Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3560 Films to Buy & Rent
- Spanish Fly (1976)
- Dir. Bob Kellett
Feat. Leslie Phillips, Terry-Thomas, Sue Lloyd
- Sex–on–the–brain British comedy from the permissive 70's follows the 'naughty' antics of the debonair Leslie Phillips and…
- 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.
- That's Entertainment II (1976)
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy…
- A second helping of musical nostalgia, with Astaire and Kelly again hosting while also contributing a number of brand new dance numbers together.…
- When The Boat Comes In (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. James Bolam, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood
- 'Northern' drama series set in a post–WW1 Britain, where Ex–Sergeant Jack Ford (Bolam) and his family must deal with the aftermath…
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, The (1975)
- Dir. Gene Wilder
Feat. Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise…
- Fitfully amusing romp with Wilder as the great detective's resentful brother determined to steal the spotlight. Madeline Kahn steals the show.
- American Film Theatre - Galileo (1975)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Topol, John Gielgud, Patrick Magee…
- A generally satisfactory version of Bertolt Brecht's stageplay concerning the ethical dilemmas of the scientist Galileo, who among other things…
- American Film Theatre - In Celebration (1975)
- Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Alan Bates, Brian Cox, Gabrielle Daye…
- A tightly framed screen adaptation of David Storey's autobiographical play set around the reunion of a Nottinghamshire mining family, in which cast…
- American Film Theatre - Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1975)
- Dir. Denis Héroux
Feat. Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Jacques Brel
- With no plot or dialogue, this is surely the least theatrical of the American Film Theatre productions of the 1970s, instead comprising a revue of…
- American Film Theatre - Philadelphia, Here I Come (1975)
- Dir. John Quested
Feat. Donal McCann, Des Cave, Siobhan McKenna
- A young Irishman agonises over whether to leave his stifling Irish existence and join relatives in America, in one of the more subdued American Film…
- Apple Dumpling Gang, The (1975)
- Dir. Norman Tokar
Feat. Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Harry Morgan…
- Attractive Disney adventure set on the Californian frontier in the 1870s, with an inveterate gambler (Bixby) ending up in charge of three orphaned…