Film Index
British cinema: 1970s
Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
Norman Cohen
Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett appear to have finally found their metier as entertainment officers at Funfrall holiday camp...
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Norman Cohen
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
Val Guest
When Timothy Lea joined his brother-in-law's window cleaning business he had pretty unsophisticated ideas over what constituted customer satisfaction...
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Val Guest
Countess Dracula (1971)
Peter Sasdy
The setting is a small European principality in the early 1600s. The aged Countess Elisabeth Nodosheen is amused when her husband bequeaths the bulk of his estate to her and a young soldier named Imre Toth, whilst leaving nothing to his loyal steward, Captain Dobi...
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Peter Sasdy
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Freddie Francis
In the late 19th century, Professor Emmanuel Hildern believes he is about to make a major scientific breakthrough that will change mankind's destiny forever...
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Freddie Francis
Crescendo (1970)
Alan Gibson
American music student Susan Roberts willingly accepts an invitation to stay at the home of Danielle Ryman in the south of France to gather material for the thesis she is writing on her hostess's husband, a world famous composer...
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Alan Gibson
Cromwell (1970)
Ken Hughes
England, 1640. King Charles I needs to raise money so that he can re-equip his army and see off a possible invasion from the Scots... [More...]
Ken Hughes
England, 1640. King Charles I needs to raise money so that he can re-equip his army and see off a possible invasion from the Scots... [More...]
Cross of Iron (1977)
Sam Peckinpah
It is 1943 and Germany is losing the war on the Eastern Front. After a humiliating defeat at Stalingrad, German troops are in retreat, repelled by a determined Soviet fighting machine... [More...]
Sam Peckinpah
It is 1943 and Germany is losing the war on the Eastern Front. After a humiliating defeat at Stalingrad, German troops are in retreat, repelled by a determined Soviet fighting machine... [More...]
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
Death on the Nile (1978)
John Guillermin
Jacqueline de Bellefort persuades her friend, the wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway, to employ her fiancé Simon Doyle as her estate manager... [More...]
John Guillermin
Jacqueline de Bellefort persuades her friend, the wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway, to employ her fiancé Simon Doyle as her estate manager... [More...]
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill... [More...]
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill... [More...]
Demons of the Mind (1972)
Peter Sykes
Convinced that his son Emil and daughter Elizabeth have inherited his insanity, Baron Zorn imprisons them in his castle and prevents them from ever seeing one another... [More...]
Peter Sykes
Convinced that his son Emil and daughter Elizabeth have inherited his insanity, Baron Zorn imprisons them in his castle and prevents them from ever seeing one another... [More...]
The Devils (1971)
Ken Russell
In 17th Century France, Catholics and Protestants live together in peace in the town of Loudun, under the benign governorship of the much-loved but slightly over-sexed priest Urbain Grandier... [More...]
Ken Russell
In 17th Century France, Catholics and Protestants live together in peace in the town of Loudun, under the benign governorship of the much-loved but slightly over-sexed priest Urbain Grandier... [More...]
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Guy Hamilton
International criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld finally gets his just desserts when James Bond tracks him to his lair where he has been attempting to create doubles of himself... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
International criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld finally gets his just desserts when James Bond tracks him to his lair where he has been attempting to create doubles of himself... [More...]
Don't Look Now (1973)
Nicolas Roeg
John and Laura Baxter are a young couple who are both profoundly traumatised when their five-year-old daughter Christine drowns accidentally at their home... [More...]
Nicolas Roeg
John and Laura Baxter are a young couple who are both profoundly traumatised when their five-year-old daughter Christine drowns accidentally at their home... [More...]
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)
Roy Ward Baker
In East London of the 1880s, the young Dr Henry Jekyll is diligently engaged on finding vaccines for man's most feared diseases... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
In East London of the 1880s, the young Dr Henry Jekyll is diligently engaged on finding vaccines for man's most feared diseases... [More...]
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Robert Fuest
England, 1928. Three years after his campaign to slaughter those responsible for his wife Victoria's death, Dr Anton Phibes awakes from suspended animation, to find that his London mansion has been destroyed... [More...]
Robert Fuest
England, 1928. Three years after his campaign to slaughter those responsible for his wife Victoria's death, Dr Anton Phibes awakes from suspended animation, to find that his London mansion has been destroyed... [More...]
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Alan Gibson
England, 1872. Lawrence Van Helsing and Count Dracula are locked in a life-and-death struggle atop a runaway coach. When the coach crashes, Dracula and Van Helsing are flung to the ground, and the latter just manages to impale the vampire on a coach wheel before he dies from his injuries... [More...]
Alan Gibson
England, 1872. Lawrence Van Helsing and Count Dracula are locked in a life-and-death struggle atop a runaway coach. When the coach crashes, Dracula and Van Helsing are flung to the ground, and the latter just manages to impale the vampire on a coach wheel before he dies from his injuries... [More...]
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
John Sturges
Following an attempt to kidnap Mussolini, Hitler hits upon the idea of abducting the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and thereby changing the course of the war in Europe... [More...]
John Sturges
Following an attempt to kidnap Mussolini, Hitler hits upon the idea of abducting the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and thereby changing the course of the war in Europe... [More...]
Equus (1977)
Sidney Lumet
Martin Dysart is a middle-aged psychiatrist who reluctantly takes on the case of Alan Strang, a withdrawn 17-year old who has recently blinded six horses for no apparent reason... [More...]
Sidney Lumet
Martin Dysart is a middle-aged psychiatrist who reluctantly takes on the case of Alan Strang, a withdrawn 17-year old who has recently blinded six horses for no apparent reason... [More...]
Fear in the Night (1972)
Jimmy Sangster
Not long after suffering a nervous breakdown, Peggy finds herself married to Robert Heller, a teacher at a public school... [More...]
Jimmy Sangster
Not long after suffering a nervous breakdown, Peggy finds herself married to Robert Heller, a teacher at a public school... [More...]
The Fiend (1972)
Robert Hartford-Davis
Birdy Wemys and her son Kenny belong to a religious cult that regularly worship at a chapel in their house. Whilst Birdy, an old woman who is dependent on insulin injections, fights the good fight and dedicates her life to saving lost souls, Kenny, a part-time security guard and swimming pool attendant, spends his evenings killing young women for the same goal... [More...]
Robert Hartford-Davis
Birdy Wemys and her son Kenny belong to a religious cult that regularly worship at a chapel in their house. Whilst Birdy, an old woman who is dependent on insulin injections, fights the good fight and dedicates her life to saving lost souls, Kenny, a part-time security guard and swimming pool attendant, spends his evenings killing young women for the same goal... [More...]
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Terence Fisher
Arrested for performing immoral experiments on stolen corpses, a young doctor named Simon Helder is declared insane and admitted to a lunatic asylum... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Arrested for performing immoral experiments on stolen corpses, a young doctor named Simon Helder is declared insane and admitted to a lunatic asylum... [More...]
Frenzy (1972)
Alfred Hitchcock
In London a serial killer is at large. The victims are all young women who have been raped and strangled with a necktie. Meanwhile, former RAF man Richard Blaney is having difficulty fitting back into civilian life... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
In London a serial killer is at large. The victims are all young women who have been raped and strangled with a necktie. Meanwhile, former RAF man Richard Blaney is having difficulty fitting back into civilian life... [More...]
From Beyond the Grave (1973)
Kevin Connor
Edward Charlton cannot believe his good fortune when he persuades a crusty old antiques dealer to sell him a 400-year-old mirror for twenty pounds, a fraction of its true value... [More...]
Kevin Connor
Edward Charlton cannot believe his good fortune when he persuades a crusty old antiques dealer to sell him a 400-year-old mirror for twenty pounds, a fraction of its true value... [More...]
Get Carter (1971)
Mike Hodges
London-based gangster Jack Carter returns to his home in Newcastle to attend the funeral of his brother, Frank. The official story is that Frank Carter died in a car accident whilst heavily intoxicated, but Jack soon begins to suspect that he was murdered... [More...]
Mike Hodges
London-based gangster Jack Carter returns to his home in Newcastle to attend the funeral of his brother, Frank. The official story is that Frank Carter died in a car accident whilst heavily intoxicated, but Jack soon begins to suspect that he was murdered... [More...]
The Ghoul (1975)
Freddie Francis
In England in the 1920s, two upper class couples decide to compete in a car race to Lands End. Billy and Daphne are soon in the lead, leaving Geoffrey and Angela trailing behind... [More...]
Freddie Francis
In England in the 1920s, two upper class couples decide to compete in a car race to Lands End. Billy and Daphne are soon in the lead, leaving Geoffrey and Angela trailing behind... [More...]
The Go-Between (1970)
Joseph Losey
In the long hot summer of 1900, 12-year-old Leo Colston spends his holiday as a guest of his school friend Marcus Maudsley at the latter's sprawling Norfolk estate... [More...]
Joseph Losey
In the long hot summer of 1900, 12-year-old Leo Colston spends his holiday as a guest of his school friend Marcus Maudsley at the latter's sprawling Norfolk estate... [More...]
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Peter Sasdy
Anna is no more than a toddler when she witnesses her mother's savage death at the hands of her father, who is none other than the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper... [More...]
Peter Sasdy
Anna is no more than a toddler when she witnesses her mother's savage death at the hands of her father, who is none other than the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper... [More...]
Holiday on the Buses (1973)
Bryan Izzard
Stan Butler and his best friend Jack are dismissed by their bus company when their carelessness causes a multiple collision in the bus depot... [More...]
Bryan Izzard
Stan Butler and his best friend Jack are dismissed by their bus company when their carelessness causes a multiple collision in the bus depot... [More...]
Horror Express (1973)
Eugenio Martín
In the course of an expedition to China in 1906, Professor Saxton discovers the fossilised remains of a prehistoric ape which he believes may revolutionise theories of human evolution... [More...]
Eugenio Martín
In the course of an expedition to China in 1906, Professor Saxton discovers the fossilised remains of a prehistoric ape which he believes may revolutionise theories of human evolution... [More...]