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Dr Seuss - The Cat in the HatDr Seuss - The Cat in the Hat (1971) Recommended
Animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' iconic children's story is a television classic in its own right, with script and musical direction overseen by the…
Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty, TheGoalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty, The (1971)
Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Arthur Brauss
Enigmatic tale of a maturing goalkeeper who abandons his soccer team and ambles about Germany. Dir. Wender's typical sketchbook narrative provides…
Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 2Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 2 (Morecambe and Wise, The Liver Birds, Dad's Army) (1971) Recommended
Dir. Various
Three sample episodes from three classic BBC comedies from 1971.
Hands of the RipperHands of the Ripper (1971)
Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Eric Porter, Dora Bryan
Atmospheric Hammer puts a Freudian spin on the exploits of Jack the Ripper, whose daughter inherits some of Dad's sharp handiwork. A pleasingly…
J.C. (Iron Horsemen) (1971)
Dir. William McGaha
Feat. William McGaha, Slim Pickens
Fairly typical hippie turkey, in which dir. McGaha stars as a deluded bikie who thinks he is Jesus Christ reborn and leads his pack of…
KotchKotch (1971)
Dir. Jack Lemmon
Feat. Walter Matthau
Heart–warming fare with irascible senior citizen Walter Matthau resisting all attempts to 'retire' him. Matthau's regular screen buddy directs.
Madame SinMadame Sin (1971)
Dir. David Greene
Feat. Bette Davis, Denholm Elliott, Robert Wagner
Criminal mastermind Bette Davis casts her heavily mascaraed eye on nuclear submarines and the like. A cheesy pleasure.
Monty Python's Fliegender ZirkusMonty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1971)
Dir. Ian Macnaughton
Feat. John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
A particularly surreal later–Python, first released on German television. Features strange and often absurd English subtitles.
PercyPercy (1971)
Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer
Hywell Bennett undergo the world's first members only transplant and turns private dick to discover the donor was a notorious ladykiller. Will he be…
PersuasionPersuasion (1971)
Dir. Howard Baker
Feat. Ann Firbank, Richard Vernon, Bryan Marshall
Circumspect heroine Anne Elliot has the opportunity to rekindle a long–abandoned love–affair, in this BBC adaption of Jane Austen's final…

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