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British Films 1970's
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Whirlpool - 1970
A rich older woman living in a country house brings home a new model to be photographed by a young enigmatic photographer who lives with her. The unsuspecting girl becomes entangled in a web of sex, abuse and death
Qualioty: shite/10, time-coded, Denmark/UK
Stars: Karl Lanchbury, Vivian Neves, Pia Andersson
The Awakening Of Emily - 1976
A slightly steamy period film about a young girl's awakening into womanhood. You know the drill, girls, showers and so on
Quality: 8/10, UK, 87 minutes
Stars: Koo Stark, Sarah Brackett, Victor Spinetti, Ina Skriver
The Bananas Boat - 1975
Charley Farthing is on the run and being chased by an irate husband with murder on his mind. He is smuggled on board a ship headed for Ireland
Quality: 6/10, poor
Stars: Hayley Mills, Lionel Jeffries, Doug McClure, Warren Mitchell
The Bawdy Adventures Of Tom Jones - 1976
Tom Jones, a maid's son adopted by the nobleman she worked for, now all grown up must run away from home after being set up by his jealous cousin. He has several adventures mostly involving women, on his travels
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Nicky Henson, Trevor Howard, Joan Collins, Terry-Thomas, Arthur Lowe
The Brute - 1977
Nasty, sordid, violent, sleazy, twisted - and essential!
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Sarah Douglas, Julian Glover, Suzanne Stone, Roberta Gibbs, Jenny Twigge
The Buttercup Chain - 1970
Two cousins have a more than a regular relationship as youngsters and split when Margaret goes to school abroad. They meet again a few years later with their respective lovers in tow
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Hywell Bennett, Jane Asher, Leigh Taylor-Young, Sven Bertil-Taube
The Cherry Picker - 1972
Vaguely sexy, comical, political, happening, 60's time-capsule
Quality: 6/10 (poor print)
Stars: Lulu, Bob Sherman, Wilfred Hyde-White, Spike Milligan, Terry-Thomas
The Class Of Miss MacMichael - 1978
Classroom drama about a dedicated teacher trying to nurture maladjusted pupils at an experimental London school, headed by Oliver Reed
Quality: 8/10 (region free dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Michael Murphy, Rosalind Cash, John Standing
Connecting Rooms - 1970
Explores the relationships shared by the residents of a seedy boarding house in London
Quality: 7/10 at best
Stars: Bette Davis, Michael Redgrave, Alexis Kanner,Kay Walsh, Leo Genn
Crucible Of Terror - 1971
A crazed artists kills a girl and then turns her into a bronze sculpture. When he has visitors at his remote Cornish home, things get even weirder
Quality: 9/10 (dvd-r disc only R2/R4)
Stars: Mike Raven, James Bolam, Mary Maude, Betty Alberge, Melissa Stribling
Deadly Strangers - 1975
Amid public warnings about a dangerous mental hospital escaped patient, beautiful Belle Adams hitches rides with various dubious motorists, including a sexual pervert
Quality: 8/10, UK - recommended viewing
Stars: Hayley Mills, Simon Ward, Sterling Hayden
Diamonds On Wheels - 1973
Kids get mixed up with jewel thieves and stolen jewels in a 24-hour road rally - great cars!
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Patrick Allen, George Sewell, Deek Newark, Dudley Sutton, Barry Jackson, Patrick Holt
Diagnosis: Murder - 1975
A psychiatrist plots to murder his wife so he can be with his mistress but his wife mysteriously disappears before he can carry out his plan
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Jon Finch, Judy Geeson, Christopher Lee, Jane Merrow, Tony Beckley, Dilys Hamlett
Gawain And The Green Knight - 1973
The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him
Quality: 8/10 (occasional logo, uk/euro disc)
Stars: Murray Head, Ciaran Madden, Nigel Green, Robert Hardy, Geoffrey Bayldon
*TV documentary also available, please ask
Girl Stroke Boy - 1973
A son brings his trans-gender friend home to meet his super-straight but eccentric parents
Quality: 8/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Michael Hordern, Joan Greenwood, Clive Francis, Peter Straker, Patricia Routledge
The Graveyard - 1974
Young David Masters drowns his mothers cat Sheba in its milk, claiming she loves it more than he, one of many such Shebas he has killed
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Lana Turner, Ralph Bates, Olga Georges-Picot, Patrick Allen,
Groupie Girl - 1970
A bored teenage girl decides to go on the road with Opal Butterfly but soon finds out hanging with the band isn't so glamorous
Quality: 8.5/10 (PAL disc only)
Stars: Esme Johns, Billy Boyle, Richard Shaw, Donald Sumpter, James Beck
Groupies - 1970
This gritty documentary on rock 'n' roll groupies, including the infamous Plaster Casters, features performances (musical) by such bands as Ten Years After, Terry Reid, Spooky Tooth, and Cat Mother
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Patty Cakes, Chaz, Joe Cocker
The Haunting Of Julia - 1977
After the death of her daughter a wealthy housewife restarts her life in London where she becomes haunted by the ghosts of other lost children
Quality: 8.5+/10 (Can/UK)
Stars: Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Jill Bennett
The Haunting Of M - 1979
A turn of the Century ghost story in which a woman is haunted by a spectre whom roams the corridors of her shadowy mansion
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Sheelagh Gilbey, Nini Pitt, Alan Hay, Eric Garratt
The House On Straw Hill - 1976
A writer with writer's block takes on anew secretary at his country home and then his troubles really start to begin
Quality: 9/10 (won't play on Panasonic machines), runtime 84 minutes
Stars: Udo Keir,Linda Hayden, Fiona Richmond
The House That Vanished - 1973
A model and her boyfriend find their way through the fog to an old Manor House in hopes of looting it. What they find instead is murder
Quality: 7.5/10, 98 minutes, aka Scream...and Die!
Stars: Andrea Allan, Karl Lanchbury, Maggie Walker
Incense For The Damned - 1970
A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that there are unsolved murders where he went missing
Quality: 8.5/10, 78 mins
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Johnny Sekka, Alex Davion, Peter Cushing, Edward Woodward, Patrick Mower
Lady In The Car With Glasses And A Gun - 1970
A girl takes her boss's car for the holiday in the Med, oddly retracing a journey she has not taken, and is recognized by people she has not met before
Quality: 6-7/10 (variable)
Stars: Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, John McEnery, Stephane Audran, Bernard Fresson
The Legend of Frenchie King - 1971
Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighbouring family of lots of brothers
Quality: 7.5/10, (UK,Fr,It,Sp)
Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Michael J. Pollard
Leopard In The Snow - 1978
A beautiful young woman wrecks her car in a snowstorm and is found by a tormented, reclusive ex racing driver. It's a love story and there's snow in it, there is in Canada - and even a leopard at one point!
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Keir Dllea, Susan Penhaligon, Kenneth Moore, Billie Whitelaw
The Maids - 1975
A film version of Genet's play. Two house cleaners, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and insulting her
Quality: 9/10, UK/US
Stars: Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant
The Man With Two Heads - 1972
Meticulously under-acted and directed, no-budget remake of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde that looks like it was filmed in an alleyway and a pub, mostly. Has to be seen to be believed
Quality: 7/10, UK/USA
Stars: Denis DeMarne, Julia Stratton, Gay Feld, Berwick Kaler, Jaqueline Lawrence
May Morning - 1970
A dramatic and penetrating examination of the intellectual and moral standards existing at Oxford University, England, in the early 1970s
Quality: 9/10, dubbed into English, Italian production filmed in Oxfordshire
Stars: Jane Birkin, Alessio Orano, John Steiner, Micaela Pignatelli
The Music Machine - 1979
A low rent pastiche of Saturday Night Fever set in London
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Gerry Sundquist, David Easter, Patti Boulaye, Ferdy Mayne, Brenda Fricker
Night Hair Child - 1971
An wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect her 12-year old stepson may have murdered his mother whom died mysteriously in a bathtub accident
Quality: 9/10 (region free dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Britt Ekland, Mark Lester, Hardy Kruger, Lilli Palmer, Harry Andrews
No.1 Of The Secret Service - 1977
No. 1 is fearless, irrestible, and licensed to kill. No. 1 is assigned to capture a madman killing international financiers
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Nicky Henson, Richard Todd, Aimi MacDonald, Geoffrey Keen, Sue Lloyd, Jon Pertwee
One Brief Summer - 1971
Sexual tensions abound in the British drama about a man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who comes to stay
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Felicity Gibson, Clifford Evans, Jennifer Hilary, Jan Holden, Peter Egan
One Of Those Things - 1971
A successful auto exec becomes entwined with a young girl, following an avoidable car accident that results in the death of a man. The girl mentally blackmails the exec which leads to an affair that threatens his career and marriage
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Judy Geeson, Roy Dotrice, Frederick Jaeger
Out Of Season - 1975
In this tense story of an unusual romantic triangle, middle-aged Ann and her teenage daughter Joanna manage a failing hotel on an island off the British coast. One day, an unexpected guest arrives and stirs things up a bit!
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Cliff Robertson, Susan George
The Pied Piper - 1972
Midsummer 1349 and the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Keith Buckly, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Jack Wild, Donovan, John Hurt
The Ragman's Daughter - 1972
Bittersweet Alan Sillitoe love story about how life could have been for two young lovers, if it had taken a different path
Quality: 5-6/10 poor print, bearable
Stars: Victoria Tennant, Simon Rouse, Leslie Sands, Patrick O'Connell
Rosie Dixon, Night Nurse - 1978
A student nurse receives more specialist training than she bargained for
Quality: 8.5/10 (a few minor tape glitches)
Stars: Debbie Ash, Carolyne Argyle, Beryl Reid, John Le Mesurier, Arthur Askey, Leslie Ash
Something To Hide - 1972
Superb early 70's dark crime thriller from the Director of Baby Love - 1968. Not to be missed
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Peter Finch, Linda Hayden, Shelley Winters, Colin Blakely, John Stride
Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers - 1977
Two soldiers stationed in Singapore set off in pursuit of the fairer sex instead of carrying out their orders. Everything you'd expect...and less!
Quality: 6.5-7/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Robin Askwith, Nigel Davenport, George Layton, Fiesta Mei Ling
That Summer! - 1979
Two girls head to Devon from the North to work as chamber maids for the summer. They meet two lads who are entered in a swimming competition but when their rivals show up, trouble kicks off
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Ray Winstone, Julie Shipley, Tony London, Emily Moore
Three For All - 1975
A bonkers and badly mimed 70's pop group go on tour to Spain with their girlfriends in hot pursuit and hot-pants. Unrealistic throwaway nostalgic fun
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Adrienne Posta, Lesley North, Cheryl Hall, Graham Bonnet, Paul Nicholas, Richard Beckinsale, Showaddywaddy, Robert Lindsay
Voices - 1973
A former mental patient starts hearing voices in her inherited Georgian home
Quality: 6.5/10 (low-fi vhs source)
Stars: David Hemmings, Gayle HunnicuttLynn Farleigh, Russell Lewis, Eva Griffiths
Unman, Wittering and Zigo - 1971
A strange and disturbing British thriller set in remote a boys school. Recommended
Quality: 8/10 (region free PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: David Hemmings, Carolyn Seymour, Douglas Wilmer, Tony Haygarth, Michael Kitchen
The Walking Stick - 1970
A young woman's highly structured life is turned upside-down when she meets charming Leigh at a party. She begins to realise that he has befriended her in ordered to plan a robbery involving the auction house where she works
Quality: 9/10
Stars: David Hemmings, Samantha Eggar, Emylyn Williams, Ferdy Myne, Francesca Annis