Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Fright (1972)- Dir. Peter Collinson
Feat. Honor Blackman, Susan George, Dennis Waterman… - A 'babysitter in peril' suspenser set around the menacing of Blackman by an escaped mental patient. Not bad as a precursor to the 'slasher' genre.
Godfather, The (1972)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro… - Adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel is a vivid and immaculately staged chronicle of a Sicilian family's ascension to NY gangland dominance. Seamlessly…
Gumshoe (1972)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay… - Paying sly homage to Bogart, Chandler and Hammett, this sly detective spoof is the directorial debut of prolific British director Stephen Frears.…
Hammer (1972)- Dir. Bruce D. Clark
Feat. Fred Williamson, Bernie Hamilton, Vonetta McGee… - Blaxploitation film about a hotheaded dock worker who rises up the ranks as a boxer, but his manager has links with the mafia and soon his girlfriend…
Images (1972)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Susannah York, Cathryn Harrison - A stark and daring portrait of descending madness, Susannah York gives a seismic performance as a woman troubled by disturbing hallucinations. Filmed…
Inheritor, The (L'Heritier) (1972)- Dir. Philippe Labro
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Carla Gravina, Jean Rochefort - Shadowy thriller in which a wealthy industrialist dies in an air crash but his son suspects foul play. Soon he finds his own life in peril. Set…
Lord Peter Wimsey (TV Series) (1972)- Feat. Ian Carmichael
- Dorothy L. Sayers's archetypal British gentleman detective sleuths murders and crimes of passions in this sophisticated and subtly satirical BBC…
Moonstone, The (1972)- Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Kathleen Byron, Robin Ellis, Basil Dignam… - Atmospheric whodunit drama, based on the Wilkie Collins novel, which tells the tale of an investigation into the theft of a precious Indian jewel…
Night Stalker, The / Night Strangler, The (1972-1973)
- Dir. John Llewellyn Moxey, Dan Curtis
Feat. Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland… - Two excellent and groundbreaking tele–movies from the early 70s starring Darren McGavin as wise–cracking 'regular guy' reporter Carl…
Prime Cut (1972)- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek… - Gritty underworld thriller set in the fields and meat–packhouses of Kansas, where mob enforcer Marvin is sent to collect money from local…
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