilson, Ashley Cox", "extract": "Drive-In is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Rod Amateau and written by Bob Peete. The film stars Lisa Lemole, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Glenn Morshower, Billy Milliken, Lee Newsom and Regan Kee. The film was released on May 26, 1976, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Drive-In Massacre", "year": 1976, "genres": "Slasher", "cast": "Douglas Gudbye, Robert E. Pearson", "extract": "Drive-In Massacre is a 1976 American B-movie slasher film written and directed by Stu Segall, and co-written by John F. Goff and George Buck Flower." }, { "title": "Drum", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Warren Oates, Ken Norton, Pam Grier", "extract": "Drum is a 1976 American film based on the 1962 Kyle Onstott novel of the same name. It was released by United Artists and is a sequel to the film Mandingo, released in 1975. The film stars Warren Oates, Pam Grier, Ken Norton, and was directed by Steve Carver." }, { "title": "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Western, Romance", "cast": "Goldie Hawn, George Segal, Conrad Janis", "extract": "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox is a 1976 American Western romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and George Segal, produced, directed and co-written by Melvin Frank. It is about an 1880s dance hall girl (Hawn) from San Francisco who steals a satchel of ill-gotten money as part of her plan to c" }, { "title": "Eat My Dust", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Ron Howard, Christopher Norris, Clint Howard", "extract": "Eat My Dust! is a 1976 action film from New World Pictures starring Ron Howard." }, { "title": "Echoes of a Summer", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Family", "cast": "Jodie Foster, Richard Harris, Lois Nettleton", "extract": "Echoes of a Summer is a 1976 Canadian-American family drama film directed by Don Taylor, based on the play Isle of Children by Robert L. Joseph, who also adapted the screenplay. It stars Jodie Foster, Richard Harris, Lois Nettleton, Brad Savage, and Geraldine Fitzgerald. The film follows; Deirdre St" }, { "title": "Embryo", "year": 1976, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd", "extract": "Embryo is a 1976 American science fiction horror film directed by Ralph Nelson starring Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, and Diane Ladd with a cameo appearance by Roddy McDowall. It deals with the mental and physical consequences of growing a human embryo in an artificial uterus. The film is in the pub" }, { "title": "The Enforcer", "year": 1976, "genres": "Thriller, Action, Noir", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Bradford Dillman", "extract": "The Enforcer is a 1976 American neo-noir vigilante action thriller film and the third in the Dirty Harry film series. Directed by James Fargo, it stars Clint Eastwood as Inspector \"Dirty\" Harry Callahan, Tyne Daly as Inspector Kate Moore, and DeVeren Bookwalter as criminal mastermind Bobby Maxwell. " }, { "title": "Escape from the Dark", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Family", "cast": "Alastair Sim, Peter Barkworth, Maurice Colbourne", "extract": "Escape from the Dark is a 1976 family drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Alastair Sim, Peter Barkworth and Maurice Colbourne." }, { "title": "Family Plot", "year": 1976, "genres": "Suspense, Comedy, Thriller", "cast": "Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Cathleen Nesbitt", "extract": "Family Plot is a 1976 American black comedy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his final directing role. It was based on Victor Canning's 1972 novel The Rainbird Pattern, which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen. The film stars Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William Devane;" }, { "title": "Fighting Mad", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Peter Fonda, Lynn Lowry, Philip Carey", "extract": "Fighting Mad is a 1976 American action film directed by Jonathan Demme, about an Arkansas farmer played by Peter Fonda who uses Guerrilla tactics against corrupt land developers attempting to evict his family and his neighbors in order to stripmine their land." }, { "title": "The First Nudie Musical", "year": 1976, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Cindy Williams, Diana Canova, Leslie Ackerman", "extract": "The First Nudie Musical is a 1976 American musical comedy film directed by Mark Haggard and Bruce Kimmel." }, { "title": "Flood!", "year": 1976, "genres": "Adventure, Disaster", "cast": "Robert Culp, Martin Milner, Barbara Hershey, Richard Basehart, Carol Lynley", "extract": "Flood! is a 1976 American made-for-television adventure film directed by Earl Bellamy." }, { "title": "The Food of the Gods", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller", "cast": "Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ida Lupino", "extract": "H.G. Wells' The Food of the Gods, also billed as just The Food of the Gods, is a 1976 science fiction thriller film released by American International Pictures and was written, produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon." }, { "title": "Freaky Friday", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Fantasy", "cast": "Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, John Astin, Patsy Kelly, Ruth Buzzi", "extract": "Freaky Friday is a 1976 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Gary Nelson, with the screenplay written by Mary Rodgers based on her 1972 novel of the same name. The film stars Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster in the lead roles. John Astin, Patsy Kelly, Dick Van Patten, Sorrell Booke and Charlene T" }, { "title": "From Noon till Three", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Douglas Fowley", "extract": "From Noon till Three is a 1976 American Western film released by United Artists. It stars Charles Bronson and his wife, Jill Ireland. It was written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, based on his novel." }, { "title": "The Front", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy", "extract": "The Front is a 1976 drama film set against the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s, when artists, writers, directors, and others were rendered unemployable, having been accused of subversive political activities in support of Communism or of being Communists themselves. It was written by Walter Bernste" }, { "title": "Futureworld", "year": 1976, "genres": "Science Fiction, Thriller", "cast": "Blythe Danner, Peter Fonda, Arthur Hill, Yul Brynner", "extract": "Futureworld is a 1976 American science fiction thriller film directed by Richard T. Heffron and written by Mayo Simon and George Schenck. It is a sequel to the 1973 Michael Crichton film Westworld, and is the second installment in the Westworld franchise. The film stars Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, A" }, { "title": "Gable and Lombard", "year": 1976, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "James Brolin, Jill Clayburgh, Allen Garfield", "extract": "Gable and Lombard is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Sidney J. Furie. The screenplay by Barry Sandler is based on the romance and consequent marriage of screen stars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. The original music score was composed by Michel Legrand." }, { "title": "Gator", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Lauren Hutton, Jack Weston", "extract": "Gator is a 1976 American action comedy film and a sequel to White Lightning starring and directed by Burt Reynolds in his directorial debut." }, { "title": "God Told Me To", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "Tony LoBianco, Sandy Dennis, Deborah Raffin", "extract": "God Told Me To is a 1976 science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Larry Cohen. Like many of Cohen's films, it is shot on location in New York City and incorporates aspects of the police procedural." }, { "title": "The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Lee Marvin, Oliver Reed, Robert Culp, Kay Lenz", "extract": "The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday is a 1976 comedy western film directed by Don Taylor starring Lee Marvin, Oliver Reed, Robert Culp, Elizabeth Ashley, Strother Martin, Sylvia Miles, and Kay Lenz." }, { "title": "The Great Texas Dynamite Chase", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action, Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Claudia Jennings, Tara Strohmeier, Oliver Clark", "extract": "The Great Texas Dynamite Chase is a 1976 American crime comedy film directed by Michael Pressman." }, { "title": "Grizzly", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror, Thriller", "cast": "Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel", "extract": "Grizzly is a 1976 American horror thriller film directed by William Girdler, about a park ranger's attempts to halt the wild rampage of an 18 ft (5.5 m) tall, 2,000 lb (910 kg) Man-eating grizzly bear that terrorizes a National Forest, having developed a taste for human flesh. However, a drunken hun" }, { "title": "The Gumball Rally", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Gary Busey, Tim McIntire, Michael Sarrazin", "extract": "The Gumball Rally is a 1976 American comedy film directed and co-written by Charles Bail, a former stunt coordinator also known as Chuck Bail, about an illicit coast-to-coast road race. It was inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash run by Brock Yates, which inspired" }, { "title": "Gus", "year": 1976, "genres": "Sports, Comedy", "cast": "Edward Asner, Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Dick Van Patten, Ronnie Schell", "extract": "Gus is a 1976 American sports comedy film released by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, directed by Vincent McEveety and starring Ed Asner, Don Knotts and Gary Grimes. Its center character is Gus, a football-playing mule. The film did well at the box office and was re" }, { "title": "Harry and Walter Go to New York", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Historical", "cast": "James Caan, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton", "extract": "Harry and Walter Go to New York is a 1976 American period comedy film written by John Byrum and Robert Kaufman, directed by Mark Rydell, and starring James Caan, Elliott Gould, Michael Caine, Diane Keaton, Charles Durning and Lesley Ann Warren. In the film, two dimwitted con-men try to pull off the " }, { "title": "Hawmps!", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Slim Pickens, Denver Pyle, James Hampton", "extract": "Hawmps! is a 1976 American Western slapstick film about a United States Cavalry experiment to introduce camels into the service in the western United States, specifically Texas. The cast included James Hampton, Christopher Connelly and Slim Pickens." }, { "title": "High Velocity", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Ben Gazzara, Britt Ekland, Paul Winfield", "extract": "High Velocity is a 1976 action film that was the only film of director Remi Kramer, who also co-wrote the screenplay." }, { "title": "Hollywood Boulevard", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mary Woronov, Dick Miller, Jeffrey Kramer", "extract": "Hollywood Boulevard is a 1976 American satirical exploitation film directed by Allan Arkush and Joe Dante, and starring Candice Rialson, Paul Bartel, and Mary Woronov. It follows an aspiring actress who has just arrived in Los Angeles, only to be hired by a reckless B movie film studio where she bea" }, { "title": "Hollywood Man", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "William Smith, Jennifer Billingsley, Mary Woronov", "extract": "Hollywood Man is a 1976 American film directed by Jack Starrett. The film was featured in the 1997 Quentin Tarantino Film Festival." }, { "title": "Hot Potato", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Jim Kelly, George Memmoli, Irene Tsu", "extract": "Hot Potato is a 1976 American action film written and directed by Oscar Williams. The film was a Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller production starring Jim Kelly, who also arranged his own fight scenes. Hot Potato was filmed on location in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is a follow-up to Black Belt Jones. The" }, { "title": "The Human Tornado", "year": 1976, "genres": "", "cast": "Rudy Ray Moore, Ernie Hudson, Jack Kelly", "extract": "The Human Tornado is a 1976 American blaxploitation film directed by Cliff Roquemore. The film is a sequel to Dolemite." }, { "title": "The Invasion of Johnson County", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Bixby, Bo Hopkins, John Hillerman, M. Emmet Walsh, Stephen Elliott", "extract": "" }, { "title": "I Will, I Will... for Now", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino", "extract": "I Will, I Will... for Now is a 1976 American romantic-comedy film directed by Norman Panama. It stars Elliott Gould and Diane Keaton." }, { "title": "J. D.'s Revenge", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Joan Pringle", "extract": "J. D.'s Revenge is a blaxploitation horror film released in 1976. It starred Glynn Turman and Lou Gossett. The main character becomes an unwilling host for the restless spirit of J.D. Walker, a hustler killed 30 years earlier when he was wrongfully accused of killing his sister." }, { "title": "Jackson County Jail", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Thriller", "cast": "Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Carradine", "extract": "Jackson County Jail is an American exploitation crime thriller film from 1976 directed by Michael Miller, starring Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, and Robert Carradine." }, { "title": "Jim, the World's Greatest", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gregory Harrison, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm", "extract": "Jim the World's Greatest is a 1976 drama film written and directed by Don Coscarelli and Craig Mitchell. The movie began production when Coscarelli and Mitchell were 18-year-olds, while being financed by their parents at a stated cost of $250,000." }, { "title": "Joe Panther", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Brian Keith, Ricardo Montalbán, Alan Feinstein", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Killer Force", "year": 1976, "genres": "Crime, Thriller", "cast": "Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Christopher Lee", "extract": "Killer Force, also known as The Diamond Mercenaries, is a 1976 thriller film directed by Val Guest and starring Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda and Christopher Lee. It was a co-production between the Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States and was filmed primarily in South" }, { "title": "The Killer Inside Me", "year": 1976, "genres": "Noir, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, Tisha Sterling", "extract": "The Killer Inside Me is a 1976 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Burt Kennedy and based on Jim Thompson's novel of the same name. In this adaptation, the action was shifted from the west Texas oilfields to a Montana mining town, and several other changes made. It stars Stacy Keach, Susa" }, { "title": "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie", "year": 1976, "genres": "Noir, Crime", "cast": "Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel", "extract": "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring Ben Gazzara. A rough and gritty film, this is the second of their three collaborations, following Husbands and preceding Opening Night. Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Morgan Wo" }, { "title": "King Kong", "year": 1976, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin", "extract": "King Kong is a 1976 American monster adventure film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin. It is a modernized remake of the 1933 film about a giant ape that is captured and taken to New York City for exhibition. It stars Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange in her" }, { "title": "The Last Hard Men", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Barbara Hershey, Michael Parks", "extract": "The Last Hard Men is a 1976 Western film directed by Andrew McLaglen, based on the 1971 novel Gundown by Brian Garfield. It stars Charlton Heston and James Coburn, with supporting roles by Barbara Hershey, Jorge Rivero, Michael Parks, and Larry Wilcox in his screen debut." }, { "title": "The Last Tycoon", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Historical, Romance", "cast": "Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Ray Milland, Theresa Russell", "extract": "The Last Tycoon is a 1976 American period romantic drama film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Sam Spiegel, based upon Harold Pinter's screenplay adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel The Last Tycoon. It stars Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson, Donald P" }, { "title": "Leadbelly", "year": 1976, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Roger E. Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair", "extract": "Leadbelly is a 1976 film chronicling the life of folk singer Huddie Ledbetter. The film was directed by Gordon Parks, and starred Roger E. Mosley in the title role. The film focuses on the troubles of Lead Belly's youth in the segregated South including his time in prison, and his efforts to use his" }, { "title": "Lifeguard", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sam Elliott, Anne Archer, Kathleen Quinlan", "extract": "Lifeguard is a 1976 American drama film made by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Daniel Petrie from a screenplay by Ron Koslow. It stars Sam Elliott, Anne Archer, Stephen Young, Parker Stevenson, and Kathleen Quinlan." }, { "title": "Lipstick", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Mariel Hemingway", "extract": "Lipstick is a 1976 American rape and revenge thriller film directed by Lamont Johnson and starring Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, and Anne Bancroft. Mariel Hemingway also has a supporting role as Margaux's onscreen sister. The film follows a fashion model who is raped by her sister's music teach" }, { "title": "Logan's Run", "year": 1976, "genres": "Science Fiction, Action", "cast": "Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Peter Ustinov, Farrah Fawcett, Richard Jordan", "extract": "Logan's Run is a 1976 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, and Peter Ustinov. The screenplay by David Zelag Goodman is based on the 1967 novel Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and" }, { "title": "Mako: The Jaws of Death", "year": 1976, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Richard Jaeckel, Jennifer Bishop, Harold Sakata", "extract": "Mako: The Jaws of Death is a 1976 thriller film directed by William Grefe. The film is about a brooding loner who accidentally learns that he has a telepathic and emotional connection with sharks. He eventually rebukes society and sets out to protect sharks from people. The film was set and shot on " }, { "title": "Mansion of the Doomed", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame, Trish Stewart", "extract": "Mansion of the Doomed is a 1976 American exploitation horror film directed by Michael Pataki and starring Richard Basehart and Gloria Grahame." }, { "title": "Marathon Man", "year": 1976, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, Marthe Keller, William Devane", "extract": "Marathon Man is a 1976 American thriller film directed by John Schlesinger. It was adapted by William Goldman from his 1974 novel of the same title and stars Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller. In the film, \"Babe\" Levy, a graduate student (Hoffman), beco" }, { "title": "Massacre at Central High", "year": 1976, "genres": "Thriller, Horror", "cast": "Andrew Stevens, Robert Carradine, Kimberly Beck", "extract": "Massacre at Central High is a 1976 American horror thriller film directed by Rene Daalder and starring Derrel Maury, Kimberly Beck, Robert Carradine, and Andrew Stevens. The plot follows a series of revenge killings at a fictional American high school, after which the oppressed students take on the " }, { "title": "Mastermind", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Thriller", "cast": "Zero Mostel", "extract": "Mastermind is a 1976 Japanese-American comedy thriller film directed by Alex March and starring Zero Mostel, Keiko Kishi and Gawn Grainger. Filmed in 1969, it sat on the shelf for seven years before receiving a limited theatrical release in 1976. It has developed a cult following since its release o" }, { "title": "A Matter of Time", "year": 1976, "genres": "Fantasy, Musical", "cast": "Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Liza Minnelli", "extract": "A Matter of Time is a 1976 American-Italian musical fantasy film starring Liza Minnelli and Ingrid Bergman, directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay, by John Gay, is based on the novel The Film of Memory by Maurice Druon. The fictional story is based loosely on the real life exploits of the inf" }, { "title": "Mean Johnny Barrows", "year": 1976, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Fred Williamson, Elliott Gould", "extract": "Mean Johnny Barrows is a 1976 American crime drama film starring Fred Williamson, who also directed the film; Stuart Whitman; Luther Adler; Jenny Sherman; and Roddy McDowall also star." }, { "title": "Midway", "year": 1976, "genres": "War", "cast": "Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Glenn Ford, Robert Wagner", "extract": "Midway, released in the United Kingdom as Battle of Midway, is a 1976 American war film that chronicles the June 1942 Battle of Midway, a turning point in World War II in the Pacific. Directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford, the film starred Char" }, { "title": "Mikey and Nicky", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty", "extract": "Mikey and Nicky is a 1976 American crime drama film written and directed by Elaine May. It stars John Cassavetes as a desperate small-time mobster and Peter Falk as his longtime, childhood friend. The supporting cast features Ned Beatty, Carol Grace, Rosee Arrick, and noted acting teacher Sanford Me" }, { "title": "The Missouri Breaks", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Forrest", "extract": "The Missouri Breaks is a 1976 American Western film starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. The film was directed by Arthur Penn, with supporting performances by Randy Quaid, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Forrest, John McLiam, and Kathleen Lloyd in her film debut. The score was composed by John Wi" }, { "title": "The Monkey Hustle", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Yaphet Kotto, Rosalind Cash, Thomas Carter", "extract": "The Monkey Hustle is a 1976 American blaxploitation film written by Odie Hawkins and Charles Eric Johnson. It stars Yaphet Kotto as Chicago con-man and \"hustler\" Daddy Foxx and Kirk Calloway as his teenage apprentice. Co-stars include Thomas Carter, Rudy Ray Moore, and Rosalind Cash." }, { "title": "Mother, Jugs & Speed", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Raquel Welch, Bill Cosby, Harvey Keitel", "extract": "Mother, Jugs & Speed is a 1976 American black comedy film directed by Peter Yates. It stars Bill Cosby (Mother), Raquel Welch (Jugs), Harvey Keitel (Speed), and Larry Hagman as employees of an independent ambulance service trying to survive in Los Angeles." }, { "title": "Moving Violation", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Stephen McHattie, Kay Lenz, Eddie Albert", "extract": "Moving Violation is a 1976 action film. It was one of several films Roger Corman produced for 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Murder by Death", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness", "extract": "Murder by Death is a 1976 American comedy mystery film directed by Robert Moore and written by Neil Simon. The film stars Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, and Estelle Winwood." }, { "title": "Mustang Country", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Joel McCrea, Robert Fuller, Patrick Wayne", "extract": "Mustang Country is a 1976 Western film directed by John C. Champion. It stars American actor Joel McCrea, and was his last major film. It co-stars Robert Fuller, Patrick Wayne, and Nika Mina." }, { "title": "Nashville Girl", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Glenn Corbett, Johnny Rodriguez, Jesse White", "extract": "Nashville Girl is a 1976 film from New World Pictures about an aspiring country and western singer." }, { "title": "Network", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight, Robert Duvall", "extract": "Network is a 1976 American satirical black comedy-drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet. It is about a fictional television network, the Union Broadcasting System (UBS), and its struggle with poor ratings. The film stars Faye Dunaway, Wil" }, { "title": "The Next Man", "year": 1976, "genres": "Thriller, Action, Political", "cast": "Sean Connery, Albert Paulsen, Adolfo Celi", "extract": "The Next Man is a 1976 American political action thriller film starring Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Cornelia Sharpe, and Charles Cioffi. Critical reaction at its opening was not positive. Music for the film features New York City guitarist Frederic Hand, as well as the film score debut for composer M" }, { "title": "Next Stop, Greenwich Village", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Shelley Winters, Lenny Baker, Christopher Walken", "extract": "Next Stop, Greenwich Village is a 1976 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Mazursky, featuring Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith, and Christopher Walken." }, { "title": "Nickelodeon", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Stella Stevens", "extract": "Nickelodeon is a 1976 comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and stars Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds and Tatum O'Neal. According to Bogdanovich, the film was based on true stories told to him by silent film directors Allan Dwan and Raoul Walsh. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film" }, { "title": "No Deposit, No Return", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "David Niven, Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, Barbara Feldon", "extract": "No Deposit, No Return is a 1976 American crime comedy film directed by Norman Tokar and produced by Walt Disney Productions. The film was written by Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson, and stars David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Herschel Bernardi, Charles Martin Smith, Barbara Feldon, Kim Richards" }, { "title": "Norman... Is That You?", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Redd Foxx, Pearl Bailey, Dennis Dugan", "extract": "Norman... Is That You? is a 1976 American comedy film directed by George Schlatter and starring Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey. It is based on the play Norman, Is That You? The film version changes the locale from New York City to Los Angeles and substitutes an African American family for a Jewish famil" }, { "title": "Obsession", "year": 1976, "genres": "Thriller, Noir", "cast": "Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow", "extract": "Obsession is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold and John Lithgow. The screenplay was written by Paul Schrader, from a story by De Palma and Schrader. Bernard Herrmann provided the film's soundtrack before his de" }, { "title": "Ode to Billy Joe", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis", "extract": "Ode to Billy Joe is a 1976 American drama film, directed and produced by Max Baer Jr., with a screenplay by Herman Raucher, and starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. It is inspired by the 1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry, titled \"Ode to Billie Joe.\"" }, { "title": "The Omen", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Spencer Stephens, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw", "extract": "The Omen is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson" }, { "title": "One Away", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Elke Sommer, Bradford Dillman, Patrick Mower", "extract": "One Away is a 1976 American action film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Patrick Mower, Bradford Dillman, Roberta Durrant and Elke Sommer. The film is written by Allan Prior and is based on his novel of the same name." }, { "title": "One Summer Love", "year": 1976, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Beau Bridges, Susan Sarandon, James Noble", "extract": "One Summer Love, originally titled Dragonfly, is a 1976 romantic drama film directed by Gilbert Cates from a screenplay by N. Richard Nash. It stars Beau Bridges and Susan Sarandon and features Mildred Dunnock and Ann Wedgeworth." }, { "title": "The Opening of Misty Beethoven", "year": 1976, "genres": "Erotic, Comedy", "cast": "Constance Money, Jamie Gillis, Gloria Leonard", "extract": "The Opening of Misty Beethoven is an American pornographic comedy film released in 1976. It was produced with a relatively high budget and filmed on elaborate locations in Paris, New York City and Rome with a musical score, and owes much to its director Radley Metzger. According to author Toni Bentl" }, { "title": "The Outlaw Josey Wales", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sam Bottoms, John Vernon, Sondra Locke", "extract": "The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American Revisionist Western film set during and after the American Civil War. It was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood, with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Sam Bottoms, and Geraldine Keams. The film tells the story of Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer whose famil" }, { "title": "The Pink Panther Strikes Again", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down", "extract": "The Pink Panther Strikes Again is a 1976 comedy film. The fifth film in The Pink Panther series, its plot begins three years after the conclusion of The Return of the Pink Panther. Unused footage from the film was later included in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), released after Peter Sellers's dea" }, { "title": "Pony Express Rider", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Henry Wilcoxon, Maureen McCormick, Joan Caulfield", "extract": "Pony Express Rider is a 1976 American Western film directed by Robert Totten and starring Henry Wilcoxon, Maureen McCormick and Joan Caulfield. In 1860 young Jimmie Richardson joins the Pony Express to help find the man he believes killed his father." }, { "title": "The Premonition", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Richard Lynch, Sharon Farrell, Danielle Brisebois", "extract": "The Premonition is a 1976 American psychological horror film produced and directed by Robert Allen Schnitzer, and starring Richard Lynch, Sharon Farrell, Danielle Brisebois, and Jeff Corey. Its plot follows a foster mother who enlists the help of a parapsychologist after her foster daughter is stalk" }, { "title": "The Return of a Man Called Horse", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Harris, Gale Sondergaard, Geoffrey Lewis", "extract": "The Return of a Man Called Horse is a 1976 Western film directed by Irvin Kershner and written by Jack DeWitt. It is a sequel to the 1970 film A Man Called Horse, in turn based on Dorothy M. Johnson’s short story of the same name, with Richard Harris reprises his role as Horse, a British aristocrat " }, { "title": "Revenge of the Cheerleaders", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Cheryl Smith, Eddra Gale, Carl Ballantine", "extract": "The Cheerleaders is a 1973 comedy film directed by Paul Glickler, starring Stephanie Fondue and Denise Dillaway." }, { "title": "Rich Man, Poor Man", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nick Nolte, Peter Strauss, Susan Blakely, Ed Asner, Robert Reed", "extract": "Rich Man, Poor Man is a 1976 American television miniseries based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw that aired on ABC in one or two-hour episodes mostly on Monday nights over seven weeks, beginning February 1. It was produced by Universal Television and was the second time programming" }, { "title": "The Ritz", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Rita Moreno, F. Murray Abraham, Kaye Ballard, Jerry Stiller", "extract": "The Ritz is a 1976 British-American comedy farce film directed by Richard Lester based on the 1975 play of the same name by Terrence McNally. Actress Rita Moreno – who had won a Tony Award for her performance as Googie Gomez in the Broadway production – and many others from the 1975 original cast, s" }, { "title": "The River Niger", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr.", "extract": "The River Niger is a 1976 film adaptation of the 1972 Joseph A. Walker play of the same title. The film was directed by Krishna Shah, and starred James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, and Louis Gossett Jr. The film had a limited commercial release in 1976 and has rarely been seen in later years. The sound" }, { "title": "Robin and Marian", "year": 1976, "genres": "Adventure, Romance", "cast": "Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw", "extract": "Robin and Marian is a 1976 British-American romantic adventure film from Columbia Pictures, shot in Panavision and Technicolor, that was directed by Richard Lester and written by James Goldman after the legend of Robin Hood. The film stars Sean Connery as Robin Hood, Audrey Hepburn as Lady Marian, N" }, { "title": "Rocky", "year": 1976, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith", "extract": "Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-t" }, { "title": "The Savage Bees", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Ben Johnson, Michael Parks, Gretchen Corbett, Horst Buchholz, Paul Hecht", "extract": "The Savage Bees is a 1976 American natural horror television film directed and produced by Bruce Geller and written by Guerdon Trueblood. The film stars Ben Johnson, Michael Parks, Paul Hecht, Gretchen Corbett, and Horst Buchholz. It follows a swarm of killer bees threatening people during Mardi Gra" }, { "title": "Scorchy", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action, Crime, War", "cast": "Connie Stevens, Cesare Danova, William Smith", "extract": "Scorchy is a 1976 American crime film written and directed by Howard Avedis, and starring Connie Stevens, Cesare Danova, William Smith, Norman Burton, John Davis Chandler and Joyce Jameson. It was released on October 8, 1976 by American International Pictures." }, { "title": "The Sell Out", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Widmark, Oliver Reed", "extract": "The Sell Out is a 1976 film directed by Peter Collinson that was filmed in Israel. It stars Oliver Reed and Richard Widmark." }, { "title": "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution", "year": 1976, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Nicol Williamson, Samantha Eggar, Laurence Olivier", "extract": "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution is a 1976 Oscar-nominated British-American mystery film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Nicholas Meyer. It is based on Meyer's 1974 novel of the same name and stars Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, and Laurence Olivier." }, { "title": "Shadow of the Hawk", "year": 1976, "genres": "Adventure, Horror", "cast": "Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George", "extract": "Shadow of the Hawk is a 1976 American-Canadian horror film directed by George McCowan and written by Norman Thaddeus Vane and Herbert Wright. The film stars Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George, Pia Shandel, Marianne Jones and Jacques Hubert. The film was released on July 14, 1976," }, { "title": "The Shaggy D.A.", "year": 1976, "genres": "Family, Comedy", "cast": "Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Tim Conway, Dick Van Patten, Keenan Wynn", "extract": "The Shaggy D.A. is a 1976 American comedy film and a sequel to The Shaggy Dog (1959) produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Don Tait. As with the first film in the series, it takes some inspiration from the Felix Salten novel, The Hound of Florence." }, { "title": "Shoot", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Cliff Robertson, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Silva", "extract": "Shoot is a 1976 American and Canadian film directed by Harvey Hart and written by Richard Berg, based on the novel of the same name by Douglas Fairbairn. The production features Cliff Robertson, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Silva and James Blendick." }, { "title": "The Shootist", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "John Wayne, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Harry Morgan", "extract": "The Shootist is a 1976 American Western film directed by Don Siegel and based on Glendon Swarthout's 1975 novel of the same name. It was John Wayne's final film role, before his death in 1979. The screenplay was written by Miles Hood Swarthout and Scott Hale. The supporting cast includes Lauren Baca" }, { "title": "Shout at the Devil", "year": 1976, "genres": "War, Adventure", "cast": "Lee Marvin, Roger Moore", "extract": "Shout at the Devil is a 1976 British war adventure film directed by Peter R. Hunt and starring Lee Marvin and Roger Moore. The film, set in Zanzibar and German East Africa in 1913–1915, is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith which is very loosely inspired by real events. The supporting cast features Ba" }, { "title": "Silent Movie", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Sid Caesar, Bernadette Peters", "extract": "Silent Movie is a 1976 American satirical comedy film co-written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, released by 20th Century Fox in the summer of 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar, with cameos by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reyno" }, { "title": "Silver Streak", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Thriller", "cast": "Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty", "extract": "Silver Streak is a 1976 American buddy comedy thriller film about a murder on a Los Angeles-to-Chicago train journey. It was directed by Arthur Hiller and stars Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, and Richard Pryor, with Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, and Richar" }, { "title": "Slumber Party '57", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Debra Winger, Cheryl Smith, Rafael Campos", "extract": "Slumber Party '57 is a 1976 American comedy-drama film directed by William A. Levey and starring Debra Winger in her feature film debut." }, { "title": "A Small Town in Texas", "year": 1976, "genres": "Crime, Action", "cast": "Timothy Bottoms, Susan George, John Karlen", "extract": "A Small Town in Texas is a 1976 action film directed by Jack Starrett and starring Bo Hopkins, Susan George, and Timothy Bottoms. It was filmed in Lockhart, Texas." }, { "title": "Sky Riders", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp", "extract": "Sky Riders is a 1976 American action film directed by Douglas Hickox and starring James Coburn, Susannah York and Robert Culp." }, { "title": "Sparkle", "year": 1976, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Teen", "cast": "Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee", "extract": "Sparkle is a 1976 American musical drama film directed by Sam O'Steen and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. With a plot inspired by the history of the Supremes, Sparkle is a period film set in Harlem, New York during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It presents the story of a musical girl group that" }, { "title": "Special Delivery", "year": 1976, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Noir", "cast": "Bo Svenson, Cybill Shepherd, Sorrell Booke, Tom Atkins", "extract": "Special Delivery is a 1976 American neo-noir comedy crime film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Bo Svenson and Cybill Shepherd." }, { "title": "Squirm", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Don Scardino, Jean Sullivan, Patricia Pearcy", "extract": "Squirm is a 1976 American natural horror film written and directed by Jeff Lieberman, starring Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R. A. Dow, Jean Sullivan, Peter MacLean, Fran Higgins and William Newman. The film takes place in the fictional town of Fly Creek, Georgia, which becomes infested with carniv" }, { "title": "A Star is Born", "year": 1976, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey", "extract": "A Star Is Born is a 1976 American musical romantic drama film directed by Frank Pierson, written by Pierson, John Gregory Dunne, and Joan Didion. Starring Barbra Streisand as an unknown singer and Kris Kristofferson as an established rock and roll star who fall in love, only to find her career ascen" }, { "title": "Stay Hungry", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger", "extract": "Stay Hungry is a 1976 American comedy-drama film by director Bob Rafelson from a screenplay by Charles Gaines." }, { "title": "St. Ives", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action, Crime, Thriller", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset, John Houseman", "extract": "St. Ives is a 1976 American crime thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, and Maximilian Schell." }, { "title": "Swashbuckler", "year": 1976, "genres": "Adventure, Romance", "cast": "Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Geneviève Bujold", "extract": "Swashbuckler is a 1976 American romantic adventure film. The film is based on the story \"The Scarlet Buccaneer\", written by Paul Wheeler and adapted for the screen by Jeffrey Bloom. It was directed by James Goldstone and was rated PG." }, { "title": "Sweet Revenge", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Franklyn Ajaye", "extract": "Sweet Revenge is a 1976 American crime film directed by Jerry Schatzberg. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. It was the second leading role for actress Stockard Channing in a film, following the previous year's The Fortune in which she co-starred opposite Jack Nicholson and Warren Be" }, { "title": "The Swiss Conspiracy", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "David Janssen, Ray Milland, Senta Berger", "extract": "The Swiss Conspiracy is a 1976 action film directed by Jack Arnold and starring David Janssen, Senta Berger and Elke Sommer. It was co-produced between West Germany and the United States." }, { "title": "Sybil", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Field, Joanne Woodward", "extract": " Sybil is a 1976 two-part, 3+1⁄4-hour American made-for-television film starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. It is based on the book of the same name, and was broadcast on NBC on November 14–15, 1976." }, { "title": "Target of an Assassin", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Anthony Quinn", "extract": "Target of an Assassin is a 1977 South African thriller film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Anthony Quinn and John Phillip Law. It was completed in South Africa in 1976 as Tigers Don't Cry, but was not put into general American release for nearly nine years. Other alternate titles include A" }, { "title": "Taxi Driver", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle", "extract": "Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological drama thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. Set in a decaying and morally bankrupt New York " }, { "title": "The Town That Dreaded Sundown", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror, Thriller", "cast": "Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells", "extract": "The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 American thriller horror film directed and produced by Charles B. Pierce, and written by Earl E. Smith. The film is loosely based on the 1946 Texarkana Moonlight Murders, crimes attributed to an unidentified serial killer known as the Phantom Killer. It is nar" }, { "title": "Trackdown", "year": 1976, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "James Mitchum, Karen Lamm, Anne Archer", "extract": "Trackdown is a 1976 American crime drama exploitation film directed by Richard T. Heffron and starring James Mitchum and Karen Lamm." }, { "title": "Tracks", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Taryn Power", "extract": "Tracks is a 1976 American drama film written and directed by Henry Jaglom and starring Dennis Hopper, Taryn Power and Dean Stockwell. The story involves a returned Vietnam veteran escorting a fellow soldier's coffin across the United States for burial." }, { "title": "Treasure of Matecumbe", "year": 1976, "genres": "Family, Adventure, Western", "cast": "Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Dick Van Patten", "extract": "Treasure of Matecumbe is a 1976 American adventure western film directed by Vincent McEveety and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was based on the novel A Journey to Matecumbe by Robert Lewis Taylor. The filming locations were in Danville, Kentucky, Sacramento River at Colusa, California and " }, { "title": "Tunnel Vision", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ron Silver, Howard Hesseman, Roger Bowen", "extract": "TunnelVision is a satirical 1976 comedy anthology film featuring Roger Bowen, Chevy Chase, John Candy, Howard Hesseman, Joe Flaherty, Laraine Newman, Betty Thomas, Phil Proctor, Al Franken, Ron Silver, Tom Davis, and Michael Overly, with appearances by voiceover artists Ernie Anderson and Danny Dark" }, { "title": "Two-Minute Warning", "year": 1976, "genres": "Thriller, Action", "cast": "Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, David Groh, Beau Bridges", "extract": "Two-Minute Warning is a 1976 action thriller directed by Larry Peerce and starring Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges, Jack Klugman, Gena Rowlands, and David Janssen. It was based on the novel of the same name written by George LaFountaine. The film was nominated for an Ac" }, { "title": "21 Hours at Munich", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Historical, Sport, Thriller", "cast": "William Holden, Shirley Knight, Franco Nero", "extract": "21 Hours at Munich is a 1976 American historical drama television film directed by William A. Graham and starring William Holden, Shirley Knight and Franco Nero. It is based on the 1975 non-fiction book The Blood of Israel by Serge Groussard, and it deals with real events concerning the Munich massa" }, { "title": "Up!", "year": 1976, "genres": "Erotic, Comedy", "cast": "Raven De La Croix, Kitten Natividad", "extract": "Up! is a 1976 soft core sex comedy film directed by Russ Meyer and starring Raven De La Croix, Robert McLane, Kitten Natividad, and Monty Bane." }, { "title": "Velvet Smooth", "year": 1976, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Emerson Boozer, Owen Watson, Johnnie Hill", "extract": "Velvet Smooth is a 1976 American blaxploitation film directed by Michael L. Fink and starring Johnnie Hill. The screenplay concerns a crime lord who hires a female private detective to find out who's stealing his business. This was the only film role for Hill and co-star Emerson Boozer who had playe" }, { "title": "Victory at Entebbe", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Anthony Hopkins, Elizabeth Taylor, Burt Lancaster, Richard Dreyfuss, Julius Harris", "extract": "Victory at Entebbe is a 1976 American made-for-television action-drama film for broadcast on ABC, directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. The film starred Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Anthony Hopkins, Burt Lancaster, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Dreyfuss, and Kirk Douglas. Julius Harris portrayed Idi Amin, follo" }, { "title": "Vigilante Force", "year": 1976, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Kris Kristofferson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Victoria Principal, Bernadette Peters, David Doyle", "extract": "Vigilante Force is a 1976 American action film directed by George Armitage and starring Kris Kristofferson and Jan-Michael Vincent. The plot concerns a Vietnam War veteran and his buddies, who are hired by his brother and others in a small California town for protection from rowdy oil-field workers." }, { "title": "Voyage of the Damned", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Max von Sydow", "extract": "Voyage of the Damned is a 1976 drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, and Malcolm McDowell." }, { "title": "W.C. Fields and Me", "year": 1976, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, Jack Cassidy", "extract": "W. C. Fields and Me is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Rod Steiger and Valerie Perrine. The screenplay by Bob Merrill is based on a memoir by Carlotta Monti, mistress of actor W. C. Fields during the last 14 years of his life. The film was released by Univers" }, { "title": "Welcome to L.A.", "year": 1976, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Harvey Keitel", "extract": "Welcome to L.A. is a 1976 American drama musical romance film directed by Alan Rudolph and starring Keith Carradine and an ensemble cast. The film focuses on themes of romantic despair and shallowness in the decadent upper class during the 1970s, illustrated through a La Ronde-like circle of sexual " }, { "title": "The Winds of Autumn", "year": 1976, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Elam, Jeanette Nolan, Andrew Prine", "extract": "The Winds of Autumn is a 1976 American Western film directed by Charles B. Pierce and starring Jack Elam, Jeanette Nolan and Andrew Prine." }, { "title": "The Witch Who Came from the Sea", "year": 1976, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown", "extract": "The Witch Who Came from the Sea is a 1976 American psychological horror film produced and directed by Matt Cimber and starring Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown, Peggy Feury, Rick Jason, George Buck Flower, and Roberta Collins. The film centers on an emotionally scarred woman who goes on " }, { "title": "Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney", "extract": "Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Michael Winner, and starring Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr and Art Carney. Spoofing the craze surrounding Rin Tin Tin, the film is notable for the large number of cameo appearances by actors and actresses from" }, { "title": "The Bette Midler Show", "year": 1976, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bette Midler, Sharon Redd, Ula Hedwig, Charlotte Crossley", "extract": "The Bette Midler Show is an HBO television special of one of Bette Midler's tours entitled \"The Depression Tour,\" shot at the Cleveland Music Hall during February 1976 and also issued on Midler's album Live at Last." }, { "title": "The Blank Generation", "year": 1976, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Richard Hell, Patti Smith Group, Ramones, Television", "extract": "The Blank Generation (1976) is the earliest of the released DIY \"home movies\" of the 1970s punk rock scene in New York City. It was filmed by No Wave filmmaker Amos Poe and Patti Smith Group member Ivan Kral." }, { "title": "Harlan County, USA", "year": 1976, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "W.A. Boyle", "extract": "Harlan County, USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the \"Brookside Strike\", a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. It won the Academy Award for Best " }, { "title": "The Memory of Justice", "year": 1976, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "", "extract": "The Memory of Justice is a 1976 documentary film directed by Marcel Ophuls. It explores the subject of atrocities committed in wartime and features Joan Baez, Karl Dönitz, Hermann Göring, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, Yehudi Menuhin, Albert Speer and Telford Taylor." }, { "title": "Secrets of the Gods", "year": 1976, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Rosko, (narrated by)", "extract": "Secrets of the Gods is a 1977 American satirical documentary film directed by William Sachs." }, { "title": "The Song Remains the Same", "year": 1976, "genres": "Performance", "cast": "Led Zeppelin", "extract": "The Song Remains the Same is a 1976 concert film featuring the English rock band Led Zeppelin. The filming took place during the summer of 1973, during three nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with additional footage shot at Shepperton Studios. The film premiered three yea" }, { "title": "That's Entertainment, Part II", "year": 1976, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly", "extract": "That's Entertainment, Part II is a 1976 American compilation film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and a sequel to That's Entertainment! (1974). Like the previous film, That's Entertainment, Part II was a retrospective of famous films released by MGM from the 1930s to the 1950s. Some posters for the " }, { "title": "To Fly!", "year": 1976, "genres": "Documentary, Drama, Short", "cast": "", "extract": "To Fly! is a 1976 American short docudrama film by Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman of MacGillivray Freeman Films. It was the premiere film of the National Air and Space Museum's giant-screen IMAX theater, which opened for the museum's current building to celebrate the United States Bicentennial. T" }, { "title": "1900", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini", "extract": "1900 is a 1976 epic historical drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and featuring an international ensemble cast including Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Laura Betti, Stefania Casini, Ellen Schwiers, Sterling Hayden, Alida Valli, Romolo Valli, Stefania Sa" }, { "title": "3 Women", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule", "extract": "3 Women is a 1977 American psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by Robert Altman and starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Janice Rule. It depicts the increasingly bizarre, mysterious relationship between a woman (Duvall) and her roommate and co-worker (Spacek) in a dusty Cal" }, { "title": "Airport '77", "year": 1977, "genres": "Disaster", "cast": "Jack Lemmon, Brenda Vaccaro, James Stewart, Lee Grant, George Kennedy", "extract": "Airport '77 is a 1977 American air disaster film, and the third installment of the Airport film series. The film stars an ensemble cast of veteran actors including Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland, and Brenda Vaccaro as well as the return of George Kennedy from the two " }, { "title": "Andy Warhol's Bad", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Susan Tyrrell, Carroll Baker, Perry King", "extract": "Andy Warhol's Bad is a 1977 comedy film directed by Jed Johnson and starring Carroll Baker, Perry King, and Susan Tyrrell. It was written by Pat Hackett and George Abagnalo, and was the last film produced by Andy Warhol before his death in 1987." }, { "title": "Annie Hall", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Carol Kane", "extract": "Annie Hall is a 1977 American satirical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay written by him and Marshall Brickman, and produced by Allen's manager, Charles H. Joffe. The film stars Allen as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relati" }, { "title": "Audrey Rose", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror, Drama", "cast": "Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck", "extract": "Audrey Rose is a 1977 American psychological horror drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, and John Beck. Its plot follows a New York City couple who are sought out by a stranger who believes their adolescent daughter is a reincarnation of his deceased one. It" }, { "title": "Bad Georgia Road", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Gary Lockwood, Carol Lynley, Royal Dano", "extract": "Bad Georgia Road is a 1977 American action comedy film produced, co-written and directed by John C. Broderick and starring Gary Lockwood, Carol Lynley and Royal Dano." }, { "title": "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training", "year": 1977, "genres": "Sports, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "William Devane, Jackie Earle Haley, Clifton James", "extract": "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training is a 1977 American sports comedy-drama film and a sequel to the 1976 feature film The Bad News Bears." }, { "title": "Bare Knuckles", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Robert Viharo, Sherry Jackson, Gloria Hendry", "extract": "Bare Knuckles is a 1977 blaxploitation film, starring Robert Viharo, Sherry Jackson and Gloria Hendry. The film was written and directed by Don Edmonds." }, { "title": "Between the Lines", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Heard, Lindsay Crouse, Jeff Goldblum", "extract": "Between the Lines is a 1977 ensemble drama from Midwest Films. It was directed by Joan Micklin Silver and produced by her husband Raphael D. Silver. The film was nominated for three awards at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival, winning two of them." }, { "title": "Beyond Reason", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Independent", "cast": "Telly Savalas, Diana Muldaur, Walter Brooke", "extract": "Beyond Reason is an independent film directed, starring, and written by Telly Savalas that was produced in 1977. Originally titled Mati, after the title character Dr. Nicholas Mati, the film focused on a psychiatrist who struggles with his grip on reality. Diana Muldaur also starred in the film as E" }, { "title": "The Billion Dollar Hobo", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Tim Conway, Will Geer, Eric Weston", "extract": "The Billion Dollar Hobo is a 1977 American comedy film starring Tim Conway and Will Geer." }, { "title": "Billy Jack Goes to Washington", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Political", "cast": "Tom Laughlin, Lucie Arnaz, E. G. Marshall", "extract": "Billy Jack Goes to Washington is a 1977 American political drama film starring Tom Laughlin, the fourth film in the Billy Jack series, and although the earlier films saw enormous success, this film did not. The film only had limited screenings upon its release and never saw a general theatrical rele" }, { "title": "Black Oak Conspiracy", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Jesse Vint, Karen Carlson, Albert Salmi", "extract": "Black Oak Conspiracy is a 1977 American action film directed by Bob Kelljan and written by Hugh Smith. The film stars Jesse Vint, Karen Carlson, Albert Salmi, Seymour Cassel, Douglas Fowley and Robert F. Lyons. The film was released on April 20, 1977, by New World Pictures." }, { "title": "Black Sunday", "year": 1977, "genres": "Thriller, Action", "cast": "Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller", "extract": "Black Sunday is a 1977 American action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris' novel of the same name. It was produced by Robert Evans, and stars Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern and Marthe Keller. It was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1978. The screenplay was wri" }, { "title": "Bobby Deerfield", "year": 1977, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Sports", "cast": "Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey", "extract": "Bobby Deerfield is a 1977 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Al Pacino and Marthe Keller. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1961 novel Heaven Has No Favorites, it is about a famous American race car driver on the European circuit who falls in love with an enigmatic Sw" }, { "title": "Breaker! Breaker!", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Chuck Norris, George Murdock", "extract": "Breaker! Breaker! is a 1977 American action film directed by Don Hulette and starring Chuck Norris." }, { "title": "A Bridge Too Far", "year": 1977, "genres": "War, Action", "cast": "Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery", "extract": "A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film depicting Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. Based on a non-fiction book of the same name by historian Cornelius Ryan, the film is directed by Richard Attenborough and with a screenplay by Will" }, { "title": "Brothers", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bernie Casey, Vonetta McGee, Ron O'Neal", "extract": "Brothers is a 1977 American drama film directed by Arthur Barron and produced by Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis. It stars Bernie Casey, Vonetta McGee, Ron O'Neal, John Lehne, Stu Gilliam, Renny Roker, Owen Pace, Dwan Smith and Martin St. Judge in the lead roles." }, { "title": "Candleshoe", "year": 1977, "genres": "Family, Adventure, Comedy", "cast": "David Niven, Helen Hayes, Jodie Foster", "extract": "Candleshoe is a 1977 American children's adventure comedy film, directed by Norman Tokar in a screenplay by David Swift and Rosemary Anne Sisson, produced by Walt Disney Productions, and distributed by Buena Vista. Based on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe, the film stars Jodie Foster" }, { "title": "The Car", "year": 1977, "genres": "Mystery, Horror", "cast": "James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, Ronny Cox", "extract": "The Car is a 1977 American horror film directed by Elliot Silverstein and written by Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack and Lane Slate. The film stars James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley and Ronny Cox, along with real-life sisters Kim and Kyle Richards. It tells the story of a black unmanned self-" }, { "title": "Checkered Flag or Crash", "year": 1977, "genres": "Adventure, Comedy", "cast": "Joe Don Baker, Susan Sarandon, Larry Hagman", "extract": "Checkered Flag or Crash is a 1977 American adventure comedy film about off-road racing through the Philippines jungle, starring Joe Don Baker and Susan Sarandon and featuring Larry Hagman, Alan Vint and Parnelli Jones. It was written by Michael Allin and directed by Alan Gibson." }, { "title": "The Chicken Chronicles", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Teen", "cast": "Phil Silvers, Ed Lauter, Steve Guttenberg", "extract": "The Chicken Chronicles is a 1977 American teen stoner comedy film set in 1969 and starring Steve Guttenberg." }, { "title": "The Choirboys", "year": 1977, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr., Perry King, Don Stroud, Burt Young", "extract": "The Choirboys is a 1977 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Aldrich, written by Christopher Knopf and Joseph Wambaugh based on Wambaugh's 1975 novel of the same name. It features an ensemble cast including Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr., Randy Quaid, and James Woods. The film was relea" }, { "title": "Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kurt Russell, Melissa Gilbert, Mitchell Ryan, Andrew Prine, Barbara Babcock", "extract": "Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jud Taylor." }, { "title": "Cinderella", "year": 1977, "genres": "Erotic, Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Cheryl Smith, Sy Richardson", "extract": "Cinderella is a 1977 American erotic musical comedy film directed by Michael Pataki and starring Cheryl \"Rainbeaux\" Smith, Brett Smiley, and Sy Richardson." }, { "title": "Citizens Band", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Roberts Blossom", "extract": "Handle with Care is a 1977 comedy film directed by Jonathan Demme. It takes place in a small town in Nebraska and is based on the wide popularity of citizens band radio, widely known as CB at the time. The film was originally released as Citizens Band and was later released in an edited version as H" }, { "title": "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "year": 1977, "genres": "Science Fiction, Drama", "cast": "Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, François Truffaut, Bob Balaban", "extract": "Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut. It is the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue-collar worker in Indiana, w" }, { "title": "The Confessions of Amans", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Bryan", "extract": "The Confessions of Amans is a 1977 American 16-mm drama film directed by Gregory Nava and written by Nava and his wife Anna Thomas." }, { "title": "Contract on Cherry Street", "year": 1977, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Frank Sinatra, Martin Balsam, Henry Silva", "extract": "Contract on Cherry Street is a 1977 American made-for-television crime film adaptation of a novel written by Phillip Rosenberg about a New York City police detective, produced by Frank Sinatra's production company Artanis for Columbia Pictures Television and starring Sinatra." }, { "title": "Crossed Swords", "year": 1977, "genres": "Adventure, Action", "cast": "Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Mark Lester", "extract": "The Prince and the Pauper is a 1977 British action-adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on the 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. It stars Oliver Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Raquel Welch, George C. Scott, Charlton Heston, Sir Rex Harrison, and Mark Lester, playing the dual" }, { "title": "Damnation Alley", "year": 1977, "genres": "", "cast": "George Peppard, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jackie Earle Haley, Paul Winfield, Kip Niven", "extract": "Damnation Alley is a 1977 post-apocalyptic film directed by Jack Smight, loosely based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Roger Zelazny. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, and the cinematography was by Harry Stradling Jr." }, { "title": "Day of the Animals", "year": 1977, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George, Richard Jaeckel", "extract": "Day of the Animals is a 1977 American natural horror film directed by William Girdler, based on a story by producer Edward L. Montoro. The film reunited Girdler and Montoro with stars Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel from the previous year's Grizzly. It co-stars Lynda Day George and Leslie Nie" }, { "title": "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Horror", "cast": "William Russ", "extract": "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats is a 1977 American surrealist folk horror film written, produced, and directed by George Barry in his only feature film, and starring Demene Hall, William Russ, Julie Ritter, and Dave Marsh. The plot centers on a demon-possessed bed that is passed on through generations," }, { "title": "The Deep", "year": 1977, "genres": "Thriller, Adventure", "cast": "Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte", "extract": "The Deep is a 1977 adventure film based on Peter Benchley's 1976 novel of the same name. It was directed by Peter Yates, and stars Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte." }, { "title": "Demon Seed", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Robert Vaughn", "extract": "Demon Seed is a 1977 American science fiction–horror film directed by Donald Cammell. It stars Julie Christie and Fritz Weaver. The film was based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and concerns the imprisonment and forced impregnation of a woman by an artificially intelligent comput" }, { "title": "Desperate Living", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Liz Renay, Mink Stole", "extract": "Desperate Living is a 1977 American comedy film directed, produced, and written by John Waters. The film stars Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Jean Hill." }, { "title": "The Domino Principle", "year": 1977, "genres": "Thriller, Noir", "cast": "Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark, Eli Wallach, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "The Domino Principle is a 1977 neo-noir thriller film starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Mickey Rooney and Richard Widmark. The film is based on the novel of the same name and was adapted for the screen by its author Adam Kennedy. It was directed and produced by Stanley Kramer." }, { "title": "Eaten Alive", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns, Stuart Whitman", "extract": "Eaten Alive is a 1976 American horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, and written by Kim Henkel, Alvin L. Fast, and Mardi Rustam." }, { "title": "Empire of the Ants", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "Joan Collins, Albert Salmi, Jacqueline Scott", "extract": "Empire of the Ants is a 1977 science fiction horror film co-scripted and directed by Bert I. Gordon. Based very loosely on the 1905 short story \"Empire of the Ants\" by H. G. Wells, the film involves a group of prospective land buyers led by a land developer, pitted against large mutated ants." }, { "title": "Equus", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Joan Plowright", "extract": "Equus is a 1977 psychological drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Peter Shaffer, based on his play of the same name. The film stars Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Eileen Atkins, and Jenny Agutter. The story concerns a psychiatrist treating a teenager who h" }, { "title": "Eraserhead", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror, Fantasy", "cast": "Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart", "extract": "Eraserhead is a 1977 American surrealist body horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch. Lynch also created its score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of other musicians. Shot in black and white, it was Lynch's first feature-length effort following severa" }, { "title": "Exorcist II: The Heretic", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Max von Sydow", "extract": "Exorcist II: The Heretic is a 1977 American horror film directed by John Boorman and written by William Goodhart, and starring Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Paul Henreid and James Earl Jones. It is a sequel to William Friedkin's 1973 film The Exorcist based" }, { "title": "The Farmer", "year": 1977, "genres": "Thriller, Action, Crime", "cast": "Gary Conway, Michael Dante, Stratton Leopold", "extract": "The Farmer is a 1977 American crime action film directed by David Berlatsky and starring Gary Conway, Angel Tompkins, Michael Dante, and George Memmoli. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on March 9, 1977. The revenge thriller is probably best remembered for its lack of a home media release," }, { "title": "Fellini's Casanova", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Erotic, Historical, Romance", "cast": "Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Carmen Scarpitta", "extract": "Fellini's Casanova is a 1976 Italian erotic historical romance film directed by Federico Fellini from a screenplay by himself and Bernardino Zapponi, adapted from the autobiography of 18th-century Venetian adventurer and writer Giacomo Casanova, portrayed by Donald Sutherland. The film depicts Casan" }, { "title": "Fight for Your Life", "year": 1977, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Robert Judd, William Sanderson", "extract": "Fight for Your Life is a 1977 American grindhouse blaxploitation thriller film directed by Robert A. Endelson and starring William Sanderson and Robert Judd. It was presented at the Quentin Tarantino Film Festival in the QT Six Lineup showing held in October 2005. The story revolves around three cri" }, { "title": "Fire!", "year": 1977, "genres": "Disaster, Action, Drama", "cast": "Ernest Borgnine, Vera Miles, Patty Duke Astin, Alex Cord, Donna Mills", "extract": "Fire! is a 1977 American made-for-television action-drama disaster film produced by Irwin Allen starring Ernest Borgnine, Vera Miles, Patty Duke Astin, Alex Cord, Donna Mills, Lloyd Nolan, Neville Brand, Ty Hardin and Erik Estrada. It was directed by Earl Bellamy, who directed another made-for-TV di" }, { "title": "Fire Sale", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alan Arkin, Rob Reiner, Vincent Gardenia, Anjanette Comer", "extract": "Fire Sale is a 1977 American comedy film starring Alan Arkin as Ezra Fikus, Rob Reiner as his brother Russell, Vincent Gardenia as their father Benny, Sid Caesar as Benny's brother Sherman, Anjanette Comer as Marion, and Kay Medford as Ruth." }, { "title": "First Love", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "William Katt, Susan Dey, Beverly D'Angelo", "extract": "First Love is a 1977 American romantic drama film starring William Katt and Susan Dey and directed by Joan Darling. The movie is based upon the 1957 short story Sentimental Education by Harold Brodkey. The original music score was composed by John Barry. However, much of his score was unused in favo" }, { "title": "For the Love of Benji", "year": 1977, "genres": "Family", "cast": "Patsy Garrett, Ed Nelson", "extract": "For the Love of Benji is a 1977 family film, directed and written by Joe Camp. It is the sequel to the original film, featuring Benji, and the second film in the Benji series, released on June 10, 1977. It is the first Benji film to star Benjean, Higgins' daughter." }, { "title": "Fraternity Row", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gregory Harrison, Scott Newman, Nancy Morgan", "extract": "Fraternity Row is a 1977 American drama film portraying life in a 1950s fraternity at a fictional college." }, { "title": "Fun with Dick and Jane", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon", "extract": "Fun with Dick and Jane is a 1977 American black comedy film starring George Segal and Jane Fonda. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, the film is caustically critical of the \"anarchy\" of the American way of life." }, { "title": "The Gauntlet", "year": 1977, "genres": "Thriller, Action", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle", "extract": "The Gauntlet is a 1977 American action thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, who stars alongside Sondra Locke. The film's supporting cast includes Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, and Mara Corday. Eastwood plays a down-and-out cop who falls in love with a prostitute (Locke), to whom he" }, { "title": "The Goodbye Girl", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings", "extract": "The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Neil Simon and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings and Paul Benedict. The film, produced by Ray Stark, centers on an odd trio of characters: a struggling actor who has sublet a Man" }, { "title": "Grand Theft Auto", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action, Comedy, War", "cast": "Ron Howard, Marion Ross", "extract": "Grand Theft Auto is a 1977 American road action comedy film starring and directed by Ron Howard in his first feature film directorial debut, who also wrote the screenplay with his real life father Rance Howard, who also co-starred in the film. As of 2022, this is the only film that Howard has both d" }, { "title": "Grayeagle", "year": 1977, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ben Johnson, Lana Wood, Jack Elam", "extract": "Grayeagle is a 1977 American Western film directed Charles B. Pierce, written by Pierce, Brad White, and Michael O. Sajbel, starring Ben Johnson, Iron Eyes Cody and Lana Wood. The theme is about kidnapping and interracial/cross-cultural romance." }, { "title": "Greased Lightning", "year": 1977, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, Cleavon Little", "extract": "Greased Lightning is a 1977 American biographical film starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, and Pam Grier, and directed by Michael Schultz. The film is loosely based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first Black NASCAR race winner and, later, a 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee." }, { "title": "The Greatest", "year": 1977, "genres": "Biography, Sports", "cast": "Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine", "extract": "The Greatest is a 1977 biographical sports film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries. The film follows Ali's life from the 1960 Summer Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous \"Rumble in the Jungle\" " }, { "title": "The Great Smokey Roadblock", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan, Austin Pendleton", "extract": "The Great Smokey Roadblock is a 1977 comedy road film written and directed by John Leone. It stars Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan, John Byner, Dub Taylor, and Daina House. The film is also known as The Goodbye Run and The Last of the Cowboys." }, { "title": "The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joey Heatherton, George Hamilton, Ray Walston", "extract": "The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington is a 1977 American comedy film directed by William A. Levey. It was the sequel to The Happy Hooker, which was released in 1975. Joey Heatherton replaced Lynn Redgrave as the lead character of Xaviera Hollander." }, { "title": "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo", "year": 1977, "genres": "Family, Adventure, Comedy, Sports", "cast": "Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Julie Sommars", "extract": "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo is a 1977 American sports adventure comedy film directed by Vincent McEveety and written by Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson. The film is the third installment in the Herbie film series and the sequel to Herbie Rides Again (1974). In the film, Dean Jones returns as champion r" }, { "title": "Heroes", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford", "extract": "Heroes is a 1977 American drama film directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan and starring Henry Winkler, Sally Field and Harrison Ford." }, { "title": "High Anxiety", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Howard Morris", "extract": "High Anxiety is a 1977 American satirical comedy film produced and directed by Mel Brooks, who also plays the lead. This is Brooks' first film as a producer and first speaking lead role. Veteran Brooks ensemble members Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, and Madeline Kahn are also featured. It is a paro" }, { "title": "The Hills Have Eyes", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman, Dee Wallace", "extract": "The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 American horror film written, directed, and edited by Wes Craven and starring Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman and Dee Wallace. The film follows the Carters, a suburban family targeted by a family of cannibal savages after becoming stranded in the Nevada desert." }, { "title": "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kathleen Quinlan, Bibi Andersson, Lorraine Gary", "extract": "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is a 1977 American psychological drama film directed by Anthony Page from a screenplay by Gavin Lambert and Lewis John Carlino, based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Joanne Greenberg. The film stars Bibi Andersson, Kathleen Quinlan, Sylvia Sidney, Martine Bar" }, { "title": "The Incredible Melting Man", "year": 1977, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Myron Healey, Burr DeBenning, Lisle Wilson", "extract": "The Incredible Melting Man is a 1977 American science fiction horror film directed and written by William Sachs. The plot concerns an astronaut whose body begins to melt after he is exposed to radiation during a space flight to Saturn, driving him to commit murders and consume human flesh to survive" }, { "title": "The Island of Dr. Moreau", "year": 1977, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport", "extract": "The Island of Dr. Moreau is a 1977 American science fiction horror film directed by Don Taylor, the second English-language adaptation of H. G. Wells' 1896 novel of the same name, following Island of Lost Souls (1932)." }, { "title": "Islands in the Stream", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland", "extract": "Islands in the Stream is a 1977 American drama film, an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published 1970 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred George C. Scott, Hart Bochner, Claire Bloom, Gilbert Roland, and David Hemmings. The film was nomina" }, { "title": "It Happened at Lakewood Manor", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Robert Foxworth, Lynda Day George, Suzanne Somers, Brian Dennehy, Bernie Casey", "extract": "It Happened at Lakewood Manor is a 1977 American made-for-television horror film starring Lynda Day George, Suzanne Somers, Myrna Loy, Brian Dennehy and Bernie Casey. It was directed by Robert Scheerer and premiered December 2, 1977 on ABC." }, { "title": "Joyride", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Desi Arnaz Jr., Melanie Griffith, Robert Carradine", "extract": "Joyride is a 1977 adventure film directed by Joseph Ruben. The screenplay was written by Ruben and Peter Rainer." }, { "title": "Julia", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Meryl Streep, Rosemary Murphy", "extract": "Julia is a 1977 American WW IIdrama film directed by Fred Zinnemann, from a screenplay by Alvin Sargent. It is based on a chapter from Lillian Hellman's 1973 book Pentimento about the author's relationship with a lifelong friend, Julia, who fought against the Nazis in the years prior to World War II" }, { "title": "The Kentucky Fried Movie", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Independent", "cast": "Donald Sutherland, Henry Gibson, Uschi Digard", "extract": "The Kentucky Fried Movie is a 1977 American independent sketch comedy film, produced by Kim Jorgensen, Larry Kostroff, and Robert K. Weiss, and directed by John Landis. Among the numerous star cameos are George Lazenby, Bill Bixby, Henry Gibson, Barry Dennen, Donald Sutherland, Tony Dow, Stephen Bis" }, { "title": "Kingdom of the Spiders", "year": 1977, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "William Shatner, Woody Strode, Tiffany Bolling", "extract": "Kingdom of the Spiders is a 1977 American science fiction horror film directed by John \"Bud\" Cardos and produced by Igo Kantor and Jeffrey M. Sneller. The screenplay is credited to Richard Robinson and Alan Caillou, from an original story by Sneller and Stephen Lodge. The film was released by Dimens" }, { "title": "Last House on Dead End Street", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Roger Watkins, Ken Fisher", "extract": "Last House on Dead End Street, originally released as The Fun House, is a 1977 American exploitation horror film written, produced, and directed by Roger Watkins, under the pseudonym Victor Janos. The plot follows a disgruntled ex-convict who takes revenge on society by kidnapping four acquaintances" }, { "title": "The Last Remake of Beau Geste", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Historical", "cast": "Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret", "extract": "The Last Remake of Beau Geste is a 1977 American historical comedy film. It stars and was also directed and co-written by Marty Feldman. It is a satire loosely based on the 1924 novel Beau Geste, a frequently-filmed story of brothers and their adventures in the French Foreign Legion. The humor is ba" }, { "title": "The Late Show", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Mystery, Noir", "cast": "Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Eugene Roche, Bill Macy, Joanna Cassidy", "extract": "The Late Show is a 1977 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by Robert Benton and produced by Robert Altman. It stars Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche, and Joanna Cassidy." }, { "title": "The Lincoln Conspiracy", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bradford Dillman, John Anderson, Robert Middleton", "extract": "The Lincoln Conspiracy is a 1977 film directed by James L. Conway that dramatizes certain conspiracy theories concerning the 1865 assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Adapted from the 1977 book of the same name by David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier Jr., the production stars Robert " }, { "title": "A Little Night Music", "year": 1977, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou", "extract": "A Little Night Music is a 1977 American–West German–Austrian musical comedy film directed by Harold Prince. The film is an adaptation of the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, which in turn is based on Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film, Smiles of a Summer Night. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg," }, { "title": "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, Richard Gere", "extract": "Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a 1977 American crime drama film, based on Judith Rossner's best-selling 1975 novel of the same name, which was inspired by the 1973 murder of New York City schoolteacher Roseann Quinn. The film was written and directed by Richard Brooks, and stars Diane Keaton, Tuesday We" }, { "title": "MacArthur", "year": 1977, "genres": "Biography, War", "cast": "Gregory Peck, G. D. Spradlin, Dan O'Herlihy", "extract": "MacArthur is a 1977 American biographical war film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Gregory Peck in the eponymous role as American General of the Army Douglas MacArthur." }, { "title": "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh", "year": 1977, "genres": "Animated, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler, Paul Winchell", "extract": "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a 1977 American animated musical anthology comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. It is the 22nd Disney animated feature film and was first released on a double bill with The Littlest Horse Thieves on Mar" }, { "title": "Moonshine County Express", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action", "cast": "John Saxon, Susan Howard, William Conrad", "extract": "Moonshine County Express is a 1977 action film from New World Pictures." }, { "title": "The Mouse and His Child", "year": 1977, "genres": "Animated", "cast": "Voices of, Cloris Leachman, Peter Ustinov, Andy Devine", "extract": "The Mouse and His Child is a 1977 animated film based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Russell Hoban." }, { "title": "Mr. Billion", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action, Comedy, Adventure", "cast": "Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Gleason", "extract": "Mr. Billion is a 1977 action comedy/action-adventure film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It is notable as the Hollywood debut of Terence Hill. It's also the last film of actor William Redfield, who died before its release." }, { "title": "New York, New York", "year": 1977, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander", "extract": "New York, New York is a 1977 American musical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Mardik Martin and Earl Mac Rauch based on a story by Rauch. It is a musical tribute, featuring new songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb as well as jazz standards, to Scorsese's home town of New York City" }, { "title": "Night Terror", "year": 1977, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Valerie Harper, Richard Romanus, Nicholas Pryor, John War Eagle", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Oh, God!", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Burns, John Denver, Paul Sorvino, Teri Garr", "extract": "Oh, God! is a 1977 American comedy film starring George Burns and John Denver. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Avery Corman, the film was directed by Carl Reiner from a screenplay written by Larry Gelbart. The story centers on unassuming supermarket manager Jerry Landers (Denver), who is" }, { "title": "One on One", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "Robby Benson, Annette O'Toole, G. D. Spradlin", "extract": "One on One is a 1977 American sports drama film starring Robby Benson and Annette O'Toole. It was written by Benson and his father Jerry Segal. It was directed by Lamont Johnson and features a soundtrack performed by Seals and Crofts." }, { "title": "Opening Night", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes", "extract": "Opening Night is a 1977 American psychological drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, and starring Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, and Cassavetes. Its plot follows a stage actress who, after witnessing the accidental death of one of her fans, is h" }, { "title": "Orca", "year": 1977, "genres": "Adventure, Thriller", "cast": "Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek, Robert Carradine", "extract": "Orca is a 1977 American thriller film directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling and Will Sampson. The film follows a male orca whale tracking down and getting revenge on a boat captain for killing the whale's pregnant mate and their " }, { "title": "The Other Side of Midnight", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marie-France Pisier, Susan Sarandon, John Beck, Clu Gulager, Michael Lerner", "extract": "The Other Side of Midnight is a 1977 American drama film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, and Susan Sarandon. Herman Raucher and Daniel Taradash wrote the screenplay based on Sidney Sheldon's 1973 novel of the same name." }, { "title": "Outlaw Blues", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Peter Fonda, Susan Saint James, John Crawford", "extract": "Outlaw Blues is a 1977 American drama film directed by Richard T. Heffron and starring Peter Fonda and Susan Saint James. Written by Bill L. Norton, the film is about an ex-convict and songwriter trying to break into the music business in Austin, Texas. The soundtrack of the film includes a title so" }, { "title": "The Pack", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Joe Don Baker, Richard B. Shull, Bibi Besch", "extract": "The Pack is a 1977 American Horror film directed by Robert Clouse about a pack of abandoned dogs who turn against humans by killing them for food at Seal Island." }, { "title": "The People That Time Forgot", "year": 1977, "genres": "Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy", "cast": "Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas", "extract": "The People That Time Forgot is a 1977 British-American Technicolor adventure fantasy film based on the novel The People That Time Forgot (1918) and Out of Time's Abyss (1918) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was produced by Britain's Amicus Productions and directed by Kevin Connor. Like Connor's other tw" }, { "title": "Pete's Dragon", "year": 1977, "genres": "Animated, Fantasy, Musical", "cast": "Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters", "extract": "Pete's Dragon is a 1977 American musical fantasy film directed by Don Chaffey, produced by Jerome Courtland and Ron Miller, and written by Malcolm Marmorstein. Based on the unpublished short story \"Pete's Dragon and the USA \" by Seton I. Miller and S. S. Field, the film stars Sean Marshall, Helen Re" }, { "title": "A Piece of the Action", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones", "extract": "A Piece of the Action is a 1977 American crime comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby. It was the third film pairing of Poitier and Cosby, following Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Let's Do It Again (1975). The films are considered a trilogy, even though the " }, { "title": "Pine Canyon is Burning", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kent McCord, Megan McCord, Shane Sinutko", "extract": "Pine Canyon is Burning, also known as Quail Lake, is a 1977 American drama film made for television, directed by Christian I. Nyby II and written by Robert A. Cinader. The film, about a widowed firefighter and two children in Pine Canyon, stars Kent McCord, Megan McCord, Shane Sinutko and Diana Muld" }, { "title": "Planet of Dinosaurs", "year": 1977, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Max Thayer, Louie Lawless", "extract": "Planet of Dinosaurs is a 1977 science fiction film. Set in an unspecified future, the film follows the journey of Captain Lee and his crew after they crash land on a planet with similar life conditions as Earth, but millions of years behind in time. Encountering a wide variety of dangerous dinosaurs" }, { "title": "Portrait of a Hitman", "year": 1977, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Rod Steiger, Jack Palance, Bo Svenson", "extract": "Portrait of a Hitman is a 1979 American crime drama film directed by Allan A. Buckhantz and starring Jack Palance, Rod Steiger, Bo Svenson, Ann Turkel, Richard Roundtree. The film was released in France in 1979 and in the US in 1984. In 2002 and 2006, the film was re-released on DVD." }, { "title": "The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover", "year": 1977, "genres": "Biography, Drama", "cast": "Broderick Crawford, Jose Ferrer, Celeste Holm", "extract": "The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover is a 1977 American biographical drama film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen. It stars Broderick Crawford as Hoover, alongside an ensemble cast including Jose Ferrer, Michael Parks, Rip Torn, James Wainwright, Celeste Holm, Ronee Blakely, John Marley" }, { "title": "Rabid", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror, Independent", "cast": "Marilyn Chambers, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan", "extract": "Rabid is a 1977 independent body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg. An international co-production of Canada and the United States, the film stars Marilyn Chambers in the lead role, supported by Frank Moore, Joe Silver, and Howard Ryshpan. Chambers plays a woman who, after being i" }, { "title": "Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown", "year": 1977, "genres": "Animated, Adventure, Comedy", "cast": "Duncan Watson, Bill Melendez, Gail Davis, Stuart Brotman", "extract": "Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown is a 1977 American animated adventure comedy film produced by United Feature Syndicate for Paramount Pictures, directed by Bill Melendez and Phil Roman, and the third in a series of films based on the Peanuts comic strip. It was the first Peanuts feature-length film" }, { "title": "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure", "year": 1977, "genres": "Animated, Live Action, Fantasy, Musical", "cast": "Didi Conn, Mark Baker", "extract": "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure is a 1977 live-action/animated musical fantasy film loosely adapted from the 1924 novel Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees. It was directed by Richard Williams, produced by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, and released theatrically by 20th Ce" }, { "title": "Raid on Entebbe", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Peter Finch, Martin Balsam, Yaphet Kotto, Charles Bronson, Robert Loggia", "extract": "Raid on Entebbe is a 1977 NBC television film directed by Irvin Kershner. It is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of hostages at Entebbe Airport in Entebbe, Uganda, on July 4, 1976. The portrayal of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was Peter Finch's final performance; he died f" }, { "title": "The Ransom", "year": 1977, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Oliver Reed, Deborah Raffin, James Mitchum", "extract": "The Ransom is a 1977 American thriller film directed by Richard Compton and starring Oliver Reed, Deborah Raffin, Stuart Whitman and James Mitchum. It is also known by the alternative titles Assault in Paradise and Maniac." }, { "title": "The Rescuers", "year": 1977, "genres": "Animated, Adventure, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Voices of, Eva Gabor, Bob Newhart, Geraldine Page", "extract": "The Rescuers is a 1977 American animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. The 23rd Disney animated feature film, its story follows Bernard and Bianca, two members of the Rescue Aid Society, an international mouse organization d" }, { "title": "Rollercoaster", "year": 1977, "genres": "Disaster, Suspense, Thriller", "cast": "George Segal, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda", "extract": "Rollercoaster is a 1977 American disaster-suspense film starring George Segal, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, and Timothy Bottoms, and directed by James Goldstone. It was one of the few films to be shown in Sensurround, which used extended-range bass frequencies to give a sense of vibration to the vi" }, { "title": "Rolling Thunder", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, James Best", "extract": "Rolling Thunder is a 1977 American psychological thriller film directed by John Flynn, from a screenplay by Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould, based on a story by Schrader. It was produced by Norman T. Herman, with Lawrence Gordon as executive producer. The film stars William Devane in his first lead " }, { "title": "Roseland", "year": 1977, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Teresa Wright, Geraldine Chaplin, Christopher Walken", "extract": "Roseland is a 1977 Merchant Ivory Productions' anthology film with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant." }, { "title": "Ruby", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, ., Roger Davis", "extract": "Ruby is a 1977 American supernatural horror film directed by Curtis Harrington, and starring Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, and Roger Davis. Its plot follows a former gun moll in 1951 Florida who operates a drive-in theater, where bizarre supernatural occurrences begin to plague her staff of ex-mobst" }, { "title": "Run for the Roses", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman, Lisa Eilbacher", "extract": "Run for the Roses is a 1977 American drama film about horse-racing directed by Henry Levin and starring Vera Miles, Stuart Whitman and Panchito Gómez." }, { "title": "Satan's Cheerleaders", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Horror", "cast": "Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland", "extract": "Satan's Cheerleaders is a 1977 American comedy horror film directed by Greydon Clark and starring John Ireland, Yvonne De Carlo, and John Carradine." }, { "title": "Saturday Night Fever", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama, Dance", "cast": "John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Donna Pescow", "extract": "Saturday Night Fever is a\n1977 American dance drama film directed by John Badham and produced by Robert Stigwood. It stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a young Italian-American man from the Brooklyn borough of New York. Manero spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local discothèque while de" }, { "title": "Scott Joplin", "year": 1977, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery", "extract": "Scott Joplin is a 1977 biographical film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the life of African-American composer and pianist Scott Joplin. It stars Billy Dee Williams and Clifton Davis. Its script won an award from the Writers Guild of America in 1979. The only other composers mentioned as worth" }, { "title": "Semi-Tough", "year": 1977, "genres": "Sports, Comedy", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston, Brian Dennehy", "extract": "Semi-Tough is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston, Lotte Lenya, and Bert Convy. It is set in the world of American professional football." }, { "title": "The Sentinel", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Chris Sarandon, Martin Balsam, Ava Gardner", "extract": "The Sentinel is a 1977 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Winner, and starring Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith, Sylvia Miles, and Eli Wallach. The plot focuses on a young model who moves into a historic Brooklyn brownstone that has been sectioned int" }, { "title": "September 30, 1955", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Thomas, Susan Tyrell, Collin Wilcox", "extract": "September 30, 1955 is a 1977 drama film written and directed by James Bridges and starring Richard Thomas." }, { "title": "The Serpent's Egg", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Liv Ullmann, David Carradine, Gert Fröbe", "extract": "The Serpent's Egg is a 1977 American-West German drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring David Carradine and Liv Ullmann. The story is set in 1920s Berlin and features English and German dialogue. It was Bergman's only Hollywood film. The title is taken from a line spoken by B" }, { "title": "The Shadow of Chikara", "year": 1977, "genres": "Western, Horror", "cast": "Betty Bronson, Ford Sterling, Louise Dresser", "extract": "The Shadow of Chikara is a 1977 American Western horror film written and directed by Earl E. Smith. The film stars Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Ted Neeley, Dennis Fimple, John Davis Chandler, Linda Dano and Slim Pickens. It was released on July 15, 1977, by Howco International Pictures. The film fea" }, { "title": "Shock Waves", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Peter Cushing, Brooke Adams, John Carradine", "extract": "Shock Waves is a 1977 American horror film written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. The film is about a group of tourists who encounter aquatic Nazi zombies when they become shipwrecked. It stars Peter Cushing as a former SS commander, Brooke Adams as a tourist, and John Carradine as the captain of t" }, { "title": "Short Eyes", "year": 1977, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Bruce Davison, Jose Perez", "extract": "Short Eyes is a 1977 American film adaptation of Miguel Piñero's play of the same title, directed by Robert M. Young. It was filmed in the Manhattan House of Detention for Men, otherwise known as The Tombs." }, { "title": "Sidewinder 1", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Marjoe Gortner, Michael Parks, Susan Howard", "extract": "Sidewinder 1 is a 1977 American action film directed by Earl Bellamy and written by Nancy Voyles Crawford and Thomas A. McMahon. The film stars Marjoe Gortner, Michael Parks, Susan Howard, Alex Cord, Charlotte Rae and Barry Livingston. The film was released on September 21, 1977, by AVCO Embassy Pic" }, { "title": "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action, Fantasy", "cast": "Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Patrick Wayne", "extract": "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is a 1977 fantasy film directed by Sam Wanamaker and featuring stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen. The film stars Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Jane Seymour and Patrick Troughton. The third and final Sinbad film released by Columbia Pictures, it follows The 7th Voya" }, { "title": "Slap Shot", "year": 1977, "genres": "Sports, Comedy", "cast": "Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer Warren", "extract": "Slap Shot is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town." }, { "title": "Smokey and the Bandit", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Action", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field, Jerry Reed", "extract": "Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry. The directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham, the film follows Bo \"Bandit\" Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus \"Snowman\" Snow (Reed), " }, { "title": "Sorcerer", "year": 1977, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Roy Scheider, Francisco Rabal, Bruno Cremer", "extract": "Sorcerer is a 1977 American thriller film directed and produced by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. The second adaptation of Georges Arnaud's 1950 French novel Le Salaire de la peur, it has been widely considered a remake of the 1953 film The Wag" }, { "title": "Speedtrap", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Joe Don Baker, Tyne Daly, Richard Jaeckel", "extract": "Speedtrap is 1977 police chase action film starring Joe Don Baker and Tyne Daly." }, { "title": "The Spy Who Loved Me", "year": 1977, "genres": "Spy, Action", "cast": "Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel", "extract": "The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1977 spy film, the tenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond. The film co-stars Barbara Bach and Curt Jürgens and was directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay was by Christopher " }, { "title": "Star Wars", "year": 1977, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness", "extract": "Star Wars is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by 20th Century-Fox. It is the first film in the Star Wars film series and fourth chronological chapter of the \"Skywalker Saga\". Set \"a long time ago\" in a fictional univers" }, { "title": "Stunts", "year": 1977, "genres": "Mystery, Adventure, Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis, Joanna Cassidy", "extract": "Stunts, also released as The Deadly Game, is a 1977 American film drama thriller adventure directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Robert Forster. it was the first film produced by New Line Cinema." }, { "title": "Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Claude Akins, Tom Atkins, Pat Hingle", "extract": "Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo is a 1977 American made-for-television horror film directed by Stuart Hagmann and starring Claude Akins, Charles Frank, Deborah Winters, Matthew Laborteaux and Pat Hingle. The film was produced by Alan Landsburg Productions and broadcast on CBS on December 28, 1977." }, { "title": "Telefon", "year": 1977, "genres": "Spy", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence", "extract": "Telefon is a 1977 spy film directed by Don Siegel and starring Charles Bronson, Lee Remick and Donald Pleasence. The screenplay by Peter Hyams and Stirling Silliphant is based on the 1975 novel by Walter Wager." }, { "title": "Tentacles", "year": 1977, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "John Huston, Shelley Winters, Henry Fonda", "extract": "Tentacles is a 1977 Italian-American horror film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins and Henry Fonda. When numerous people go missing in a seaside resort town, a reporter discovers a rampaging giant octopus is terrorizing the coast. While a marine bi" }, { "title": "Thieves", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marlo Thomas, Héctor Elizondo, Charles Grodin", "extract": "Thieves is a 1977 American comedy film directed by John Berry, written by Herb Gardner, and starring Marlo Thomas, Charles Grodin and Irwin Corey. It was released on February 11, 1977, by Paramount Pictures. The film was based on Gardner's Broadway play, and has almost the same cast, with the main e" }, { "title": "Thunder and Lightning", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "David Carradine, Kate Jackson, Sterling Holloway", "extract": "Thunder and Lightning is a 1977 action comedy film directed by Corey Allen, and starring David Carradine and Kate Jackson." }, { "title": "Too Hot to Handle", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Cheri Caffaro, Aharon Ipalé, Corinne Calvet", "extract": "Too Hot to Handle is a 1977 exploitation film directed by directed by Don Schain and starring Cheri Caffaro, Aharon Ipalé, Corinne Calvet and Vic Diaz. The plot concerns about the adventures of hitwoman Samantha Fox in the Philippines. The film is also billed as She's Too Hot to Handle." }, { "title": "The Turning Point", "year": 1977, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tom Skerritt", "extract": "The Turning Point is a 1977 American drama film centered on the world of ballet in New York City, written by Arthur Laurents and directed by Herbert Ross. The film stars Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft, along with Leslie Browne, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Tom Skerritt. The film was nominated for el" }, { "title": "Twilight's Last Gleaming", "year": 1977, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Paul Winfield, Burt Young", "extract": "Twilight's Last Gleaming is a 1977 thriller film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Burt Lancaster and Richard Widmark. The film was a West German/American co-production, shot mainly at the Bavaria Studios." }, { "title": "Valentino", "year": 1977, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Carol Kane", "extract": "Valentino is a 1977 American biographical film co-written and directed by Ken Russell and starring Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, and Carol Kane. It is loosely based on the life of silent film actor Rudolph Valentino, as recounted in the book Valentino, an Intimate Exposé of the Sh" }, { "title": "The Van", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy, Teen", "cast": "Danny DeVito, Stuart Getz", "extract": "The Van is a 1977 American low-budget teen comedy film directed by Sam Grossman and starring Stuart Getz, Deborah White, Danny DeVito, Harry Moses, Marcie Barkin, Bill Adler, Stephen Oliver, and Connie Lisa Marie." }, { "title": "Viva Knievel!", "year": 1977, "genres": "Biography, Action", "cast": "Evel Knievel, Lauren Hutton, Gene Kelly", "extract": "Viva Knievel! is a 1977 American action film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Evel Knievel, Gene Kelly and Lauren Hutton, with an ensemble supporting cast including Red Buttons, Leslie Nielsen, Cameron Mitchell, Frank Gifford, Dabney Coleman and Marjoe Gortner." }, { "title": "Walking Tall: Final Chapter", "year": 1977, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Bo Svenson, Lurene Tuttle, Forrest Tucker", "extract": "Walking Tall: Final Chapter is the third installment of the Walking Tall film series. The film was directed by Jack Starrett. It opened in the U.S. on August 10, 1977; its on-screen title is Final Chapter: Walking Tall. All Walking Tall films were shot in Chester and Madison Counties, Tennessee; Buf" }, { "title": "Which Way Is Up?", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee, Margaret Avery", "extract": "Which Way is Up? is a 1977 American comedy film starring Richard Pryor and directed by Michael Schultz. It is a remake of the 1972 Italian comedy film The Seduction of Mimi. Richard Pryor plays three roles: an orange picker who has two women at the same time, the orange picker's father, and a revere" }, { "title": "The White Buffalo", "year": 1977, "genres": "Western, Fantasy", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Will Sampson, Stuart Whitman, Martin Kove, Jack Warden", "extract": "The White Buffalo is a 1977 fantasy Western film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, Kim Novak, Jack Warden, Slim Pickens and Will Sampson." }, { "title": "Wilma", "year": 1977, "genres": "Biography, Sports", "cast": "Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson, Denzel Washington", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Wizards", "year": 1977, "genres": "Animated, Fantasy", "cast": "Voices of, Mark Hamill, David Proval", "extract": "Wizards is a 1977 American animated post-apocalyptic science fantasy film written, directed and produced by Ralph Bakshi and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film follows a battle between two wizards of opposing powers, one representing the forces of magic and the other representing the forces o" }, { "title": "The World's Greatest Lover", "year": 1977, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise", "extract": "The World's Greatest Lover is a 1977 American comedy film directed, written by and starring Gene Wilder, and co-starring Carol Kane and Dom DeLuise. It is a tribute/spoof of classic silent comedies and \"old Hollywood\" of the 1920s, specifically the popularity of romantic icon Rudolph Valentino." }, { "title": "You Light Up My Life", "year": 1977, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Didi Conn, Joe Silver, Michael Zaslow", "extract": "You Light Up My Life is a 1977 American romantic drama film written and directed by Joseph Brooks and starring Didi Conn, Joe Silver, and Michael Zaslow. Laurie (Conn), a talented singer and songwriter, feels obligated to follow her father's borscht belt comedian career. She struggles to get small t" }, { "title": "Almost Summer", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bruno Kirby, Lee Purcell, Didi Conn", "extract": "Almost Summer is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Martin Davidson, and produced by Motown Productions for Universal Pictures. It is the only Motown theatrical feature not to center on African-American characters. Set in a generic Southern California high school, the plot revolves around a stu" }, { "title": "American Hot Wax", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Biography", "cast": "Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Laraine Newman, Chuck Berry", "extract": "American Hot Wax is a 1978 biographical film directed by Floyd Mutrux with a screenplay by John Kaye from a story by John Kaye and Art Linson. The film tells the story of pioneering disc jockey Alan Freed, who in the 1950s helped introduce and popularize rock and roll, and is often credited with coi" }, { "title": "The Astral Factor", "year": 1978, "genres": "Thriller, Horror", "cast": "Robert Foxworth, Stefanie Powers, Sue Lyon, Elke Sommer, Cesare Danova", "extract": "Invisible Strangler is a 1984 American horror film directed by John Florea, an alternate cut of the 1978 film The Astral Factor, also known as The Astral Fiend, starring Robert Foxworth, Stefanie Powers, Cesare Danova, Sue Lyon and Elke Sommer. Arthur C. Pierce wrote the screenplay and co-directed t" }, { "title": "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Satire", "cast": "David Miller, George Wilson, Costa Dillon, Eric Christmas", "extract": "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a 1978 American parody film produced by J. Stephen Peace and John DeBello, and directed by John DeBello based upon an original idea by Costa Dillon. The screenplay was written by Dillon, Peace, and DeBello. The film spoofs B movies and was made on a budget of less th" }, { "title": "Avalanche", "year": 1978, "genres": "Disaster", "cast": "Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster", "extract": "Avalanche is a 1978 American disaster film directed by Corey Allen and starring Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster and Jeanette Nolan." }, { "title": "The Bad News Bears Go to Japan", "year": 1978, "genres": "Sports, Comedy, Sport", "cast": "Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Regis Philbin", "extract": "The Bad News Bears Go to Japan is a 1978 American sport comedy film released by Paramount Pictures and was the third and last of a series, following The Bad News Bears and The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training. It stars Tony Curtis and Jackie Earle Haley and features Regis Philbin in a small role " }, { "title": "The Betsy", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Lesley-Anne Down", "extract": "The Betsy is a 1978 American romantic drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, from a screenplay by William Bast and Walter Bernstein, based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins. It stars Laurence Olivier as a retired auto tycoon, with Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones, and" }, { "title": "The Big Fix", "year": 1978, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy, Political, Thriller", "cast": "Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, F. Murray Abraham", "extract": "The Big Fix is a 1978 American political comedy thriller film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the novel by Roger L. Simon, who dramatized his own novel for the screen. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as private detective Moses Wine and co-stars Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, and F. Mur" }, { "title": "Big Wednesday", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Sports, Teen", "cast": "Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey", "extract": "Big Wednesday is a 1978 American coming of age buddy sports comedy-drama film directed by John Milius. Written by Milius and Dennis Aaberg, it is loosely based on their own experiences at Malibu, California. The picture stars Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, and Gary Busey as California surfers fa" }, { "title": "Bloodbrothers", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Paul Sorvino, Tony Lo Bianco, Richard Gere", "extract": "Bloodbrothers is a 1978 coming-of-age film directed by Robert Mulligan, and starring Richard Gere, Paul Sorvino, Tony Lo Bianco and Marilu Henner. It was based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Richard Price. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay." }, { "title": "Blue Collar", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto", "extract": "Blue Collar is a 1978 American crime drama film directed by Paul Schrader in his directorial debut. Written by Schrader and his brother Leonard, the film stars Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto. The film is both a critique of union practices and an examination of life in a working-class " }, { "title": "Born Again", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Dean Jones, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews", "extract": "Born Again is a 1978 American biographical drama film directed by Hollywood veteran Irving Rapper depicting the involvement of Charles Colson in the Watergate scandal, his subsequent conversion to Christianity and his prison term. It stars Dean Jones as Colson, Anne Francis as his wife, Dana Andrews" }, { "title": "The Boys from Brazil", "year": 1978, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Steve Guttenberg", "extract": "The Boys from Brazil is a 1978 thriller film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. It stars Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, and features James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen, Anne Meara, Denholm Elliott, and Steve Guttenberg in supporting roles. The film is a British-American co-production and is ba" }, { "title": "The Boys in Company C", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey, James Whitmore Jr.", "extract": "The Boys in Company C is a 1978 war film directed by Sidney J. Furie about United States Marine Corps recruits preparing for duty and their subsequent combat in the Vietnam War. It stars Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, Craig Wasson and Michael Lembeck. It was among the first Vietnam War films to appear a" }, { "title": "Brass Target", "year": 1978, "genres": "Suspense, War", "cast": "Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Patrick McGoohan", "extract": "Brass Target is a 1978 American suspense war film based on the 1974 novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan. The film was produced by Berle Adams and Arthur Lewis and directed by John Hough. It stars Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn, George Kennedy, Patrick McGoohan and Max von Sy" }, { "title": "The Brink's Job", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, Paul Sorvino", "extract": "The Brink's Job is a 1978 American crime comedy drama film directed by William Friedkin and starring Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, and Paul Sorvino. It is based on the Brink's robbery of 1950 in Boston, and the book about it, Big Stick-Up at Brinks by Noel Beh" }, { "title": "The Buddy Holly Story", "year": 1978, "genres": "Biography, Musical", "cast": "Gary Busey, Charles Martin Smith, Don Stroud, Conrad Janis", "extract": "The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 American biographical film directed by Steve Rash which tells the life and career of rock and roll musician Buddy Holly. It features an Academy Award-winning musical score, adapted by Joe Renzetti and Oscar-nominated lead performance by Gary Busey. The film also stars" }, { "title": "California Suite", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Richard Pryor", "extract": "California Suite is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Neil Simon is based on his 1976 play of the same name. Similar to his earlier Plaza Suite, the film focuses on the dilemmas of guests staying in a suite in a luxury hotel. Maggie Smith won the Academy Award f" }, { "title": "Capricorn One", "year": 1978, "genres": "Suspense, Thriller", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Sam Waterston, James Brolin, O. J. Simpson, Brenda Vaccaro", "extract": "Capricorn One is a 1978 British-produced American thriller film in which a reporter discovers that a supposed Mars landing by a crewed mission to the planet has been faked via a conspiracy involving the government and—under duress—the crew themselves. It was written and directed by Peter Hyams and p" }, { "title": "Caravans", "year": 1978, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Behrouz Vossoughi", "extract": "Caravans is a 1978 Iranian-American adventure drama film directed by James Fargo based on the 1963 novel by James A. Michener. Nancy Voyles Crawford wrote the screenplay. This film represents people of Afghanistan and their tradition in Qandahar, Badakhshan cities in that time and the Kochi people o" }, { "title": "Casey's Shadow", "year": 1978, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Murray Hamilton", "extract": "Casey's Shadow is a 1978 sports drama Metrocolor film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Walter Matthau. The film was based on an article in The New Yorker by John McPhee. Much of the exterior shooting was done in the city of Carencro, Louisiana, 20 miles north of Lafayette." }, { "title": "The Cat from Outer Space", "year": 1978, "genres": "Science Fiction, Comedy", "cast": "Sandy Duncan, Roddy McDowall, Ken Berry", "extract": "The Cat from Outer Space is a 1978 American science fiction comedy film directed by Norman Tokar starring Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Harry Morgan, Ronnie Schell, Roddy McDowall and McLean Stevenson." }, { "title": "The Cheap Detective", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Sid Caesar, Dom DeLuise, Stockard Channing", "extract": "The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American mystery comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore." }, { "title": "Coma", "year": 1978, "genres": "Thriller, Mystery", "cast": "Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Richard Widmark, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn", "extract": "Coma is a 1978 American mystery thriller film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Robin Cook. The film rights were acquired by director Michael Crichton, and the movie was produced by Martin Erlichmann for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The cast includes Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth As" }, { "title": "Comes a Horseman", "year": 1978, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth", "extract": "Comes a Horseman is a 1978 American Western drama film starring Jane Fonda, James Caan, Jason Robards, and Richard Farnsworth, directed by Alan J. Pakula." }, { "title": "Coming Home", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, War, Romance", "cast": "Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, Bruce Dern", "extract": "Coming Home is a 1978 American romantic war drama film directed by Hal Ashby from a screenplay written by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones with story by Nancy Dowd. It stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine and Robert Ginty. The film's narrative follows a perplexe" }, { "title": "Convoy", "year": 1978, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair", "extract": "Convoy is a 1978 American road action comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair and Franklyn Ajaye. The film is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song \"Convoy\" by C. W. McCall. The film was made when th" }, { "title": "Corvette Summer", "year": 1978, "genres": "Action, Adventure, Comedy", "cast": "Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Danny Bonaduce", "extract": "Corvette Summer is a 1978 American adventure comedy film directed by Matthew Robbins. It was Mark Hamill's first screen appearance after the unexpected success of Star Wars the previous year. Hamill stars as a California teenager who heads to Las Vegas to track down his beloved customized Corvette S" }, { "title": "Damien: Omen II", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Jonathan Scott-Taylor, William Holden, Robert Foxworth, Lee Grant, Lew Ayres", "extract": "Damien: Omen II is a 1978 supernatural horror film directed by Don Taylor and the second installment of The Omen series. It stars William Holden and Lee Grant, with Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, Lew Ayres, Sylvia Sidney, Lance Henriksen, Ian Hendry, and Leo McKern. Set seven years after th" }, { "title": "Dawn of the Dead", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross", "extract": "Dawn of the Dead is a 1978 zombie horror film written, directed, and edited by George A. Romero, and produced by Richard P. Rubinstein. An American-Italian international co-production, it is the second film in Romero's series of zombie films, and though it contains no characters or settings from the" }, { "title": "Days of Heaven", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Historical, Romance", "cast": "Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Linda Manz", "extract": "Days of Heaven is a 1978 American romantic period drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick, and starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard and Linda Manz. Set in 1916, it tells the story of Bill and Abby, lovers who travel to the Texas Panhandle to harvest crops for a wealthy farmer." }, { "title": "Death Dimension", "year": 1978, "genres": "Action, Martial Arts, Thriller", "cast": "Jim Kelly, Harold Sakata, George Lazenby", "extract": "Death Dimension is a 1978 American B-list action thriller and martial arts film by Al Adamson starring Jim Kelly, Harold Sakata, George Lazenby, Terry Moore, and Aldo Ray." }, { "title": "A Death in Canaan", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Stefanie Powers, Paul Clemens, Jacqueline Brookes, Conchata Ferrell, Brian Dennehy", "extract": "A Death in Canaan is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Stefanie Powers, Paul Clemens, and Brian Dennehy. Its plot concerns the true-life story of a teenager who is put on trial for the murder of his mother in a small Connecticut town. Nominated f" }, { "title": "Deathsport", "year": 1978, "genres": "Science Fiction, Action", "cast": "Claudia Jennings, David Carradine, Richard Lynch", "extract": "Deathsport is a 1978 science fiction B-film produced by Roger Corman and directed by Allan Arkush and Nicholas Niciphor. The film stars David Carradine and Playboy Playmate Claudia Jennings. It would be one of Jennings' last films before her death." }, { "title": "The Deer Hunter", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale", "extract": "The Deer Hunter is a 1978 war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian-American steelworkers whose lives were upended after fighting in the Vietnam War. The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage, with John Cazale, Meryl S" }, { "title": "A Different Story", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Meg Foster, Perry King, Valerie Curtin", "extract": "A Different Story is a 1978 American film directed by Paul Aaron and starring Meg Foster and Perry King. Set in Los Angeles, it tells the story of a gay man (King) and a lesbian (Foster) who become temporary housemates but end up falling in love with each other." }, { "title": "The Driver", "year": 1978, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani", "extract": "The Driver is a 1978 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Walter Hill. It stars Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, and Isabelle Adjani. O'Neal is the getaway driver for robberies whose exceptional talent has prevented him being caught. The Detective (Dern) promises pardons to a gang i" }, { "title": "The End", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field", "extract": "The End is a 1978 American black comedy film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, written by Jerry Belson, and with music composed by Paul Williams. The film also stars Dom DeLuise along with Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg, Joanne Woodward, Norman Fell, Myrna Loy, Kristy McNichol, " }, { "title": "An Enemy of the People", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson", "extract": "An Enemy of the People is a 1978 American drama film directed by George Schaefer based on Arthur Miller's 1950 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play. The film stars Steve McQueen in the lead role of scientist Thomas Stockmann, Charles Durning as his brother Peter, and Bibi Andersson as his wife Cat" }, { "title": "Every Which Way but Loose", "year": 1978, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo, Ruth Gordon", "extract": "Every Which Way but Loose is a 1978 American action comedy film released by Warner Bros., produced by Robert Daley and directed by James Fargo. It stars Clint Eastwood in an uncharacteristic and offbeat comedy role as Philo Beddoe, a trucker and bare-knuckle brawler roaming the American West in sear" }, { "title": "The Evil", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine", "extract": "The Evil is a 1978 American supernatural horror film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine and Victor Buono. Its plot follows a husband-and-wife team of doctors who attempt to open a rehabilitation center in a mansion built over a gateway to hell." }, { "title": "Eyes of Laura Mars", "year": 1978, "genres": "Thriller, Mystery, Noir", "cast": "Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif", "extract": "Eyes of Laura Mars is a 1978 American neo noir mystery-thriller film starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones and directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay was adapted from a spec script titled Eyes, written by John Carpenter; it was Carpenter's first major studio film. H. B. Gilmour later wrote a" }, { "title": "F.I.S.T.", "year": 1978, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir", "cast": "Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Melinda Dillon, Brian Dennehy, Kevin Conway", "extract": "F.I.S.T. is a 1978 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Sylvester Stallone. Stallone plays a Cleveland warehouse worker who becomes involved in the labor union leadership of the fictional \"Federation of Inter-State Truckers\" (F.I.S.T.). The film is loosely based" }, { "title": "FM", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull, Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan", "extract": "FM is a 1978 American comedy drama film about internal conflicts at an FM radio station directed by John A. Alonzo and starring Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull and Cassie Yates. The screenplay was written by Ezra Sacks." }, { "title": "Fedora", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, Jose Ferrer, Frances Sternhagen", "extract": "Fedora is a 1978 German-French drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring William Holden and Marthe Keller. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on Tom Tryon's novella in the collection Crowned Heads." }, { "title": "The Fifth Floor", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Sharon Farrell, Bo Hopkins, Robert Englund, Mel Ferrer", "extract": "The Fifth Floor is a 1978 American film about a sane woman who gets sent to an asylum. It stars Dianne Hull, Bo Hopkins and Mel Ferrer." }, { "title": "Fingers", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Harvey Keitel, Michael V. Gazzo, Tanya Roberts", "extract": "Fingers is a 1978 American crime drama film directed by James Toback. The film is about a troubled young man being pulled between his mob father and his mentally disturbed pianist mother." }, { "title": "Force 10 from Navarone", "year": 1978, "genres": "War", "cast": "Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach, Edward Fox, Franco Nero", "extract": "Force 10 from Navarone is a 1978 war film loosely based on Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel of the same name. It is a sequel to the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone. The parts of Mallory and Miller are played by Robert Shaw, and Edward Fox, succeeding in the roles originally portrayed by Gregory Peck and" }, { "title": "Foul Play", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Noir, Thriller, Romance", "cast": "Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Dudley Moore, Eugene Roche, Burgess Meredith", "extract": "Foul Play is a 1978 American romantic neo-noir comedy thriller film written and directed by Colin Higgins, and starring Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore, Burgess Meredith, Eugene Roche, Rachel Roberts, Brian Dennehy and Billy Barty. In it, a recently divorced librarian is drawn into a mystery " }, { "title": "The Fury", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural, Thriller", "cast": "Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes, Andrew Stevens, Charles Durning", "extract": "The Fury is a 1978 American supernatural thriller film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Amy Irving, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, and Andrew Stevens. The screenplay by John Farris was based on his 1976 novel of the same name." }, { "title": "Girlfriends", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Melanie Mayron, Eli Wallach, Bob Balaban, Viveca Lindfors, Christopher Guest", "extract": "Girlfriends is a 1978 comedy-drama film produced and directed by Claudia Weill and written by Vicki Polon. The film stars Melanie Mayron as Susan Weinblatt, a Jewish photographer who experiences loneliness once her roommate Anne moves out of their apartment in New York City. It was the first America" }, { "title": "Go Tell the Spartans", "year": 1978, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith", "extract": "Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film directed by Ted Post and starring Burt Lancaster. The film is based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa about U.S. Army military advisors during the early part of the Vietnam War in 1964, when Ford was a correspondent in Vietnam for The Nat" }, { "title": "Goin' South", "year": 1978, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, John Belushi, Christopher Lloyd, Veronica Cartwright", "extract": "Goin' South is a 1978 American Western-comedy film, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, with Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Richard Bradford, Veronica Cartwright, Danny DeVito and Ed Begley Jr." }, { "title": "Good Guys Wear Black", "year": 1978, "genres": "Action, Martial Arts", "cast": "Chuck Norris, Dana Andrews, Anne Archer", "extract": "Good Guys Wear Black is a 1978 American martial arts action film starring Chuck Norris and directed by Ted Post. This was the second film to feature Norris as the star, following Breaker! Breaker! (1977). However, this is the one that Norris considers his \"breakthrough\"." }, { "title": "Gray Lady Down", "year": 1978, "genres": "Disaster, Adventure", "cast": "Charlton Heston, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Stacy Keach, Rosemary Forsyth", "extract": "Gray Lady Down is a 1978 American submarine disaster film directed by David Greene and starring Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox and Rosemary Forsyth, and includes the feature film debut of Christopher Reeve. It is based on David Lavallee's 1971 novel Event 1000." }, { "title": "Grease", "year": 1978, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Frankie Avalon, Jeff Conaway", "extract": "Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser from a screenplay by Bronté Woodard and an adaptation by Allan Carr, based on the stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The film depicts the lives of greaser Danny Zuko and Australian transfer " }, { "title": "The Great Bank Hoax", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Richard Basehart, Ned Beatty, Charlene Dallas", "extract": "The Great Bank Hoax is a 1978 American comedy film written and directed by Joseph Jacoby. The film stars Richard Basehart, Ned Beatty, Charlene Dallas, Burgess Meredith, Michael Murphy, Paul Sand and Constance Forslund." }, { "title": "The Greek Tycoon", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Biography, Romance", "cast": "Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, Raf Vallone", "extract": "The Greek Tycoon is a 1978 American biographical romantic drama film, of the roman à clef type, directed by J. Lee Thompson. The screenplay by Morton S. Fine is based on a story by Fine, Nico Mastorakis, and Win Wells, who loosely based it on Aristotle Onassis and his relationship with Jacqueline Ke" }, { "title": "Halloween", "year": 1978, "genres": "Slasher, Independent", "cast": "Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards", "extract": "Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence, with P. J. Soles and Nancy Loomis in supporting roles. The plot centers on a mental patient, Michael Myers, who was co" }, { "title": "Harper Valley PTA", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Barbara Eden, Nanette Fabray, Ronny Cox", "extract": "Harper Valley PTA is a 1978 American comedy film inspired by the popular 1968 country song \"Harper Valley PTA\" written by Tom T. Hall and performed by country singer Jeannie C. Riley. The film starred Barbara Eden, Nanette Fabray, Ronny Cox, Louis Nye and Susan Swift, directed by Richard Bennett and" }, { "title": "Heaven Can Wait", "year": 1978, "genres": "Fantasy, Comedy, Sports, Drama, War", "cast": "Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Jack Warden, Dyan Cannon, Charles Grodin", "extract": "Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 American sports fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry about a young man being mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel, and the resulting complications of how this mistake can be undone, given that his earthly body has been cremated. It " }, { "title": "Hi-Riders", "year": 1978, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Mel Ferrer, Stephen McNally, Ralph Meeker", "extract": "Hi-Riders is a 1978 action film written and directed by Greydon Clark." }, { "title": "High-Ballin'", "year": 1978, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Peter Fonda, Jerry Reed, Helen Shaver", "extract": "High-Ballin is a 1978 Canadian action comedy film about truckers directed by Peter Carter. The US release was rated PG, with a runtime of 97 minutes." }, { "title": "Hooper", "year": 1978, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, Robert Klein", "extract": "Hooper is a 1978 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham and starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, Robert Klein, James Best and Adam West. The film serves as a tribute to stuntmen and stuntwomen in what was at one time an underrecognized profession. At th" }, { "title": "Hot Lead and Cold Feet", "year": 1978, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Don Knotts, Jim Dale, Darren McGavin, Karen Valentine", "extract": "Hot Lead and Cold Feet is a 1978 American comedy-Western film produced by Walt Disney Productions and starring Jim Dale, Karen Valentine, Don Knotts, Jack Elam and Darren McGavin." }, { "title": "House Calls", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara", "extract": "House Calls is a 1978 American comedy-drama film starring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson, directed by Howard Zieff." }, { "title": "I Spit on Your Grave", "year": 1978, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Camille Keaton", "extract": "I Spit on Your Grave is a 1978 American rape and revenge film edited, written, and directed by Meir Zarchi. The film tells the story of Jennifer Hills, a fiction writer based in New York City who exacts revenge on each of her tormentors after four men gang rape and leave her for dead." }, { "title": "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Historical", "cast": "Nancy Allen, Bobby DiCicco, Marc McClure", "extract": "I Wanna Hold Your Hand is a 1978 American historical comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and starring Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Eddie Deezen and Wendie Jo Sperber. Its storyline follows a disparate group o" }, { "title": "Ice Castles", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Lynn-Holly Johnson, Robby Benson, Colleen Dewhurst", "extract": "Ice Castles is a 1978 American romantic drama film directed by Donald Wrye and starring Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson. It is the story of Lexie Winston, a young figure skater, and her rise and fall from super stardom. Tragedy strikes when, following a freak accident, Lexie loses her sight, lea" }, { "title": "If Ever I See You Again", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Joseph Brooks, Shelley Hack, Jimmy Breslin", "extract": "If Ever I See You Again is a 1978 American romantic drama film about a composer who rekindles his relationship with a former girlfriend. It stars Joe Brooks, who also co-wrote, produced, directed, and scored the film, and Shelley Hack. The film's theme song, \"If Ever I See You Again\", was a moderate" }, { "title": "Interiors", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Geraldine Page, Diane Keaton, Maureen Stapleton, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan", "extract": "Interiors is a 1978 American drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton, E. G. Marshall, Geraldine Page, Maureen Stapleton, and Sam Waterston." }, { "title": "International Velvet", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Family", "cast": "Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Nanette Newman, Anthony Hopkins", "extract": "International Velvet is a 1978 American film and a sequel to the 1944 picture National Velvet starring Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins and Nanette Newman, and directed by Bryan Forbes. The film received mixed reviews. International Velvet was partly filmed at Birmingham University" }, { "title": "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", "year": 1978, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy", "extract": "Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 American science-fiction horror film directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy. Released on December 22, 1978, it is based on the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney" }, { "title": "It Lives Again", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "Frederic Forrest, John P. Ryan, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley", "extract": "It Lives Again is a 1978 American science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by Larry Cohen. It is the sequel to the 1974 film It's Alive. The film stars Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, John P. Ryan, John Marley, Andrew Duggan and Eddie Constantine. The film was released by Warner " }, { "title": "Jaws 2", "year": 1978, "genres": "Thriller, Horror", "cast": "Roy Scheider, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary", "extract": "Jaws 2 is a 1978 American horror film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), and the second installment in the Jaws franchise. The film stars Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, with Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton rep" }, { "title": "Jennifer", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Lisa Pelikan, Nina Foch, Bert Convy, John Gavin", "extract": "Jennifer is a 1978 American supernatural horror film directed by Brice Mack, starring Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy, Wesley Eure, Nina Foch, and John Gavin. Its plot follows a young woman who, ostracized by her peers at an elite boarding school, enacts violent revenge via her psychokinetic ability to con" }, { "title": "King of the Gypsies", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Eric Roberts, Brooke Shields, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Sterling Hayden", "extract": "King of the Gypsies is a 1978 American drama film by Paramount Pictures starring Eric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Annette O'Toole and Judd Hirsch." }, { "title": "Laserblast", "year": 1978, "genres": "Science Fiction, Independent", "cast": "Kim Milford, Keenan Wynn, Roddy McDowell", "extract": "Laserblast is a 1978 American independent science fiction film directed by Michael Rae and produced by Charles Band, widely known for producing B movies. Starring Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith and Gianni Russo, featuring Keenan Wynn and Roddy McDowall, and marking the screen debut of Eddie Deezen, the p" }, { "title": "The Legacy", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Roger Daltrey", "extract": "The Legacy is a 1978 horror film directed by Richard Marquand, in his directorial debut, and starring Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Roger Daltrey, John Standing, and Margaret Tyzack. It follows an American couple who are summoned to a British mansion while visiting England for a work obligation, wher" }, { "title": "The Lord of the Rings", "year": 1978, "genres": "Animated, Fantasy", "cast": "Voices of, John Hurt, Billy Barty", "extract": "The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 American-British animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It is an adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy epic novel of the same name, comprising The Fellowship of the Ring and some material from both books of The Two Towers. Set in Middle-earth, the fil" }, { "title": "Magic", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror, Drama", "cast": "Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter", "extract": "Magic is a 1978 American psychological horror drama film starring Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret and Burgess Meredith. The film, which was directed by Richard Attenborough, is based on a screenplay by William Goldman, who wrote the novel upon which it was based. The score was composed by Jerry Goldsmi" }, { "title": "The Magic of Lassie", "year": 1978, "genres": "Family, Drama, Musical", "cast": "James Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts", "extract": "The Magic of Lassie is a 1978 American musical drama film directed by Don Chaffey, and starring Lassie, James Stewart, Stephanie Zimbalist, Pernell Roberts and Michael Sharrett, with cameo appearances by Mickey Rooney and Alice Faye. Stewart appeared in one of only three musical film roles that he p" }, { "title": "The Manitou", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Tony Curtis, Ann Sothern, Susan Strasberg", "extract": "The Manitou is a 1978 American supernatural body horror film produced and directed by William Girdler. It stars Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara and Susan Strasberg. It is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Graham Masterton, which was inspired by the concept of manitou in Native American theolog" }, { "title": "Mean Dog Blues", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gregg Henry, Kay Lenz, Scatman Crothers", "extract": "Mean Dog Blues is a 1978 American drama film directed by Mel Stuart. It stars Gregg Henry and Kay Lenz." }, { "title": "Midnight Express", "year": 1978, "genres": "Biography, Drama", "cast": "Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid", "extract": "Midnight Express is a 1978 prison drama film directed by Alan Parker and adapted by Oliver Stone from Billy Hayes's 1977 memoir of the same name. The film centers on Hayes, a young American student, who is sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of the country. The film's title is" }, { "title": "Moment by Moment", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Lily Tomlin, John Travolta", "extract": "Moment by Moment is a 1978 American romantic drama film written and directed by Jane Wagner and starring Lily Tomlin and John Travolta. It was produced by Robert Stigwood and released by Universal Pictures on December 22, 1978." }, { "title": "Movie Movie", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "George C. Scott, Art Carney, Ann Reinking, Harry Hamlin, Trish Van Devere", "extract": "Movie Movie is a 1978 American double bill directed by Stanley Donen. It consists of two films: Dynamite Hands, a boxing ring morality play, and Baxter's Beauties of 1933, a musical comedy, both starring the husband-and-wife team of George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. A fake trailer for a flying-a" }, { "title": "National Lampoon's Animal House", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Peter Riegert, Donald Sutherland, Cesare Danova", "extract": "National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller. It stars John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Thomas Hulce, Stephen Furst, and Donald Sutherland. The film is about a trouble-making f" }, { "title": "A Night Full of Rain", "year": 1978, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Giancarlo Giannini, Candice Bergen, Michael Tucker", "extract": "A Night Full of Rain is a 1978 Italian American film directed by Lina Wertmüller and stars Candice Bergen and Giancarlo Giannini." }, { "title": "The Norseman", "year": 1978, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Lee Majors, Cornel Wilde, Mel Ferrer", "extract": "The Norseman is a 1978 American adventure film starring Lee Majors, directed, produced and written by Charles B. Pierce." }, { "title": "Nunzio", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "David Proval, Morgana King, Joe Spinell", "extract": "Nunzio is a 1978 American drama film directed by Paul Williams and written by James Andronica. The film stars David Proval, James Andronica, Morgana King, Joe Spinell, Tovah Feldshuh and Maria Smith. The film was released on May 10, 1978, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Oliver's Story", "year": 1978, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Ray Milland", "extract": "Oliver's Story is a 1978 American romantic drama film and a sequel to Love Story (1970) based on a novel by Erich Segal published a year earlier. It was directed by John Korty and again starred Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen. The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge and" }, { "title": "Olly Olly Oxen Free", "year": 1978, "genres": "Family, Adventure", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Kevin McKenzie", "extract": "Olly Olly Oxen Free is a 1978 American family adventure film directed by Richard A. Colla and starring Katharine Hepburn. The screenplay by Eugene Poinc is based on a story by Poinc, Colla, and Maria L. de Ossio. The title is derived from \"Olly olly oxen free\" a phrase used in children's games to in" }, { "title": "The One and Only", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks", "extract": "The One and Only is a 1978 comedy film starring Henry Winkler, directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Gordon." }, { "title": "The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marilyn Hassett, Timothy Bottoms", "extract": "The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 is a 1978 film directed by Larry Peerce. It stars Marilyn Hassett and Timothy Bottoms. It is a sequel to The Other Side of the Mountain." }, { "title": "Our Winning Season", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Scott Jacoby, Dennis Quaid, Joe Penny, Joanna Cassidy", "extract": "Our Winning Season is a 1978 American drama film directed by Joseph Ruben from a screenplay by Nicholas Niciphor." }, { "title": "Out of the Darkness", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Donald Pleasence, Nancy Kwan, Ross Hagen", "extract": "Night Creature is a 1978 American horror film starring Donald Pleasence and Nancy Kwan. Its plot follows a group of visitors on an island who are stalked by a vicious leopard that a big-game hunter has let loose to hunt." }, { "title": "Paradise Alley", "year": 1978, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Anne Archer, Terry Funk", "extract": "Paradise Alley is a 1978 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. The film tells the story of three Italian American brothers in Hell's Kitchen in the 1940s who become involved in professional wrestling. Kevin Conway, Anne Archer, Joe Spinell, Armand Assante," }, { "title": "Piranha", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror, Comedy", "cast": "Bradford Dillman, Barbara Steele, Dick Miller", "extract": "Piranha is a 1978 American comedy horror film directed and co-edited by Joe Dante from a screenplay by John Sayles, based on a story by Richard Robinson and Sayles. The film stars Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele and Dick Miller. It tells the story of a " }, { "title": "Planet of Dinosaurs", "year": 1978, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "James Whitworth, Charlotte Speer", "extract": "Planet of Dinosaurs is a 1977 science fiction film. Set in an unspecified future, the film follows the journey of Captain Lee and his crew after they crash land on a planet with similar life conditions as Earth, but millions of years behind in time. Encountering a wide variety of dangerous dinosaurs" }, { "title": "Pretty Baby", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon, Keith Carradine", "extract": "Pretty Baby is a 1978 American historical drama film directed by Louis Malle, written by Polly Platt, and starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, and Susan Sarandon. Set in 1917, it focuses on a 12-year-old girl being raised in a brothel in the Storyville red-light district of New Orleans by her p" }, { "title": "Rabbit Test", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Billy Crystal, Doris Roberts, Alex Rocco", "extract": "Rabbit Test is a 1978 American comedy film about the world's first pregnant man, directed and co-written by Joan Rivers and starring Billy Crystal in his film debut." }, { "title": "Record City", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ed Begley Jr., Jack Carter, Ruth Buzzi", "extract": "Record City is a 1978 American comedy film starring Ed Begley Jr., Sorrell Booke, Michael Callan, Jack Carter, Frank Gorshin, Ruth Buzzi and Dennis Bowen." }, { "title": "Remember My Name", "year": 1978, "genres": "Thriller, Drama", "cast": "Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Perkins, Moses Gunn", "extract": "Remember My Name is a 1978 American thriller drama film written and directed by Alan Rudolph. It stars Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Perkins, Moses Gunn, Jeff Goldblum, and Berry Berenson." }, { "title": "Return from Witch Mountain", "year": 1978, "genres": "Family, Adventure, Science Fiction", "cast": "Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, Richard Bakalyan, Jack Soo", "extract": "Return from Witch Mountain is a 1978 American science fiction–adventure film and a sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) and the second film in the Witch Mountain franchise. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was written by Malcolm Marmorstein and is based on characters created by Al" }, { "title": "Revenge of the Pink Panther", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon", "extract": "Revenge of the Pink Panther is a 1978 comedy film. It is the sixth film in The Pink Panther comedy film series. Released in 1978, it is the final on-set performance of Peter Sellers in the role of Inspector Jacques Clouseau. It was also the last installment in the series that was distributed solely " }, { "title": "Same Time, Next Year", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn", "extract": "Same Time, Next Year is a 1978 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Bernard Slade is based on his 1975 play of the same title. The film stars Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn." }, { "title": "The Scenic Route", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones, Kevin Wade", "extract": "The Scenic Route is a 1978 American drama film written and directed by Mark Rappaport and starring Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones and Kevin Wade." }, { "title": "The Seniors", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Gary Imhoff, Jeffrey Byron, Dennis Quaid", "extract": "The Seniors is a 1978 American comedy film about four college seniors who open a bogus sex clinic, which unexpectedly mushrooms into a multimillion-dollar business. Directed by Rod Amateau, the films features Dennis Quaid in one of his earliest roles and Alan Reed in his final film appearance." }, { "title": "Sextette", "year": 1978, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Mae West, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon", "extract": "Sextette is a 1978 musical comedy film directed by Ken Hughes and released by Crown International Pictures. It stars Mae West, alongside an ensemble cast including Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper and Walter Pidgeon." }, { "title": "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "year": 1978, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, War", "cast": "Peter Frampton, Bee Gees, George Burns", "extract": "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a 1978 American jukebox musical comedy film directed by Michael Schultz, written by Henry Edwards and starring an ensemble cast led by Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees. Depicting the loosely constructed story of a band as they wrangle with the music industry a" }, { "title": "Slow Dancing in the Big City", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Paul Sorvino, Anne Ditchburn, Nicolas Coster", "extract": "Slow Dancing in the Big City is a 1978 American romantic drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Paul Sorvino and Anne Ditchburn. This was the first film made by Avildsen after 1976's Rocky won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director." }, { "title": "Somebody Killed Her Husband", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Farrah Fawcett, Jeff Bridges, John Wood", "extract": "Somebody Killed Her Husband is a 1978 American comedy–mystery film directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Reginald Rose. It starred Farrah Fawcett and Jeff Bridges. Also in the cast were John Wood, Tammy Grimes and John Glover." }, { "title": "Someone's Watching Me!", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau", "extract": "Someone's Watching Me! is a 1978 American made-for-television horror film written and directed by John Carpenter and starring Lauren Hutton, David Birney and Adrienne Barbeau. The film was made immediately prior to Carpenter's theatrical hit Halloween; it was produced by Warner Bros. and aired on NB" }, { "title": "Starcrash", "year": 1978, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell, Christopher Plummer", "extract": "Starcrash is a 1978 space opera film directed and co-written by Luigi Cozzi, and starring Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, Christopher Plummer, David Hasselhoff and Joe Spinell." }, { "title": "Straight Time", "year": 1978, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir", "cast": "Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey", "extract": "Straight Time is a 1978 American crime drama neo-noir film directed by Ulu Grosbard and starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, and Kathy Bates. Its plot follows a lifelong thief in Los Angeles who struggles to assimilate in society after serving a s" }, { "title": "Superman", "year": 1978, "genres": "Superhero", "cast": "Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Glenn Ford, Margot Kidder", "extract": "Superman is a 1978 superhero film based on the character by DC Comics. An international co-production between the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Panama and the United States, it was supervised by Alexander and Ilya Salkind, produced by their partner Pierre Spengler and written by Mario Puzo from a sto" }, { "title": "The Swarm", "year": 1978, "genres": "Disaster, Horror", "cast": "Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Fred MacMurray, Richard Widmark", "extract": "The Swarm is a 1978 American natural horror film directed and produced by Irwin Allen, and based on Arthur Herzog's 1974 novel. It stars an ensemble cast, including Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, Lee Grant, José Ferrer, Patty Du" }, { "title": "Terror Out of the Sky", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Dan Haggerty, Tovah Feldshuh, Joe E. Tata, Lonny Chapman", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Thank God It's Friday", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jeff Goldblum, Debra Winger, Donna Summer", "extract": "Thank God It's Friday is a 1978 American musical disco comedy film directed by Robert Klane and produced by Motown Productions and Casablanca FilmWorks for Columbia Pictures. Produced at the height of the disco craze, the film features The Commodores performing \"Too Hot ta Trot\", and Donna Summer pe" }, { "title": "They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Tim Conway", "extract": "They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way is a 1978 slapstick comedy film co-directed by Stuart E. McGowan and Edward Montagne and written by and starring Tim Conway." }, { "title": "The Toolbox Murders", "year": 1978, "genres": "Horror, Slasher", "cast": "Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Wesley Eure", "extract": "The Toolbox Murders is a 1978 American slasher film directed by Dennis Donnelly, written by Ann Kindberg, Robert Easter, and Neva Friedenn, and starring Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, and Wesley Eure. It follows a series of violent murders centered around a Los Angeles apartment complex, followed" }, { "title": "Uncle Joe Shannon", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Burt Young, Madge Sinclair, ., Doug McKeon", "extract": "Uncle Joe Shannon is a 1978 American drama film directed by Joseph Hanwright and written by Burt Young, who also stars. The film was produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and distributed by United Artists." }, { "title": "An Unmarried Woman", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy", "extract": "An Unmarried Woman is a 1978 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Mazursky and starring Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates and Michael Murphy. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Actress (Clayburgh)." }, { "title": "Up in Smoke", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Tom Skerritt, Stacy Keach", "extract": "Up in Smoke is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Lou Adler and starring Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Edie Adams, Strother Martin, Stacy Keach, and Tom Skerritt. It is Cheech & Chong's first feature-length film." }, { "title": "A Wedding", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Carol Burnett, Lillian Gish, Mia Farrow, Desi Arnaz Jr., Lauren Hutton", "extract": "A Wedding is a 1978 American satirical comedy-drama film directed by Robert Altman, with an ensemble cast that includes Desi Arnaz, Jr., Carol Burnett, Paul Dooley, Vittorio Gassman, Mia Farrow, Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin, Howard Duff, Nina Van Pallandt, Amy Stryker, and Pat McCormick. The stor" }, { "title": "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley", "extract": "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a 1978 black comedy mystery film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Morley. It is based on the 1976 novel Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe by Nan and Ivan Lyons." }, { "title": "Who'll Stop the Rain", "year": 1978, "genres": "War, Crime", "cast": "Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Gail Strickland", "extract": "Who'll Stop the Rain is a 1978 American crime film directed by Karel Reisz and starring Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, and Anthony Zerbe. It was released by United Artists and produced by Herb Jaffe and Gabriel Katzka with Sheldon Schrager and Roger Spottiswoode as executive producers. " }, { "title": "The Wiz", "year": 1978, "genres": "Musical, Adventure, Fantasy", "cast": "Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Lena Horne", "extract": "The Wiz is a 1978 American musical adventure fantasy film directed by Sidney Lumet. A reimagining of L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an all African-American cast, the film was adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same title. It follows the " }, { "title": "Wolf Lake", "year": 1978, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Rod Steiger, David Huffman, Robin Mattson, Jerry Hardin, Richard Herd", "extract": "Wolf Lake is a 1978 film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Rod Steiger and Robin Mattson." }, { "title": "Youngblood", "year": 1978, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, T. K. Carter", "extract": "Youngblood is a 1978 American film directed by Noel Nosseck. It stars Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and features Bryan O'Dell in the title role. Ren Woods has a prominent supporting role. It was released by American International Pictures. The soundtrack to the film was written and performed by War." }, { "title": "Zero to Sixty", "year": 1978, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Darren McGavin, Sylvia Miles, Joan Collins", "extract": "Zero to Sixty is a 1977 American comedy film directed by Don Weis and starring Darren McGavin, Sylvia Miles, Joan Collins, Denise Nickerson, and Dick Martin. The film was released on June 23, 1978 and was later reviewed by TV Guide, which called Darren McGavin \"fun to watch\" in the film, but noted t" }, { "title": "American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince", "year": 1978, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Steven Prince, Martin Scorsese", "extract": "American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince is a 1978 documentary directed by Martin Scorsese. Its subject is Scorsese's friend Steven Prince, known for his small role as Easy Andy, the gun salesman in Taxi Driver. Prince is a raconteur who tells stories about various events in his life." }, { "title": "Battlestar Galactica", "year": 1978, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene", "extract": "\"Saga of a Star World\" is the pilot for the American science fiction television series of Battlestar Galactica which was produced in 1978 by Glen A. Larson. A re-edit of the episode was released theatrically as Battlestar Galactica in Canada before the television series aired in the United States, i" }, { "title": "Gates of Heaven", "year": 1978, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Lucille Billingsley, Errol Morris", "extract": "Gates of Heaven is a 1978 American documentary film produced, directed, and edited by Errol Morris about the pet cemetery business. It was made when Morris was unknown and did much to launch his career." }, { "title": "The Last Waltz", "year": 1978, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "The Band, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan", "extract": "The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Last Waltz was advertised as The Band's \"farewell concert appearance\", and the concert had The Band joined by more than a doze" }, { "title": "Let Me Die a Woman", "year": 1978, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Harry Reems, Dr. Leo Wollman", "extract": "Let Me Die a Woman is a 1978 semidocumentary film concerning the lives of transgender people, directed and produced by the exploitation film auteur Doris Wishman." }, { "title": "Renaldo and Clara", "year": 1978, "genres": "Performance", "cast": "Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Harry Dean Stanton", "extract": "Renaldo and Clara is a 1978 American film directed by Bob Dylan and starring Bob Dylan, Sara Dylan and Joan Baez. Written by Dylan and Sam Shepard, the film incorporates three distinct film genres: concert footage, documentary interviews, and dramatic fictional vignettes reflective of Dylan's song l" }, { "title": "The Force Beyond", "year": 1978, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Rosko, (narrator)", "extract": "Secrets of the Gods is a 1977 American satirical documentary film directed by William Sachs." }, { "title": "The Song of the Canary", "year": 1978, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "", "extract": "The Song of the Canary is a 1978 American occupational health documentary film directed by Josh Hanig and David Davis. The film documents the Occidental Petroleum plant in Manteca, California and the scandal in which employees became sterile after being exposed to the pesticide DBCP. It also feature" }, { "title": "10", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, War, Romance", "cast": "Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek, Robert Webber, Brian Dennehy", "extract": "10 is a 1979 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Robert Webber and Bo Derek. It was considered a trendsetting film at the time of its release and became one of the year's biggest box-office hits. The film follows a m" }, { "title": "1941", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Belushi, Ned Beatty, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Toshirō Mifune", "extract": "1941 is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The film stars an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Stack, Nancy Allen, and Mickey Rourke in hi" }, { "title": "Alien", "year": 1979, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt", "extract": "Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, who, after coming across a mysterious derelict spaceship on an uncharted planetoid, find themse" }, { "title": "The Alien Encounters", "year": 1979, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Bonnie Henry", "extract": "The Alien Encounters is a 1979 science fiction film written and directed by James T. Flocker and starring Augie Tribach and Matthew Boston. It is an American B movie" }, { "title": "All That Jazz", "year": 1979, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen", "extract": "All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay, by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse, is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as a dancer, choreographer and director. The film was inspired by Fosse's manic effort to edit h" }, { "title": "An Almost Perfect Affair", "year": 1979, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Monica Vitti, Keith Carradine", "extract": "An Almost Perfect Affair is a 1979 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti. The plot is about an affair between a filmmaker and a film producer's wife, set during the Cannes Film Festival." }, { "title": "Americathon", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Ritter, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard", "extract": "Americathon is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Neal Israel and starring John Ritter, Fred Willard, Peter Riegert, Harvey Korman, and Nancy Morgan, with narration by George Carlin. It is based on a play by Firesign Theatre members Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman. The movie includes appearances" }, { "title": "The Amityville Horror", "year": 1979, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger", "extract": "The Amityville Horror is a 1979 American supernatural horror film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. James Brolin and Margot Kidder star as a young couple who purchase a home haunted by combative supernatural forces. The film is based on Jay Anson's 1977 book The Amityville Horror and is the first entry " }, { "title": "...And Justice for All", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Legal", "cast": "Al Pacino, John Forsythe, Christine Lahti, Jack Warden, Jeffrey Tambor", "extract": "...And Justice for All is a 1979 American legal comedy-drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Al Pacino, Jack Warden and John Forsythe. Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson and Thomas Waites appear in supporting roles. The Oscar-nominated screenplay was written" }, { "title": "Angels' Brigade", "year": 1979, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Sylvia Anderson, Peter Lawford, Jim Backus, Jack Palance", "extract": "Angels Revenge, or Angels Brigade, is a 1979 American comedy action film directed by Greydon Clark and distributed by Arista Films. It is also known as Angels' Brigade and Seven from Heaven." }, { "title": "Apocalypse Now", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms", "extract": "Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius and Michael Herr, is loosely based on the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vi" }, { "title": "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again", "year": 1979, "genres": "Family, Comedy, Western", "cast": "Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson", "extract": "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again is a 1979 American comedy-Western film directed by Vincent McEveety. Produced by Walt Disney Productions, it is a sequel to The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), starring the comedy duo of Tim Conway and Don Knotts reprising their respective roles as Amos and Theodore. " }, { "title": "Ashanti", "year": 1979, "genres": "Adventure, Action", "cast": "Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Beverly Johnson", "extract": "Ashanti is a 1979 action adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Beverly Johnson, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison, and William Holden. It is based on the 1974 novel Ébano by Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa, with a screenplay written by Stephen Geller an" }, { "title": "Avalanche Express", "year": 1979, "genres": "Adventure, Thriller, War", "cast": "Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Joe Namath", "extract": "Avalanche Express is a 1979 Cold War adventure thriller film starring Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Maximilian Schell, and Linda Evans and produced and directed by Mark Robson. The plot is about the struggle over a defecting Soviet general. The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky was based on a 1977 novel by " }, { "title": "Baby Snakes", "year": 1979, "genres": "Performance", "cast": "Frank Zappa, Dale Bozzio", "extract": "Baby Snakes is a film which includes footage from Frank Zappa's 1977 Halloween concert at New York City's Palladium Theater, backstage antics from the crew, and stop motion clay animation from award-winning animator Bruce Bickford." }, { "title": "Being There", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Satire", "cast": "Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Basehart, Richard A. Dysart", "extract": "Being There is a 1979 American satire film directed by Hal Ashby. Based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Jerzy Kosiński, it was adapted for the screen by Kosiński and the uncredited Robert C. Jones. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine and Melvyn Douglas and features Jack Warden, Rich" }, { "title": "The Bell Jar", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Jameson Parker", "extract": "The Bell Jar is a 1979 American drama film based on Sylvia Plath's 1963 book The Bell Jar. It was directed by Larry Peerce and stars Marilyn Hassett and Julie Harris. The story follows a young woman's summer in New York working for a women's magazine, her return home to New England and her subsequen" }, { "title": "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Ken Kerr, Kitten Natividad, Uschi Digard", "extract": "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens is a 1979 satirical sexploitation film directed by American film-maker Russ Meyer and written by Roger Ebert and Meyer. It stars Kitten Natividad and Ann Marie with a cameo by Uschi Digard." }, { "title": "Best Boy", "year": 1979, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Philip Wohl, Zero Mostel", "extract": "Best Boy is a 1979 American documentary made by Ira Wohl. The film received critical acclaim, and won many awards including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature." }, { "title": "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure", "year": 1979, "genres": "Disaster, Action, Adventure", "cast": "Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Shirley Jones, Karl Malden", "extract": "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure is a 1979 American action-adventure disaster film and a sequel to The Poseidon Adventure (1972) directed by Irwin Allen and starring Michael Caine and Sally Field. It was a critical and commercial failure, and was the only Allen disaster film to receive no Academy Award" }, { "title": "Birth of The Beatles", "year": 1979, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson", "extract": "Birth of the Beatles is a 1979 American biographical film, produced by Dick Clark Productions and directed by Richard Marquand. The film was released into cinemas worldwide, except in the United States, where it was shown as a TV film on ABC. The film focuses on the early history of the Beatles. It " }, { "title": "The Black Hole", "year": 1979, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Perkins, Yvette Mimieux, Maximilian Schell", "extract": "The Black Hole is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Gary Nelson and produced by Walt Disney Productions. The film stars Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins and Ernest Borgnine, while the voices of the main robot characters are provided by" }, { "title": "The Black Stallion", "year": 1979, "genres": "Family, Adventure", "cast": "Teri Garr, Mickey Rooney, Kelly Reno, Hoyt Axton", "extract": "The Black Stallion is a 1979 American adventure film based on the 1941 classic children's novel of the same name by Walter Farley. The film starts in 1946, five years after the book was published. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, a boy who is shipwrecked on a deserted island with a wild Arabian st" }, { "title": "Bloodline", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason", "extract": "Bloodline is a 1979 thriller film directed by Terence Young from a screenplay by Laird Koenig, based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Sidney Sheldon. It was the only R-rated film ever made by its star, Audrey Hepburn." }, { "title": "Boardwalk", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Janet Leigh", "extract": "Boardwalk is a 1979 American drama film written by Stephen Verona and Leigh Chapman and directed by Verona. It stars Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg and Janet Leigh." }, { "title": "Breaking Away", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Teen", "cast": "Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Paul Dooley", "extract": "Breaking Away \nis a 1979 American coming of age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana, who have recently graduated from high school. The film stars Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel" }, { "title": "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", "year": 1979, "genres": "Science Fiction, Adventure", "cast": "Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor, Henry Silva", "extract": "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is a 1979 American science fiction adventure film directed by Daniel Haller. Starring Gil Gerard in the title role and Erin Gray as Colonel Wilma Deering, it was produced by Glen A. Larson who co-wrote the screenplay with Leslie Stevens, based on the character Buck Ro" }, { "title": "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie", "year": 1979, "genres": "Animated, Comedy", "cast": "Voices of, Mel Blanc", "extract": "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie is a 1979 American animated comedy package film directed by Chuck Jones, consisting of a compilation of classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts and newly animated bridging sequences hosted by Bugs Bunny. The bridging sequences, which had been produced in 1978, sh" }, { "title": "Butch and Sundance: The Early Days", "year": 1979, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Berenger, William Katt", "extract": "Butch and Sundance: The Early Days is a 1979 American Western film and prequel to the 1969 film. It stars Tom Berenger as Butch Cassidy and William Katt as the Sundance Kid, with Jeff Corey reprising his role as Sheriff Bledsoe." }, { "title": "C.H.O.M.P.S.", "year": 1979, "genres": "Family, Science Fiction", "cast": "Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli", "extract": "C.H.O.M.P.S. is a 1979 American comic science fiction family film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and directed by Don Chaffey." }, { "title": "California Dreaming", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Glynnis O'Connor, Dennis Christopher, Seymour Cassel", "extract": "California Dreaming is a 1979 American comedy-drama film starring Glynnis O'Connor, Dennis Christopher, Seymour Cassel and Tanya Roberts and directed by John D. Hancock." }, { "title": "Caligula", "year": 1979, "genres": "Historical, Erotic, Drama", "cast": "Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren", "extract": "Caligula is a 1979 erotic historical drama film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. The film stars Malcolm McDowell in the title role, alongside Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Steiner and John Gielgud. Producer Bob Guccione, the founder of Penthouse maga" }, { "title": "Captain America", "year": 1979, "genres": "Superhero", "cast": "Reb Brown, Heather Menzies, Steve Forrest", "extract": "Captain America is a 1979 American made-for-television superhero film loosely based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, directed by Rod Holcomb and starring Reb Brown. The film was followed by the sequel Captain America II: Death Too Soon, also released in the same year." }, { "title": "Captain America II: Death Too Soon", "year": 1979, "genres": "Superhero", "cast": "Reb Brown, Christopher Lee, Connie Sellecca, William Lucking, Lana Wood", "extract": "Captain America II: Death Too Soon is a 1979 American made-for-television superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, directed by Ivan Nagy and starring Reb Brown. The film was preceded by Captain America earlier the same year. It was aired on CBS in two one-hour slots. The " }, { "title": "The Cat and the Canary", "year": 1979, "genres": "Mystery, Horror", "cast": "Olivia Hussey, Honor Blackman", "extract": "The Cat and the Canary is a 1978 horror film directed by Radley Metzger and starring Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller, Olivia Hussey, Wilfred Hyde-White, Beatrix Lehmann, Carol Lynley, Daniel Massey, and Peter McEnery. It follows a group of potential heirs who are summoned to" }, { "title": "The Champ", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Noir, Sports, War", "cast": "Jon Voight, Rick Schroder, Faye Dunaway", "extract": "The Champ is a 1979 American neo noir drama sports film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and a remake of the 1931 Academy Award-winning film of the same name directed by King Vidor. It stars Jon Voight as Billy Flynn, a former boxer who attempts to support his son and reconcile with his ex-wife by figh" }, { "title": "Chapter Two", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper", "extract": "Chapter Two is a 1979 American Metrocolor romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Moore, produced by Ray Stark, and based on Neil Simon's 1977 Broadway play of the same name. It has a 124-minute running time. It stars James Caan and Marsha Mason, in an Academy Award-nominated performance." }, { "title": "Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Kristine DeBell", "extract": "Cheerleaders Wild Weekend is a 1979 cheerleader comedy film. It was also known as The Great American Girl Robbery." }, { "title": "The Children of Sanchez", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anthony Quinn, Dolores del Río, Katy Jurado", "extract": "The Children of Sanchez is a 1978 Mexican-American drama film based on the book with the same title by Oscar Lewis. The film was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival." }, { "title": "The China Syndrome", "year": 1979, "genres": "Disaster, Thriller", "cast": "Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Wilford Brimley, James Hampton", "extract": "The China Syndrome is a 1979 American disaster thriller film directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges, Mike Gray, and T. S. Cook. The film stars Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd, and Wilford Brimley. It follows a television repor" }, { "title": "City on Fire", "year": 1979, "genres": "Disaster, Action", "cast": "Susan Clark, Barry Newman, Ava Gardner", "extract": "City on Fire is a 1979 disaster action film directed by Alvin Rakoff, written by Jack Hill, Dave Lewis, and Celine La Freniere, and stars Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, James Franciscus, Ava Gardner, and Henry Fonda. The film's plot revolves around a disgruntled ex-emplo" }, { "title": "The Concorde ... Airport '79", "year": 1979, "genres": "Disaster, Drama, Thriller", "cast": "George Kennedy, Alain Delon, Robert Wagner, Charo, Susan Blakely", "extract": "The Concorde ... Airport '79 is a 1979 American air disaster film and the fourth and final installment of the Airport franchise. Although poorly reviewed by critics and earning poorly in North America, the film was a huge hit internationally, for a total gross of $65 million on a $14 million budget." }, { "title": "The Corn Is Green", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn", "extract": "The Corn Is Green is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film starring Katharine Hepburn as a schoolteacher determined to bring education to a Welsh coal mining town, despite great opposition. It was directed by George Cukor, the tenth and last collaboration on film between the director and th" }, { "title": "Cuba", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Thriller", "cast": "Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Chris Sarandon, Jack Weston", "extract": "Cuba is a 1979 American adventure thriller film directed by Richard Lester and starring Sean Connery, portraying the build-up to the 1958 Cuban Revolution, filmed in Panavision. Neil Sinyard in his The Films of Richard Lester wrote that the film, \"developed originally out of an idea of Lester's own," }, { "title": "Death Car on the Freeway", "year": 1979, "genres": "Crime, Thriller", "cast": "Shelley Hack, George Hamilton, Peter Graves, Harriet Nelson, Dinah Shore", "extract": "Death Car on the Freeway is a 1979 American made-for-television crime thriller film starring Shelley Hack. In a plot similar to Steven Spielberg's Duel, this tells the story of an unseen driver who is dubbed \"The Freeway Fiddler\"." }, { "title": "Disaster on the Coastliner", "year": 1979, "genres": "Disaster, Action, Drama", "cast": "Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr, William Shatner, Robert Fuller, E.G. Marshall", "extract": "Disaster on the Coastliner is a 1979 American made-for-television action drama film. It was directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starred Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr, Robert Fuller, Pat Hingle, E. G. Marshall, Yvette Mimieux, William Shatner, and Paul L. Smith. It originally aired on The ABC Sunday Ni" }, { "title": "Disco Godfather", "year": 1979, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed", "extract": "Disco Godfather is a 1979 American action film starring Rudy Ray Moore and Carol Speed, directed by J. Robert Wagoner and released by Transvue Pictures. J. Robert Wagoner wrote and directed Disco Godfather while living in The Hotel Carver." }, { "title": "Dracula", "year": 1979, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier", "extract": "Dracula is a 1979 gothic horror film directed by John Badham. The film starred Frank Langella in the title role as well as Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence and Kate Nelligan." }, { "title": "Dreamer", "year": 1979, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Tim Matheson, Jack Warden, Susan Blakely", "extract": "Dreamer is a 1979 American sports film directed by Noel Nosseck, written by Larry Bischof and James Proctor, and starring Tim Matheson, Susan Blakely and Jack Warden. It was released theatrically on April 27, 1979, and was released by 20th Century Fox through Magnetic Video on home video." }, { "title": "The Driller Killer", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Slasher", "cast": "Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz", "extract": "The Driller Killer is a 1979 black comedy slasher film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, and Harry Schultz. The plot concerns Reno Miller, a struggling artist in New York City, turning insane from stress and killing derelicts with a power drill." }, { "title": "The Electric Horseman", "year": 1979, "genres": "Western, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson", "extract": "The Electric Horseman is a 1979 American western comedy-drama film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda and directed by Sydney Pollack. The film is about a former rodeo champion who is hired by a cereal company to become its spokesperson and then runs away on a $12 million electric-lit horse and c" }, { "title": "Elvis", "year": 1979, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Kurt Russell, Bing Russell, Shelley Winters, Season Hubley, Pat Hingle", "extract": "Elvis is a 1979 American made-for-television biographical film aired on ABC. It was directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley. It marked the first collaboration between Carpenter and Russell." }, { "title": "Escape from Alcatraz", "year": 1979, "genres": "Thriller, Action", "cast": "Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward", "extract": "Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison action thriller film directed by Don Siegel. It is an adaptation of the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce and dramatizes the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island." }, { "title": "The Europeans", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lee Remick, Lisa Eichhorn", "extract": "The Europeans is a 1979 British Merchant Ivory film, directed by James Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, and with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on Henry James's novel The Europeans (1878). It stars Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Tim Woodward and Lisa Eichhorn. It was the first of Merchant " }, { "title": "The Evictors", "year": 1979, "genres": "Horror, Crime", "cast": "Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper", "extract": "The Evictors is a 1979 American crime-horror film written and directed by Charles B. Pierce, and starring Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, and Jessica Harper. A period piece set in 1942, it follows a couple who are terrorized by a mysterious man on the property of their new home in rural Louisiana, which " }, { "title": "Fast Break", "year": 1979, "genres": "Sports, Comedy", "cast": "Gabe Kaplan, Harold Sylvester", "extract": "Fast Break is a 1979 American sports comedy film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Stephen Friedman. The film stars Gabe Kaplan as David Greene, Harold Sylvester as D.C. and Bernard King as Hustler. The film was Kaplan's big-screen debut, although he had made earlier appearances on television " }, { "title": "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh", "year": 1979, "genres": "Sports, Fantasy, Comedy", "cast": "Jonathan Winters, Julius Erving, Flip Wilson", "extract": "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh is a 1979 American sports/fantasy comedy film directed by Gilbert Moses and coproduced by David Dashev and Gary Stromberg. It was produced by Lorimar and distributed by United Artists." }, { "title": "Five Days from Home", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Peppard", "extract": "Five Days from Home is a 1978 American drama film directed, produced and starring George Peppard, with Sherry Boucher, Savannah Smith, Neville Brand, Victor Campos, and Robert Donner." }, { "title": "A Force of One", "year": 1979, "genres": "Action, Martial Arts", "cast": "Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager", "extract": "A Force of One is a 1979 American action martial arts film starring Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Ron O'Neal, Clu Gulager and Bill Wallace. The film was directed by Paul Aaron and written by Pat E. Johnson and Ernest Tidyman and released by American Cinema Productions." }, { "title": "French Postcards", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, Debra Winger", "extract": "French Postcards is a 1979 coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Willard Huyck, who co-wrote the screenplay with Gloria Katz. It stars Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, David Marshall Grant, Valérie Quennessen, Debra Winger, Marie-France Pisier, and Jean Rochefort. The film was shot on loc" }, { "title": "The Frisco Kid", "year": 1979, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford", "extract": "The Frisco Kid is a 1979 American Western comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Gene Wilder as Avram Belinski, a Polish rabbi who is traveling to San Francisco, and Harrison Ford as a bank robber who befriends him." }, { "title": "Gal Young Un", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dana Preu, David Peck", "extract": "Gal Young 'Un is a 1979 American drama film directed by Victor Nuñez." }, { "title": "Gas Pump Girls", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Kristen Baker, Dennis Bowen, Huntz Hall", "extract": "Gas Pump Girls is a 1979 American comedy film. Directed by Joel Bender, it stars Kirsten Baker as June. Following their high school graduation, June and her friends take over the operation of her uncle's gasoline station, which faces stiff competition from the newer, bigger, more modern station that" }, { "title": "The Glove", "year": 1979, "genres": "Action", "cast": "John Saxon, Joanna Cassidy, Roosevelt Grier, Keenan Wynn, Joan Blondell", "extract": "The Glove is a 1979 action film directed by cult actor Ross Hagen and starring John Saxon. Saxon plays a bounty hunter who's given a large sum to track down a vicious ex-convict who has been murdering former prison guards with a large leather-laced steel glove. It was one of several action films Sax" }, { "title": "Going in Style", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Action", "cast": "George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg", "extract": "Going in Style is a 1979 American heist comedy film written and directed by Martin Brest and starring George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg and Charles Hallahan. It was Brest's first commercial feature film." }, { "title": "Goldengirl", "year": 1979, "genres": "Science Fiction, Sports, Drama", "cast": "Susan Anton, James Coburn, Michael Lerner, Jessica Walter, Leslie Caron", "extract": "Goldengirl is a 1979 American drama sci-fi sports film directed by Joseph Sargent, based on the 1977 science fiction novel of the same title by Peter Lear, a pseudonym of Peter Lovesey. The screenplay was by John Kohn, with music by Bill Conti. The film is the screen debut of Susan Anton, who starre" }, { "title": "The Great Santini", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Theresa Merritt, Stan Shaw", "extract": "The Great Santini is a 1979 American drama film written and directed by Lewis John Carlino. It is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. The film stars Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, and Michael O'Keefe." }, { "title": "Hair", "year": 1979, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Drama, War", "cast": "Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, John Savage", "extract": "Hair is a 1979 American musical anti-war comedy-drama film based on the 1968 Broadway musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Set against the backdrop of the hippie counterculture of the Vietnam era, the film focuses on a Vietnam War draftee who meets and befriends a \"tribe\" of hippies " }, { "title": "Hanover Street", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, War, Romance", "cast": "Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer", "extract": "Hanover Street is a 1979 American-British war and romantic film, written and directed by Peter Hyams, and starring Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down and Christopher Plummer." }, { "title": "Hardcore", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Noir", "cast": "George C. Scott, Season Hubley, Peter Boyle", "extract": "Hardcore is a 1979 American neo-noir crime-drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Ilah Davis and Season Hubley. The story concerns a father (Scott) searching for his daughter (Davis), who has vanished only to appear in a pornographic film. Schrade" }, { "title": "Head Over Heels", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Mary Beth Hurt, John Heard", "extract": "Chilly Scenes of Winter is a 1979 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Joan Micklin Silver, and starring John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, and Gloria Grahame. Based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Ann Beattie, it follows a civil servant worker in Sal" }, { "title": "Heartland", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Conchata Ferrell, Rip Torn", "extract": "Heartland is a 1979 American film, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. The film is a stark depiction of early homestead life in the American West. It is based on a memoir by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader (1914)." }, { "title": "Hot Stuff", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Action, Crime", "cast": "Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed", "extract": "Hot Stuff is a 1979 American action crime comedy film starring Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis. DeLuise also directed the film, and the song \"Hot Stuff\" was written and performed by Reed." }, { "title": "Human Experiments", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Horror", "cast": "Aldo Ray, Linda Haynes, Geoffrey Lewis", "extract": "Human Experiments is a 1979 American horror film directed and co-produced by Gregory Goodell. It stars Linda Haynes, Geoffrey Lewis, Ellen Travolta, Aldo Ray,\nJackie Coogan and Lurene Tuttle. This film earned its notoriety for being targeted by England's Director of Public Prosecutions during the vi" }, { "title": "Hurricane", "year": 1979, "genres": "Adventure, Romance", "cast": "Mia Farrow, Jason Robards, Max von Sydow", "extract": "Hurricane is a 1979 romance and adventure film featuring Mia Farrow and Jason Robards, produced by Dino De Laurentiis with Lorenzo Semple Jr., and directed by Jan Troell. It is a loose remake of John Ford's 1937 film The Hurricane, itself based on the 1936 novel by James Norman Hall and Charles Nord" }, { "title": "The In-Laws", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Action", "cast": "Peter Falk, Alan Arkin", "extract": "The In-Laws is a 1979 American action comedy film starring Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, written by Andrew Bergman and directed by Arthur Hiller on various locations, including Mexico, which served as the film's representation of the fictional Central American setting. A remake was made in 2003." }, { "title": "Jaguar Lives!", "year": 1979, "genres": "Spy, Action", "cast": "Christopher Lee, Barbara Bach, Capucine", "extract": "Jaguar Lives! is a 1979 American action film directed by Ernest Pintoff and starring Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence and Barbara Bach. Its plot follows a secret agent who battles an international drugs ring." }, { "title": "The Jericho Mile", "year": 1979, "genres": "Crime, War", "cast": "Peter Strauss, Roger E. Mosley, Brian Dennehy, Ed Lauter, Richard Lawson", "extract": "The Jericho Mile is a 1979 Emmy Award-winning United States made for TV crime film, directed by Michael Mann. The film won five awards, including three Emmy Awards. The story is set at Folsom Prison, where the film was shot on location in the prison itself amongst the prison population." }, { "title": "The Jerk", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters", "extract": "The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias. This was Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The film also features Bernadette Peters, M. Emmet Walsh, and Jackie Mason." }, { "title": "Jesus", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Family", "cast": "Brian Deacon, Eli Cohen", "extract": "Jesus is a 1980 American Biblical drama film directed by Peter Sykes and John Krish, and produced by John Heyman. In Jesus, the life of Jesus Christ is depicted, primarily using the Gospel of Luke as the main basis for the story. A voice-over narration is featured sporadically throughout the film, p" }, { "title": "Just You and Me, Kid", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Burns, Brooke Shields", "extract": "Just You and Me, Kid is a 1979 American comedy film starring George Burns, Brooke Shields, Lorraine Gary, Ray Bolger, Leon Ames, Carl Ballantine, Keye Luke and Burl Ives. It was directed by Leonard B. Stern and was released in July 1979 by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Killer Fish", "year": 1979, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Lee Majors, Karen Black, James Franciscus, Gary Collins", "extract": "Killer Fish is an Italian-French-Brazilian horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti." }, { "title": "Kramer vs. Kramer", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Legal", "cast": "Dustin Hoffman, Justin Henry, Meryl Streep, Howard Duff, Jane Alexander", "extract": "Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 American legal drama film written and directed by Robert Benton, based on Avery Corman's 1977 novel of the same name. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, and Justin Henry.\nIt tells the story of a couple's divorce, its impact on their young son, an" }, { "title": "The Lady Vanishes", "year": 1979, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd", "extract": "The Lady Vanishes is a 1979 British comedy mystery film directed by Anthony Page. Its screenplay by George Axelrod was based on the screenplay of 1938's The Lady Vanishes by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, which in turn was based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White. It stars Elli" }, { "title": "La Luna", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar", "extract": "La Luna is a 1979 drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci from a screenplay co-written with his brother Giuseppe and wife Clare Peploe. The film concerns the troubled life of a teenage boy and his relationship with his parents, including an incestuous relationship with his opera singer mother. It" }, { "title": "Last Embrace", "year": 1979, "genres": "Suspense, Noir, Thriller", "cast": "Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin", "extract": "Last Embrace is a 1979 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme. Very loosely based on the novel The 13th Man by Murray Teigh Bloom, it stars Roy Scheider and Janet Margolin, telling the story of a woman who takes the role similar to the biblical avenger Goel and kills the descenda" }, { "title": "A Little Romance", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Laurence Olivier, Sally Kellerman, Diane Lane", "extract": "A Little Romance is a 1979 American romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Laurence Olivier, Thelonious Bernard, and Diane Lane in her film debut. The screenplay was written by Allan Burns and George Roy Hill, based on the 1977 novel E=mc2 Mon Amour by Patrick Cauvin. The orig" }, { "title": "Lost and Found", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Glenda Jackson, George Segal", "extract": "Lost and Found is a 1979 comedy film co-written and directed by Melvin Frank and starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson." }, { "title": "Love and Bullets", "year": 1979, "genres": "Crime, Action", "cast": "Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva", "extract": "Love and Bullets is a 1979 action crime film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. and starring Charles Bronson, it is based on a screenplay by Wendell Mayes and John Melson." }, { "title": "Love At First Bite", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Horror", "cast": "George Hamilton, Susan Saint James", "extract": "Love at First Bite is a 1979 American comedy horror film directed by Stan Dragoti and written by Robert Kaufman, using characters originally created by Bram Stoker. It stars George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, and Arte Johnson. Against a chorus of howling wolves, the first line of " }, { "title": "The Main Event", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Sports, War, Romance", "cast": "Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal", "extract": "The Main Event is a 1979 American sports romantic comedy film starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, written by Gail Parent, directed by Howard Zieff, and produced by Renée Missel and Howard Rosenman." }, { "title": "The Magician of Lublin", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Alan Arkin, Valerie Perrine", "extract": "The Magician of Lublin is a 1979 drama film co-written and directed by Menahem Golan based on The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The film's title song was performed by Kate Bush." }, { "title": "Manhattan", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep", "extract": "Manhattan is a 1979 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Woody Allen and produced by Charles H. Joffe from a screenplay written by Allen and Marshall Brickman. Allen co-stars as a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer who dates a 17-year-old girl but falls in love with his best friend'" }, { "title": "Meteor", "year": 1979, "genres": "Disaster, Science Fiction", "cast": "Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau", "extract": "Meteor is a 1979 American science fiction disaster film directed by Ronald Neame, and starring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood. The film's premise, which follows a group of scientists struggling with Cold War politics after an asteroid is detected to be on a collision course with Earth, was inspired b" }, { "title": "Microwave Massacre", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Horror", "cast": "Jackie Vernon", "extract": "Microwave Massacre is a 1979 American black comedy horror film directed by Wayne Berwick and starring Jackie Vernon in his final feature film role." }, { "title": "Moonraker", "year": 1979, "genres": "Spy, Action", "cast": "Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale", "extract": "Moonraker is a 1979 spy-fi film, the eleventh in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The third and final film in the series to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, it co-stars Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clé" }, { "title": "More American Graffiti", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Ron Howard, Candy Clark, Paul LeMat", "extract": "More American Graffiti is a 1979 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Bill L. Norton, produced by Howard Kazanjian. It is the sequel to the 1973 film American Graffiti. Whereas the first film followed a group of friends during the summer evening before they set off for college," }, { "title": "Mr. Mike's Mondo Video", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Teri Garr", "extract": "Mr. Mike's Mondo Video is a 1979 American comedy film conceived and directed by Saturday Night Live writer/featured player Michael O'Donoghue. It is a spoof of the controversial 1962 documentary Mondo Cane, showing people doing weird stunts. Many cast members of Saturday Night Live, including Dan Ay" }, { "title": "The Muppet Movie", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Family, Musical", "cast": "Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz", "extract": "The Muppet Movie is a musical road comedy film directed by James Frawley, produced by Jim Henson, and the first theatrical film featuring the Muppets. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film was written by The Muppet Show writers Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns. Produced" }, { "title": "Murder by Decree", "year": 1979, "genres": "Mystery, Thriller", "cast": "James Mason, Christopher Plummer", "extract": "Murder by Decree is a 1979 mystery thriller film directed by Bob Clark. It features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who are embroiled in the investigation surrounding the real-life 1888 Whitechapel murders committed by \"Jack the Ripper\". Christop" }, { "title": "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square", "year": 1979, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Action", "cast": "David Niven, Elke Sommer, Richard Jordan", "extract": "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square is a 1979 British heist film directed by Ralph Thomas, written by Guy Elmes and starring Richard Jordan, Oliver Tobias and David Niven. It is subtitled \"based on one of the biggest robberies in London\". The film takes its name from the 1940 published song \"A Nig" }, { "title": "Nightwing", "year": 1979, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold", "extract": "Nightwing is a 1979 American horror film directed by the Canadian filmmaker Arthur Hiller. The screenplay was written by Martin Cruz Smith, Steve Shagan and Bud Shrake, based on the 1977 novel of the same title by Smith. The movie's tagline is \"Day belongs to man, but night is theirs!\" It was one of" }, { "title": "Norma Rae", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges", "extract": "Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. The film is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton – which was told in the 1975 book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by reporter Henry P. Leifermann of The New" }, { "title": "The North Avenue Irregulars", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Family, Crime", "cast": "Edward Herrmann, Cloris Leachman, Susan Clark, Karen Valentine", "extract": "The North Avenue Irregulars is a 1979 American comedy crime film produced by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Company, and starring Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris, Karen Valentine and Susan Clark. Don Tait wrote the screenplay, which was loosely based on the Rev. Alb" }, { "title": "North Dallas Forty", "year": 1979, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, G. D. Spradlin, Charles Durning, Dabney Coleman", "extract": "North Dallas Forty is a 1979 American sports film starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, and G. D. Spradlin set in the decadent world of American professional football in the late 1970s. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and based on the best-selling 1973 novel by Peter Gent. The screenplay was by Kotcheff, " }, { "title": "Old Boyfriends", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Talia Shire, Richard Jordan, Keith Carradine, John Belushi", "extract": "Old Boyfriends is a 1979 American drama film directed by Joan Tewkesbury and written by the brothers Paul and Leonard Schrader. The film stars Talia Shire, Richard Jordan, Keith Carradine, John Belushi, John Houseman and Buck Henry. The film was released on March 22, 1979, by Embassy Pictures." }, { "title": "The Onion Field", "year": 1979, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir", "cast": "James Woods, John Savage, Ted Danson", "extract": "The Onion Field is a 1979 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Harold Becker and written by Joseph Wambaugh, based on his 1973 true crime book of the same name. The film stars John Savage, James Woods and Franklyn Seales, as well as Ted Danson in his film debut." }, { "title": "Over the Edge", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Matt Dillon, Vincent Spano", "extract": "Over the Edge is an American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and released in May 1979. The film, based on actual events, had a limited theatrical release but has since achieved cult film status. It was Matt Dillon's film debut." }, { "title": "Parts: The Clonus Horror", "year": 1979, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Peter Graves, Keenan Wynn", "extract": "Parts: The Clonus Horror, also known as The Clonus Horror, or simply Clonus, is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Robert S. Fiveson, and stars Peter Graves, Tim Donnelly, Dick Sargent, Keenan Wynn, Paulette Breen and Frank Ashmore. The film is about an isolated community in a remote des" }, { "title": "Penitentiary", "year": 1979, "genres": "Action, Drama", "cast": "Leon Issac Kennedy, Badja Djola", "extract": "Penitentiary is a 1979 American blaxploitation drama film written, produced and directed by Jamaa Fanaka, and starring Leon Isaac Kennedy as Martel \"Too Sweet\" Gordone, a man who deals with his wrongful imprisonment as a black youth. The film was released on November 21, 1979." }, { "title": "A Perfect Couple", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin, Henry Gibson", "extract": "A Perfect Couple is a 1979 romantic-comedy film co-written and directed by Robert Altman and starring Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin, Titos Vandis, and Belita Moreno." }, { "title": "Phantasm", "year": 1979, "genres": "Horror, Fantasy", "cast": "Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm", "extract": "Phantasm is a 1979 American science fantasy horror film that was directed, written, photographed, and edited by Don Coscarelli. The first film in the Phantasm franchise, it introduces the Tall Man, a supernatural and malevolent undertaker who turns the dead of Earth into dwarf zombies to be sent to " }, { "title": "The Prisoner of Zenda", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, Lionel Jeffries", "extract": "The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Richard Quine that stars Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries, Elke Sommer, Gregory Sierra, Jeremy Kemp, and Catherine Schell. It is adapted from the 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope. The novel tells the story of a man w" }, { "title": "The Prize Fighter", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Don Knotts, Tim Conway", "extract": "The Prize Fighter is an American comedy film starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts. Directed by Michael Preece, it was written by Tim Conway and John Myhers, based on a story by Conway. It was released by New World Pictures in November 1979." }, { "title": "The Promise", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Collins", "extract": "The Promise is a 1979 American romantic drama film released by Universal Pictures which starred Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Collins, and Beatrice Straight. It was directed by Gilbert Cates and produced by Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller. Weintraub and Heller also wrote the source story, which Garry Mic" }, { "title": "Promises in the Dark", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marsha Mason, Ned Beatty", "extract": "Promises in the Dark is a 1979 American drama film directed by Jerome Hellman and written by Loring Mandel. The film stars Marsha Mason, Ned Beatty, Susan Clark, Michael Brandon, Kathleen Beller and Paul Clemens. It was released by Warner Bros. and Orion Pictures on November 2, 1979." }, { "title": "Prophecy", "year": 1979, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller", "cast": "Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire, Armand Assante", "extract": "Prophecy is a 1979 American science fiction monster horror-thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by David Seltzer. It stars Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire and Armand Assante. Set in the Androscoggin or Ossipee River, the film follows an environmental agent and his wife filing a repo" }, { "title": "The Punk Rock Movie", "year": 1979, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux", "extract": "The Punk Rock Movie is a British 1978 film that was assembled from Super 8 camera footage shot by Don Letts, the disc jockey at The Roxy club during the early days of the UK punk rock movement, principally during the 100 days in 1977 in which punk acts were featured at The Roxy club in London." }, { "title": "Quintet", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Science Fiction", "cast": "Paul Newman, Fernando Rey", "extract": "Quintet is a 1979 American post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Robert Altman. It stars Paul Newman, Brigitte Fossey, Bibi Andersson, Fernando Rey, Vittorio Gassman and Nina Van Pallandt." }, { "title": "Real Life", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin", "extract": "Real Life is a 1979 American comedy film starring Albert Brooks, who also co-authored the screenplay. It is a spoof of the 1973 reality television program An American Family and portrays a documentary filmmaker named Albert Brooks who attempts to live with and film a dysfunctional family for one ful" }, { "title": "Rich Kids", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Trini Alvarado, Jeremy Levy, John Lithgow", "extract": "Rich Kids is a 1979 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert M. Young and starring Trini Alvarado and Jeremy Levy. It was nominated for two Young Artist Awards at the 1st Youth in Film Awards, held in 1979." }, { "title": "Richard Pryor: Live in Concert", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Richard Pryor", "extract": "Richard Pryor: Live in Concert is a 1979 American stand-up comedy film starring Richard Pryor and directed by Jeff Margolis." }, { "title": "Rock 'n' Roll High School", "year": 1979, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "P. J. Soles, Clint Howard, Mary Woronov, Ramones", "extract": "Rock 'n' Roll High School is a 1979 American musical comedy film directed by Allan Arkush, produced by Michael Finnell, and starring P. J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, Clint Howard, and Dey Young. The film featured the punk rock group Ramones." }, { "title": "Rocky II", "year": 1979, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young", "extract": "Rocky II is a 1979 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. The film is the sequel to Rocky (1976) and the second installment in the Rocky film series. It also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stal" }, { "title": "Roller Boogie", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard", "extract": "Roller Boogie is a 1979 American romantic musical drama film starring Linda Blair and Jim Bray, a former competitive artistic skater from California. The film also stars Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard and Kimberly Beck, and is directed by Mark L. Lester." }, { "title": "The Rose", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest", "extract": "The Rose is a 1979 American musical drama film directed by Mark Rydell, and starring Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus, and David Keith. Loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin, the film follows a self-destructive rock star in the late 1960s, who struggle" }, { "title": "Saint Jack", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott", "extract": "Saint Jack is a 1979 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich based on the 1973 novel Saint Jack. Ben Gazzara stars as Flowers in the film. The film also features Denholm Elliott and George Lazenby." }, { "title": "Salem's Lot", "year": 1979, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "James Mason, Lew Ayres", "extract": "Salem's Lot is a 1979 American two part horror miniseries television adaptation of the 1975 horror novel 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul and James Mason, the plot concerns a writer who returns to his hometown and discovers that its citizens are turning i" }, { "title": "Savage Water", "year": 1979, "genres": "Thriller, Horror", "cast": "Bridget Agnew, Ron Berger, Gil Van Waggoner", "extract": "Savage Water is a 1979 American thriller horror film co-produced and directed by Paul W. Kener and written by Kipp Boden. It stars Bridget Agnew, Ron Berger, Gil Van Waggoner, Pat Comer, Dewa DeAnne, Gene Eubanks, Kener, and Clayton King." }, { "title": "Scavenger Hunt", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Tony Randall", "extract": "Scavenger Hunt is a 1979 American comedy film with a large ensemble cast which includes Richard Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Ruth Gordon, Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Richard Mulligan, Tony Randall, Dirk Benedict, Willie Aames, Stephanie Faracy, Stephen " }, { "title": "The Seduction of Joe Tynan", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Political", "cast": "Alan Alda, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Barbara Harris, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "The Seduction of Joe Tynan is a 1979 American political drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg, and produced by Martin Bregman. The screenplay was written by Alan Alda, who also played the title role." }, { "title": "Seven", "year": 1979, "genres": "Action", "cast": "William Smith, Barbara Leigh", "extract": "Seven is a 1979 American action film directed by Andy Sidaris and starring William Smith as Drew Sevano, a freelance agent hired by the government to eliminate a cartel of seven mobsters attempting to take over Hawaii. To help him accomplish this, Drew recruits a team of seven individual operatives " }, { "title": "Siddhartha", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Shashi Kapoor, Simi Garewal, Romesh Sharma", "extract": "Siddhartha is a 1972 Indo-American drama mystery film based on the 1922 novel of the same name by Hermann Hesse, directed by Conrad Rooks. It was shot on location in Northern India, and features work by noted cinematographer Sven Nykvist. The locations used for the film were the holy city of Rishike" }, { "title": "Skatetown, U.S.A.", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Patrick Swayze", "extract": "Skatetown, U.S.A. is a 1979 American comedy musical film produced to capitalize on the short-lived fad of roller disco." }, { "title": "Something Short of Paradise", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Susan Sarandon, David Steinberg", "extract": "Something Short of Paradise is a 1979 American romantic comedy film directed by David Helpern from a screenplay by Fred Barron. It stars Susan Sarandon and David Steinberg." }, { "title": "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", "year": 1979, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Persis Khambatta, Nichelle Nichols", "extract": "Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Robert Wise and based on the television series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, who also served as its producer. It is the first installment in the Star Trek film series, and stars the cast of the original televi" }, { "title": "Starting Over", "year": 1979, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen", "extract": "Starting Over is a 1979 American comedy film based on Dan Wakefield's 1973 novel, produced by James L. Brooks, and directed by Alan J. Pakula. Starring Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, and Candice Bergen, it follows a recently divorced man who is torn between his new girlfriend and his ex-wife." }, { "title": "Sunburn", "year": 1979, "genres": "Action, Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Farrah Fawcett, Art Carney, Charles Grodin", "extract": "Sunburn is a 1979 British-American comedy detective film directed by Richard C. Sarafian and written by James Booth, John Daly and Stephen Oliver. It is based on the novel The Bind by Stanley Ellin. The film stars Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins, William Daniels and John Hil" }, { "title": "Take Down", "year": 1979, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Sports", "cast": "Lorenzo Lamas, Edward Herrmann, Kathleen Lloyd", "extract": "Take Down is a 1979 American comedy-drama sports film directed by Kieth Merrill and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company. The plot concerns an unqualified teacher who finds himself saddled with coaching duties after a small group of high school seniors form a wrestling team in a last-ditch e" }, { "title": "The Tale of Tiffany Lust", "year": 1979, "genres": "Erotic", "cast": "Candida Royalle, Desiree Cousteau, Ron Jeremy, Dominique Saint Claire, George Payne", "extract": "The Tale of Tiffany Lust, also known as Body Lust, is a 1979 American adult erotic film. The film was directed by Radley Metzger and filmed in several elaborate locations in New York City." }, { "title": "Tilt", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Brooke Shields, Charles Durning", "extract": "Tilt is a 1979 American comedy-drama film about pinball hustling, starring Charles Durning and Brooke Shields as the young titular lead. It was directed by Rudy Durand." }, { "title": "Time After Time", "year": 1979, "genres": "Science Fiction, Drama", "cast": "Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Charles Cioffi, Mary Steenburgen", "extract": "Time After Time is a 1979 American science fiction film written and directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, and Mary Steenburgen. Filmed in Panavision, it was the directing debut of Meyer, whose screenplay is based on the premise from Karl Alexander's novel Time After" }, { "title": "Tourist Trap", "year": 1979, "genres": "Slasher, Supernatural", "cast": "Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Tanya Roberts", "extract": "Tourist Trap is a 1979 American supernatural slasher film directed by David Schmoeller and starring Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Robin Sherwood, and Tanya Roberts. The film follows a group of young people who stumble upon a roadside museum run by a lonely eccentric, where an unknown k" }, { "title": "The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan", "year": 1979, "genres": "Science Fiction, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer, Henry Wilcoxon, Gloria Stuart, Linda Gray", "extract": "The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film adapted from David L. Williams' 1978 novel Second Sight. The film stars Lindsay Wagner in the title role. It also stars Marc Singer, Linda Gray, Alan Feinstein and Henry Wilcoxon. It was directed by Frank De Felitta, wh" }, { "title": "The Villain", "year": 1979, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, Arnold Schwarzenegger", "extract": "The Villain is a 1979 American metrocolor Western comedy film directed by Hal Needham and starring Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret, Paul Lynde, Foster Brooks, Strother Martin, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Elam, and Mel Tillis. It is a parody of Western films, blended with an homage to Warner Br" }, { "title": "The Visitor", "year": 1979, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "Glenn Ford, Shelley Winters, Steve Somers", "extract": "The Visitor is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Giulio Paradisi and based on a story by Egyptian-born Italian writer and producer Ovidio G. Assonitis. It features a cast of well-established stars including John Huston, Shelley Winters, Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford and Sam Peckinpah with supp" }, { "title": "Wanda Nevada", "year": 1979, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields", "extract": "Wanda Nevada is a 1979 American Western film starring Peter Fonda and Brooke Shields as the title character. It was also Fonda's last directed feature, and last film where he pulled double duty as actor and director." }, { "title": "The Wanderers", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, Val Avery", "extract": "The Wanderers is a 1979 American film co-written and directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Toni Kalem, Tony Ganios and Jim Youngs. Set in the Bronx in 1963, the film follows a gang of Italian-American teenagers known as the Wanderers and their ongoing power s" }, { "title": "The War at Home", "year": 1979, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allen Ginsberg", "extract": "The War at Home is a documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin, area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and interviews with participants that explore the events of the period on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. The film was nomina" }, { "title": "The Warriors", "year": 1979, "genres": "Action, Thriller", "cast": "James Remar, Michael Beck, David Patrick Kelly, Dorsey Wright, Lynne Thigpen", "extract": "The Warriors is a 1979 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill. Based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name, it was released in the United States in February 1979. The film centers on a fictitious New York City street gang who must travel 30 miles (48 km), from the north end of t" }, { "title": "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marjoe Gortner, Candy Clark", "extract": "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? is a 1979 American drama film written by Mark Medoff and adapted from his play of the same name. It was directed by Milton Katselas." }, { "title": "When a Stranger Calls", "year": 1979, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Carol Kane, Charles Durning", "extract": "When a Stranger Calls is a 1979 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Fred Walton, co-written by Steve Feke, and starring Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst and Tony Beckley. Its plot follows Jill Johnson, a young woman terrorized by a psychopathic killer while baby" }, { "title": "Winter Kills", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Thriller", "cast": "Jeff Bridges, Anthony Perkins, Sterling Hayden, Richard Boone, Eli Wallach", "extract": "Winter Kills is a 1979 satirical black comedy thriller film written and directed by William Richert, based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Richard Condon. A fiction inspired by the assassination conspiracy of President John F. Kennedy, its all-star cast includes Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anth" }, { "title": "Wise Blood", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Brad Dourif, John Huston, Ned Beatty", "extract": "Wise Blood is a 1979 black-comedy drama film directed by John Huston and starring Brad Dourif, Dan Shor, Amy Wright, Harry Dean Stanton, and Ned Beatty. It is based on the 1952 novel Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. As a co-production with Germany the film was titled Der Ketzer or Die Weisheit des B" }, { "title": "Wolfman", "year": 1979, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Earl Owensby, Ed Grady", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Yanks", "year": 1979, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, Lisa Eichhorn", "extract": "Yanks is a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn and Tony Melody. The film is set during the Second World War in Northern England and features no combat scenes." } ], "meta": { "title": "Wikipedia Movies: 1970s - Free Download", "description": "1,617 films from the 1970s sourced from Wikipedia, with title, year, genres, cast, and a short synopsis. Contains 1617 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Wikipedia Movies: 1970s | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Wikipedia Movies: 1970s — 1617 records. 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