Subgenre Sampler
Cult TV: 186 Films to Buy & Rent
- Monkey! (TV Series) (Volumes 1-6) (1978- 1979)
- Feat. Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shiro Kishibe…
- Colourful, supernatural adventures in feudal Japan with the invincible Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka! This Japanese tele show became a favourite…
- Vegas (TV Series) (Vega$) (1978)
- Feat. Robert Urich, Tony Curtis
- Although Michael Mann is credited as creator of this splashy 70s detective series (in which Sin City is at its gaudy and ostentatious best), the…
- Professionals, The (TV Series) (1977-1983)
- Dir. William Brayne
Feat. Lewis Collins, Martin Shaw, Gordon Jackson
- CI5 hard–men Bodie and Doyle shoot first and then ask no questions in their dirty (but necessary) line of work. A seminal TV Series of the…
- Ripping Yarns (TV Series) (1977-1979)
- Feat. Michael Palin, Terry Jones
- History lessons from the comically skewered perspective of Ex Monty–Pythoners Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
- Bionic Woman, The (TV Series) (1976-1978)
- Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Lee Majors
- The respectable female spinoff to THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, has Wagner play the tennis pro fiance of 'Steve Austin' who after a skydiving accident…
- New Avengers, The (TV Series) (1976-1977)
- Dir. James Hill
Feat. Patrick Macnee, Joanna Lumley, Gareth Hunt
- The 1970s revision of the 60s show is simultaneously grittier and sillier than the original. Patrick Macnee returns, but Joanna Lumley and Gareth…
- Starsky and Hutch (TV Series) (1976)
- Dir. George McCowan, Don Weis
Feat. David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser
- The quintessential leather–jacketed, mirror–shaded 70s TV show presented a cool cop pose, with violent, all–American morals.
- Doctor Who (TV Series) [Tom Baker] (Dr. Who) (1975-1981)
- Feat. Tom Baker
- Probably the most popular 'Doctor' of the BBC sci–fi series, Tom Baker cut a memorable figure as the woolly–scarfed and energetic…
- Survivors (TV Series) (1975-1977)
- Feat. Carolyn Seymour, Ian McCulloch, Lucy Fleming
- Memorable post–apocalyptic drama serial following a small group of survivors after 99.9% of Earth’s population has been wiped out by a deadly…
- Green Hornet, The (1974)
- Dir. William Beaudine
Feat. Bruce Lee, Van Williams
- One of Bruce Lee’s final released efforts, this stylised TV–movie is cut together from episodes of the 60s crimefighting show. Included is a…