Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2959 Films to Buy & Rent
Kung Fu (TV Series) (1972-1975)
- Feat. David Carradine, Jodie Foster, Jose Feliciano…
- The memorable TV series starring David 'Grasshopper' Carradine as a Shaolin monk wandering the wild west, armed only with his martial–arts…
Last Goon Show, The (1972)
- Feat. Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan
- Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan reunite in 1972 to perform a live show and reminisce their years as the kings of BBC radio comedy.
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…
Lotus Eaters, The (TV Series) (1972-1973)
- Feat. Ian Hendry, Wanda Ventham
- Unorthodox Mediterranean drama encircles the lives of various British ex–pats around a married couple (Hendry & Ventham) who run a tavern on…
Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series) (1972)
- Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Jake Smethurst, Rudolph Walker
- Devised to defuse some of the racial tension of the day, this controversial 70s Brit sitcom hilariously pits black and white neighbours…
MASH (TV Series) (M*A*S*H) (1972-1983)
- Feat. Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit
- Long running and much loved TV Series loosely based on Robert Altman’s 1969 film set in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean…
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…
Protectors, The (TV Series) (1972-1973)
- Feat. Robert Vaughn, Ngaire Dawn Porter, Tony Anholt
- A suave, jet–setting suspense series that was Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's (THUNDERBIRDS) second foray into live–action, depicting the…
Rossellini's History Films: Renaissance and Enlightenment (The Age of the Medici, Cartesius, Blaise Pascal) (1972-1974)
- Dir. Roberto Rossellini
- Three TV films about some of the western world's major figures and moments, from Italian master Roberto Rossellini in the final phase of his…