Film Index
British cinema: 1970s
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
Jimmy Sangster
Victor Frankenstein is a precocious young man whose passion for science is matched only by his interest in the female sex, which is good because it helps him in his understanding of human anatomy...
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Jimmy Sangster
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Peter Duffell
Investigating the mysterious disappearance of a temperamental film star named Paul Henderson, a Scotland Yard detective arrives at a house which, according to the records at the local police station, has had a troubled past...
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Peter Duffell
I, Monster (1971)
Stephen Weeks
Charles Marlowe is a London psychologist who believes he has found a drug that is capable of suppressing an individual's super ego, thereby allowing him to act freely without moral constraint...
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Stephen Weeks
Juggernaut (1974)
Richard Lester
A few days after the luxury ocean liner SS Britannic has left port, heavily laden with passengers, its owner, Nicholas Porter, receives a phone call making a chilling ransom demand...
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Richard Lester
Julius Caesar (1970)
Stuart Burge
On his return to Rome after crushing his enemy Pompey in a civil war, the emperor Julius Caesar is greeted as a hero by the populace...
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Stuart Burge
King Lear (1971)
Peter Brook
In his ninth decade, a weary King Lear decides to surrender his power and distribute his estates amongst his three daughters, according to how much love they have for him... [More...]
Peter Brook
In his ninth decade, a weary King Lear decides to surrender his power and distribute his estates amongst his three daughters, according to how much love they have for him... [More...]
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Roy Ward Baker
Transylvania 1804. Kah, a Chinese monk, revives the spirit of Count Dracula so that he may resurrect the Seven Golden Vampires in his home country... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
Transylvania 1804. Kah, a Chinese monk, revives the spirit of Count Dracula so that he may resurrect the Seven Golden Vampires in his home country... [More...]
Life of Brian (1979)
Terry Jones
Judea 33 AD. Brian is an idealistic young Jew, a nice lad who, like many of his fellow Judeans, is somewhat miffed by the Roman occupation of his country... [More...]
Terry Jones
Judea 33 AD. Brian is an idealistic young Jew, a nice lad who, like many of his fellow Judeans, is somewhat miffed by the Roman occupation of his country... [More...]
Live and Let Die (1973)
Guy Hamilton
When three British agents are assassinated whilst spying on Dr Kananga, the president of San Monique, a small island in the Caribbean, James Bond is sent to New York to investigate... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
When three British agents are assassinated whilst spying on Dr Kananga, the president of San Monique, a small island in the Caribbean, James Bond is sent to New York to investigate... [More...]
Lust for a Vampire (1971)
Jimmy Sangster
For forty years, the country of Styria has been rid of the scourge of vampirism. But then it returns, suddenly and unexpectedly, when Carmilla Karnstein is resurrected in a blood sacrifice... [More...]
Jimmy Sangster
For forty years, the country of Styria has been rid of the scourge of vampirism. But then it returns, suddenly and unexpectedly, when Carmilla Karnstein is resurrected in a blood sacrifice... [More...]
Madame Sin (1972)
David Greene
Former CIA agent Anthony Lawrence is mooching around London when he is accosted by a man who offers to buy his services. When he refuses, Lawrence is rendered unconscious and taken to an old castle on a remote Scottish island... [More...]
David Greene
Former CIA agent Anthony Lawrence is mooching around London when he is accosted by a man who offers to buy his services. When he refuses, Lawrence is rendered unconscious and taken to an old castle on a remote Scottish island... [More...]
Madhouse (1974)
Jim Clark
Paul Toombes was once a major Hollywood star. He owed his fame to a series of cheap horror films in which he played Dr Death, a character who makes a habit of killing attractive young women in the most horrible ways imaginable, but always with style... [More...]
Jim Clark
Paul Toombes was once a major Hollywood star. He owed his fame to a series of cheap horror films in which he played Dr Death, a character who makes a habit of killing attractive young women in the most horrible ways imaginable, but always with style... [More...]
Man About the House (1974)
John Robins
London, in the mid-1970s. Robin, a student chef, shares an apartment with two trendy, independently minded young women, Chrissy and Jo... [More...]
John Robins
London, in the mid-1970s. Robin, a student chef, shares an apartment with two trendy, independently minded young women, Chrissy and Jo... [More...]
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Nicolas Roeg
A hairless humanoid alien travels to Earth from a distant world on a mission to save his people, who are being wiped out by a catastrophic drought... [More...]
Nicolas Roeg
A hairless humanoid alien travels to Earth from a distant world on a mission to save his people, who are being wiped out by a catastrophic drought... [More...]
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
John Huston
Rudyard Kipling is working in his office in Lahore, where he is employed as a newspaper correspondent, when he is visited by a dishevelled wreck of a man... [More...]
John Huston
Rudyard Kipling is working in his office in Lahore, where he is employed as a newspaper correspondent, when he is visited by a dishevelled wreck of a man... [More...]
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Guy Hamilton
When James Bond receives a golden bullet imprinted with his agent code 007, his boss M takes him off his current assignment and requests his immediate resignation... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
When James Bond receives a golden bullet imprinted with his agent code 007, his boss M takes him off his current assignment and requests his immediate resignation... [More...]
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Jack Gold
A French detective, Brunel, investigates the apparent murder of an English writer, John Morlar. When he examines the body, Brunel finds that the victim is still alive and has him taken to hospital... [More...]
Jack Gold
A French detective, Brunel, investigates the apparent murder of an English writer, John Morlar. When he examines the body, Brunel finds that the victim is still alive and has him taken to hospital... [More...]
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Terry Gilliam
England, 932 AD. Accompanied by his faithful servant Patsy, King Arthur of the Britons is busy recruiting his Knights of the Round Table - not an easy task when most of the population appear to be peasants with aggressively militant anarchic tendencies... [More...]
Terry Gilliam
England, 932 AD. Accompanied by his faithful servant Patsy, King Arthur of the Britons is busy recruiting his Knights of the Round Table - not an easy task when most of the population appear to be peasants with aggressively militant anarchic tendencies... [More...]
Moonraker (1979)
Lewis Gilbert
When a Moonraker space shuttle goes missing during its transatlantic delivery, agent James Bond is called in to investigate... [More...]
Lewis Gilbert
When a Moonraker space shuttle goes missing during its transatlantic delivery, agent James Bond is called in to investigate... [More...]
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Sidney Lumet
1935. After a stay in Istanbul, the renowned Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot makes his return to England on the Orient Express... [More...]
Sidney Lumet
1935. After a stay in Istanbul, the renowned Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot makes his return to England on the Orient Express... [More...]
Mutiny on the Buses (1972)
Harry Booth
London bus driver Stan Butler could not have chosen a worse time to get engaged. Now that Stan's brother-in-law Arthur has lost his job Stan is the family's only breadwinner... [More...]
Harry Booth
London bus driver Stan Butler could not have chosen a worse time to get engaged. Now that Stan's brother-in-law Arthur has lost his job Stan is the family's only breadwinner... [More...]
The Odessa File (1974)
Ronald Neame
Munich, November 1963. Whilst the world is still reeling from the news of President Kennedy's assassination, journalist Peter Miller allows himself to be distracted by the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, Solomon Tauber... [More...]
Ronald Neame
Munich, November 1963. Whilst the world is still reeling from the news of President Kennedy's assassination, journalist Peter Miller allows himself to be distracted by the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, Solomon Tauber... [More...]
The Omen (1976)
Richard Donner
When his son dies in childbirth, the wealthy American politician Robert Thorn agrees to adopt another child in its place, to spare his wife Katherine grief... [More...]
Richard Donner
When his son dies in childbirth, the wealthy American politician Robert Thorn agrees to adopt another child in its place, to spare his wife Katherine grief... [More...]
On the Buses (1971)
Harry Booth
A chronic staff shortage allows London bus driver Stan Butler and his colleagues to get away with murder. The work-shy Stan has elevated liberty-taking to a fine art and his arch-enemy, Inspector Blake, has no hope of disciplining him... [More...]
Harry Booth
A chronic staff shortage allows London bus driver Stan Butler and his colleagues to get away with murder. The work-shy Stan has elevated liberty-taking to a fine art and his arch-enemy, Inspector Blake, has no hope of disciplining him... [More...]
Ooh... You Are Awful (1974)
Cliff Owen
Charlie Tully and Reggie Peek are a pair of confidence tricksters whose latest scam, to con an Italian businessman Vittorio Ferruchi into believing his son will marry into the British royal family, looks set to earn them half a million pounds... [More...]
Cliff Owen
Charlie Tully and Reggie Peek are a pair of confidence tricksters whose latest scam, to con an Italian businessman Vittorio Ferruchi into believing his son will marry into the British royal family, looks set to earn them half a million pounds... [More...]
The Pallisers [TV] (1974)
Ronald Wilson
In the 1860s, Plantagenet Palliser is the heir to a fabulously wealthy dukedom and the most eligible bachelor in England, but he is more preoccupied with his duties as a member of parliament than the inescapable prospect of wedlock... [More...]
Ronald Wilson
In the 1860s, Plantagenet Palliser is the heir to a fabulously wealthy dukedom and the most eligible bachelor in England, but he is more preoccupied with his duties as a member of parliament than the inescapable prospect of wedlock... [More...]
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Blake Edwards
Charles Dreyfus, formerly Chief Inspector Dreyfus of the French National Police, is a changed man. He no longer harbours any homicidal feelings for Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the man who drove him insane and robbed him of his position... [More...]
Blake Edwards
Charles Dreyfus, formerly Chief Inspector Dreyfus of the French National Police, is a changed man. He no longer harbours any homicidal feelings for Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the man who drove him insane and robbed him of his position... [More...]
Porridge (1979)
Dick Clement
Escaping from Slade Prison is the last thing on Norman Stanley Fletcher's mind (particularly as he is due for parole in a year's time) but this is the unintended result of his agreeing to do a favour for Harry Grout, the unofficial boss of the prison... [More...]
Dick Clement
Escaping from Slade Prison is the last thing on Norman Stanley Fletcher's mind (particularly as he is due for parole in a year's time) but this is the unintended result of his agreeing to do a favour for Harry Grout, the unofficial boss of the prison... [More...]
The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
Richard Fleischer
In the mid-16th century, Tom Canty is an urchin boy who is abused by his father and forced to steal to support his family... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
In the mid-16th century, Tom Canty is an urchin boy who is abused by his father and forced to steal to support his family... [More...]
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Billy Wilder
Sherlock Holmes is at a loose end when he is summoned to the ballet to attend a performance of Swan Lake with his friend and colleague Dr Watson... [More...]
Billy Wilder
Sherlock Holmes is at a loose end when he is summoned to the ballet to attend a performance of Swan Lake with his friend and colleague Dr Watson... [More...]