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Paul Temple (TV Series)Paul Temple (TV Series) (1969)
Feat. Francis Matthews, Ros Drinkwater
Forgotten 70s crime series follows the fortunes of a globetrotting novelist–cum–amateur sleuth and his dishy wife. Something of an…
Que La Bete MeureQue La Bete Meure (This Man Must Die) (1969)
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Michel Duchaussoy, Jean Yanne, Caroline Cellier
Thriller based on the book called The Beast Must Die by Cecil Day–Lewis (under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake), about a man who becomes involved…
Rain People, The (1969)
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. James Caan
A woman hits the road to escape her suffocating marriage, but finds her new circumstances no more satisfactory. A thought–provoker from…
SloganSlogan (1969) Recommended
Dir. Pierre Grimblat
Feat. Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg
Vivacious French romance about a reckless advertising director who throws caution to the wind and abandons his preggers wife to embark on a worldwide…
StaircaseStaircase (1969)
Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, Cathleen Nesbitt
Sitting somewhere between farce and melancholy, a pair of aging barbers bicker over the possibility of ending their loving but often volatile…
Tchaikovsky (1969)
Dir. Igor Talankin
Dramatised biopic of the great Russian composer which uses natural imagery and impressionistic structure in a way reminiscent of Ken Russell's early…
Tell Them Willie Boy Is HereTell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
Dir. Abraham Polonsky
Feat. Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake
This Western comeback from blacklisted director Polonsky (FORCE OF EVIL) focuses (rather ironically) on the manhunt of Robert Blake, who here plays…
That Cold Day in the ParkThat Cold Day in the Park (1969)
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sandy Dennis
Containing various embryonic Altman trademarks, this early work portrays a neurotic spinster (Sandy Dennis) who ensnares a young man in her…
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York
Excellent adaptation of a '30s novel considered too grim for depression–weary audiences. Jane Fonda gives a career–best performance as a…
Trouble With Girls, TheTrouble With Girls, The (1969)
Dir. Peter Tewksbury
Feat. Elvis Presley, Marlyn Manson, Nicole Jaffe
Behind the misleading title, this atypically quirky late Elvis movie sees him running a 1920s travelling circus sideshow, with an excellent…

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