... The Forgettable ... Of The 1970s
First of all, most movies on this list are not really bad. But they are not good either. In order not to bore you with every average movie I have seen I will restrain myself only to those of interest. That means you will find movies here that were successful at the box office but did not deserve that undue success or movies that did not stand the test of time. Other entries concern movies that are acclaimed by critics but to me are nothing short of being pretentious. Other titles could include films that were much talked about for whatever reason upon their initial release and therefore hold some kind of reputation that, however, do not qualify them for quality movies. You may also find movies here to which famous actors or directors contributed to but which are a let-down in the end nevertheless.
So, have fun browsing through my selection of the odds and sods of the movie world and let me know what you think.
PS: This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
So, have fun browsing through my selection of the odds and sods of the movie world and let me know what you think.
PS: This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
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- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsChristopher JonesPia DegermarkRalph RichardsonFrom the John le Carré novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsElizabeth TaylorWarren BeattyCharles BraswellFran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), the piano player. Joe plans on winning five thousand dollars and leaving Las Vegas, Nevada. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsRobert ShawMalcolm McDowellAndy BradfordTwo escapees are on the run in the wilderness of an unspecified country. Wherever they go, they are followed by a menacing black helicopter.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsTelly SavalasGeorge MaharisArlene DahlAn outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.
- DirectorJack StarrettStarsJody McCreaMarie GahvaDan KempGang of sadistic cowboys let nothing stand in their way in their search for gold.
- DirectorsVic MorrowGiorgio GentiliStarsJames GarnerDennis WeaverClaude AkinsIn the Old West, a gunfighting outlaw connives his way into a prison in hopes of getting his hands on a large shipment of gold stored there.
- DirectorSam WanamakerStarsGeorge PeppardJoan CollinsJudy GeesonA British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardAnthony PerkinsA radio station in the Deep South becomes the focal point of a right-wing conspiracy.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsRoger MooreHildegard NeilAlastair MackenzieHarold Pelham discovers a doppelganger is meddling with his personal and professional life in the aftermath of a car crash.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsJenny AgutterBryan MarshallClare SutcliffeA 15 year-old girl coming to terms with her sexuality suspects her foster brother may be guilty of a murder.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsNicol WilliamsonRachel RobertsAnn BellMichael Marler, a London businessman, returns to Liverpool after his father's death due to a fight with Anglo-Saxon teddy boys. As a matter of honor, he seeks revenge without involving the British police.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsJames FranciscusElizabeth ShepherdRonald AllenAn American commander, serving under the British Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the Nazi arsenal in Sicily.
- DirectorArthur H. NadelStarsRobert GouletDanièle GaubertLawrence DobkinOccupied France during WWII. The American Dawson parachutes over France and gets in contact with the French resistance. He has a plan to kidnap the German general Stryker.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsGeorge PeppardGiovanna RalliRaf ValloneIn 1916, when a Mexican rebel steals cannons from the American army, General Pershing sends out a group of misfits to retrieve the stolen weapons.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsYvette MimieuxChristopher GeorgeDiane McBainKim Stacy and Morgan are two CIA Agents on a secret mission to rescue a scientist imprisoned by terrorists on a remote island.
- DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJack NicholsonKaren BlackBilly Green BushA dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
- DirectorsGeorge SeatonHenry HathawayStarsBurt LancasterDean MartinGeorge KennedyA bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsTony CurtisCharles BronsonMichèle MercierDuring the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as guards for a secret transport.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsMichael CaineCliff RobertsonIan BannenA reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is seconded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsStuart WhitmanJohn CollinMartin JarvisDuring the final days of World War II, an Allied commando team races toward a German rocket base to abduct a German scientist before the quickly advancing Soviet troops can reach him.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsGregory PeckTuesday WeldEstelle ParsonsHenry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal.
- DirectorRoger FritzStarsHelga AndersKlaus LöwitschArthur BraussBest pals Werner and Mike meet lovely young Alice and take her to a gravel pit for a nightly swim. But fun turns into gravity, friends into rivals and adventure into brutal violence.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsMichael LatimerLuan PetersDerek AylwardA mercenary joins forces with 2 crooked cops in an attempt to steal a fortune in gold bullion from a corrupt Arab country.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsGeorge KennedyEli WallachAnne JacksonIn order to collect the ransom offered by the family of a kidnapped industrialist, a terminally-ill man frames himself for the crime, but he accidentally uncovers the real culprit.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsCandice BergenPeter StraussDonald PleasenceAfter a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.
