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Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series)Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) (1978-1992) Recommended
Dir. Herbert Wise
Feat. Leo McKern, Peter Bowles, Patricia Hodge
The much–loved series in which Leo McKern portrayed the rumpled lawyer – created by playwright Sir John Mortimer – who attacks his…
Same Time Next YearSame Time Next Year (1978) Recommended
Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn
Genteel yet immensely likeable two–hander based on Bernard Slade's Broadway play with Alda and Burstyn as an adulterous couple who share one…
Sandbaggers, The (TV Series)Sandbaggers, The (TV Series) (1978) Recommended
Feat. Roy Marsden, Alan MacNaughtan
The Sandbaggers is a nickname for the Special Section of the British SIS – a team of special agents deployed undercover in hostile situations…
Second Awakening of Christina Klages, TheSecond Awakening of Christina Klages, The (Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages) (1978)
Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
A young woman robs a bank to pay for her daughter’s day–care. On the run, she is pursued by the police along with the cashier she has taken…
Shout, TheShout, The (1978) Recommended
Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Feat. Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York
An intelligent, enigmatic chiller about an asylum inmate with mystical powers who upsets the lives of an avant garde music composer and his wife in…
Six Plays by Alan BennettSix Plays by Alan Bennett (1978-1979)
Dir. Stephen Frears, Lindsay Anderson, Giles Foster
Feat. Thora Hird, Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge
Six classic plays by Oscar nominated playwright Alan Bennett, produced by Stephen Frears, who also directs four of the six. ME! I'M AFRAID OF…
Straight TimeStraight Time (1978) Aro Favourite
Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, M. Emmet Walsh, Harry Dean Stanton
Dustin Hoffman is brilliantly convincing as a convicted felon fighting a losing battle to go straight after a six year jail term, as are most aspects…
Stud, TheStud, The (1978)
Dir. Quentin Masters
Feat. Joan Collins
Joan Collins stars in this appropriately ludicrous dramatisation of sister Jackie's trash novel about the rise and fall of a…
Tree of Wooden Clogs, TheTree of Wooden Clogs, The (1978) Recommended
Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi
Portrayal of early 20th century peasantry in Lombardy, this un–melodramatic alternative to Bertolucci’s NOVACENTO, examines with quiet…
Who's WhoWho's Who (1978)
Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Adam Norton, Simon Chandler, Philip Davis
The slobbish and the snobbish are unflatteringly portrayed in this early Mike Leigh ensemble piece, a little on the heavy side with its somewhat…

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