Film Index
British cinema: 1970s
Providence (1977)
Alain Resnais
In a dark old house, an elderly man rambles deliriously as he swigs glass after glass of white wine to ease the pain of his bowel cancer...
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Alain Resnais
Quatermass [TV] (1979)
Piers Haggard
Professor Bernard Quatermass has for some time being living in retirement in Scotland. When his granddaughter Hettie goes missing he travels down to London to look for her...
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Piers Haggard
The Railway Children (1970)
Lionel Jeffries
In 1905, the Waterburys are an idyllically happy family, living a contented life in their plush villa in the suburbs of London...
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Lionel Jeffries
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Blake Edwards
The seemingly respectable businessman Philippe Douvier is in fact the head of a crime syndicate known as the French Connection...
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Blake Edwards
The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
Tony Maylam
In 1901, Charles Carruthers occupies a minor post in the British Foreign Office. Towards the end of an uneventful summer, Carruthers is slowly dying from boredom when he receives an unexpected invitation from a former Oxford chum, Arthur Davies, to join him on a yachting holiday in the Baltic...
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Tony Maylam
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Jim Sharman
One wet November evening, Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down... [More...]
Jim Sharman
One wet November evening, Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down... [More...]
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
David Lean
At the time of the First World War, Rosy Ryan lives a bored, unfilled life in an isolated little village on the Dingle Peninsula on the southwest coast of Ireland... [More...]
David Lean
At the time of the First World War, Rosy Ryan lives a bored, unfilled life in an isolated little village on the Dingle Peninsula on the southwest coast of Ireland... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment One [TV] (1979)
Shaun O'Riordan
In an old house that dates back to the 1700s, schoolboy Rob Jardine is doing his homework whilst his parents read nursery rhymes to his younger sister Helen... [More...]
Shaun O'Riordan
In an old house that dates back to the 1700s, schoolboy Rob Jardine is doing his homework whilst his parents read nursery rhymes to his younger sister Helen... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment Two [TV] (1979)
Shaun O'Riordan
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a disused English railway station which is completely deserted apart from the presence of one George Tully, a 50-something investigator into the paranormal... [More...]
Shaun O'Riordan
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a disused English railway station which is completely deserted apart from the presence of one George Tully, a 50-something investigator into the paranormal... [More...]
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Alan Gibson
A branch of the British secret service finds itself in a quandary when the government minister who oversees it is found to be participating in satanic rituals at an English country house... [More...]
Alan Gibson
A branch of the British secret service finds itself in a quandary when the government minister who oversees it is found to be participating in satanic rituals at an English country house... [More...]
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Roy Ward Baker
To escape an outraged Burgomeister, whose daughter he has spent the night with, a young libertine named Paul Carlson leaps into a horse-driven carriage and finds himself being driven at a frantic pace across the countryside... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
To escape an outraged Burgomeister, whose daughter he has spent the night with, a young libertine named Paul Carlson leaps into a horse-driven carriage and finds himself being driven at a frantic pace across the countryside... [More...]
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
Gordon Hessler
As he investigates the gruesome murders of two young women, Superintendent Bellaver becomes convinced that a psychopath is at large... [More...]
Gordon Hessler
As he investigates the gruesome murders of two young women, Superintendent Bellaver becomes convinced that a psychopath is at large... [More...]
Silver Bears (1978)
Ivan Passer
Doc Fletcher is a financial wizard with big ambitions. Determined to make his fortune with as little effort as possible, he teams up with an American gangster, Joe Fiore, and sets about acquiring a Swiss bank through which they can launder all of their illicit profits... [More...]
Ivan Passer
Doc Fletcher is a financial wizard with big ambitions. Determined to make his fortune with as little effort as possible, he teams up with an American gangster, Joe Fiore, and sets about acquiring a Swiss bank through which they can launder all of their illicit profits... [More...]
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Lewis Gilbert
When British and Soviet submarines armed with ballistic missiles go missing, the two countries assign their best agent to investigate... [More...]
Lewis Gilbert
When British and Soviet submarines armed with ballistic missiles go missing, the two countries assign their best agent to investigate... [More...]
Steptoe and Son (1972)
Cliff Owen
Albert and Harold Steptoe are a father and son rag-and-bone team who scrape a living in the less salubrious area of London... [More...]
Cliff Owen
Albert and Harold Steptoe are a father and son rag-and-bone team who scrape a living in the less salubrious area of London... [More...]
Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)
Peter Sykes
When the Steptoes put their faithful horse out to grass, they must buy a replacement if they are to stay in business as rag-and-bone men... [More...]
Peter Sykes
When the Steptoes put their faithful horse out to grass, they must buy a replacement if they are to stay in business as rag-and-bone men... [More...]
The Stone Tape [TV] (1972)
Peter Sasdy
A research team of a British electronics company intent on developing a revolutionary new recording medium moves into a Victorian mansion that has been deserted since the end of the Second World War... [More...]
Peter Sasdy
A research team of a British electronics company intent on developing a revolutionary new recording medium moves into a Victorian mansion that has been deserted since the end of the Second World War... [More...]
Straight on Till Morning (1972)
Peter Collinson
Tired of her humdrum life in Liverpool, twenty-year-old Brenda Thompson says goodbye to her mother and heads down south to start a new life in swinging London... [More...]
Peter Collinson
Tired of her humdrum life in Liverpool, twenty-year-old Brenda Thompson says goodbye to her mother and heads down south to start a new life in swinging London... [More...]
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
John Schlesinger
Daniel Hirsh is a cultured Jewish doctor in his fifties who would appear to have nothing in common with Alex Greville, a sharp-tongued thirty-something divorcee who has grown tired of her routine office job... [More...]
John Schlesinger
Daniel Hirsh is a cultured Jewish doctor in his fifties who would appear to have nothing in common with Alex Greville, a sharp-tongued thirty-something divorcee who has grown tired of her routine office job... [More...]
Superman (1978)
Richard Donner
Unable to convince the Ruling Council of the planet Krypton that their world faces imminent destruction, the scientist Jor-El launches a spacecraft that will transport his infant son Kal-El to the planet Earth in a distant galaxy... [More...]
Richard Donner
Unable to convince the Ruling Council of the planet Krypton that their world faces imminent destruction, the scientist Jor-El launches a spacecraft that will transport his infant son Kal-El to the planet Earth in a distant galaxy... [More...]
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise... [More...]
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise... [More...]
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Peter Sasdy
Three seemingly upright Victorian gentlemen - William Hargood, Samuel Paxton and Anthony Higgins - have formed a secret society, ostensibly for the good of their fellow man... [More...]
Peter Sasdy
Three seemingly upright Victorian gentlemen - William Hargood, Samuel Paxton and Anthony Higgins - have formed a secret society, ostensibly for the good of their fellow man... [More...]
Tess (1979)
Roman Polanski
The Durbeyfields are a family of peasant farmworkers living in the county of Wessex in the late 1880s. They are surprised to learn that they are related to a neighbouring wealthy family and Tess, the eldest daughter, pays a visit on her supposed cousin, Alec d'Urberville... [More...]
Roman Polanski
The Durbeyfields are a family of peasant farmworkers living in the county of Wessex in the late 1880s. They are surprised to learn that they are related to a neighbouring wealthy family and Tess, the eldest daughter, pays a visit on her supposed cousin, Alec d'Urberville... [More...]
That's Carry On (1977)
Gerald Thomas
Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor find themselves in a projection room at Pinewood studios and, having got the hang of their apparatus, present a series of excerpts from the Carry On films... [More...]
Gerald Thomas
Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor find themselves in a projection room at Pinewood studios and, having got the hang of their apparatus, present a series of excerpts from the Carry On films... [More...]
Theatre of Blood (1973)
Douglas Hickox
Edward Lionheart is convinced he was the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day but instead of glory his final season of performances ended in humiliation when a group of critics bestowed on a newcomer an award which was his by right... [More...]
Douglas Hickox
Edward Lionheart is convinced he was the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day but instead of glory his final season of performances ended in humiliation when a group of critics bestowed on a newcomer an award which was his by right... [More...]
There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
Roy Boulting
Robert Danvers is a renowned food and wine critic who considers himself a latter-day Casanova. No woman can resist his charms, or so he thinks... [More...]
Roy Boulting
Robert Danvers is a renowned food and wine critic who considers himself a latter-day Casanova. No woman can resist his charms, or so he thinks... [More...]
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
Don Sharp
England, 1914. With Europe on the brink of war, several prominent British politicians are assassinated. Former intelligence officer Colonel Scudder uncovers a plot to murder the Greek Prime Minister in an attempt to plunge Europe into war... [More...]
Don Sharp
England, 1914. With Europe on the brink of war, several prominent British politicians are assassinated. Former intelligence officer Colonel Scudder uncovers a plot to murder the Greek Prime Minister in an attempt to plunge Europe into war... [More...]
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Peter Sykes
John Verney is surprised when his friend, Henry Beddows, asks him to collect his 17-year-old daughter Catherine from the airport and take her back to his London apartment... [More...]
Peter Sykes
John Verney is surprised when his friend, Henry Beddows, asks him to collect his 17-year-old daughter Catherine from the airport and take her back to his London apartment... [More...]
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)
Roman Polanski
Victorious in battle, the warriors Macbeth and Banquo are returning to their home in Scotland when they are met by three strange hags who greet them with fantastic prophesies... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Victorious in battle, the warriors Macbeth and Banquo are returning to their home in Scotland when they are met by three strange hags who greet them with fantastic prophesies... [More...]
Twins of Evil (1971)
John Hough
In the 17th Century, an insane fear of witchcraft has taken hold of the people of Karnstein and driven them to hunt down and burn any young woman who is suspected of consorting with the Devil... [More...]
John Hough
In the 17th Century, an insane fear of witchcraft has taken hold of the people of Karnstein and driven them to hunt down and burn any young woman who is suspected of consorting with the Devil... [More...]