Browsing: Movies 1975

Not long after Patty Hearst was kidnapped in 1974, researchers unearthed an obscure porno novel called Black Abductor by Harrison James which had appeared briefly…

The renowned detective’s insanely jealous younger sibling, Sigerson Holmes (Gene Wilder), becomes involved with foreign spies, Professor Moriarty (Leo McKern) and Jenny – a music…

Recently retired Rhodesian police officer Terrick Handel (James Faulkner) turns vigilante to hunt down an albino terrorist called Whispering Death (Horst Frank) who rapes, scalps…

Ellen Burstyn won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as strong-willed 35-year-old widow Alice Hyatt, trying to forge a new life for herself and…

After making an impact with his role in George Lucas’s American Graffiti (1973), Paul Le Mat starred in this crime melodrama from director Floyd Mutrux. Bobby…

Randy Milkman Davey (Brendan Price) bites off more than he can chew when he starts to deliver more than pints of milk to some of…

Three orphan kids strike gold in California in 1878 in this better-than-average Disney romp. Meanwhile, a con man agrees to take possession of some property…

This 1975 ‘Ozploitation’ pretend documentary – shot on 16mm film then blown up to 35mm for distribution – looks at a random collection of stories…

“Detective Lt. Brannigan is in London . . . God Save the Queen!” Tough Chicago cop Lieutenant Jim Brannigan (John Wayne) tracks fleeing criminal Ben…

Duke Johnson (Fred Williamson) returns to the small southern town of Buchanan (“Bucktown”) – a sleazy town that attracts low rent tourists because of its…

Ron Lewis (John Daniels) is a mild-mannered suburban LA businessman who, unknown to his family, is also the “Black Baron,” a Hollywood pimp with a…

This is a modern reworking of Carry On Camping (1968), with all the usual stereotypes in place and a more near-the-knuckle treatment of sex and nudity. Carry…

When fellow narcotics agents (and brothers) Matthew (Albert Popwell) and Melvin Johnson (Caro Kenyatta) disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, ass-kicking secret agent…

Confessions of a Window Cleaner had only been on release for two months when Columbia Pictures demanded a sequel of initially reluctant producer Greg Smith. By…

A fun blaxploitation-comedy-musical about the fortunes of a motorcycling black female vocal group as their leader,  Syreena (Trina Parks,) investigates the disappearance of her mother,…

Based on Nathanael West’s 1939 novel of the same name, The Day of the Locust is an oft-forgotten entry into 1970s filmmaking obsessed by the…

This 1975 British psychological thriller begins with a violent escape from a lunatic asylum – but we don’t see who it was that escaped. Stephen Slade…

Set in the America of the future, the defending champion of the nationally televised Transcontinental Road Race – where contestants gain points by running over…

Psychic medium Helga Ulmann (Macha Meril) can read minds. Unfortunately, she picks up the thoughts of a murderer in her audience and soon becomes a…

This pretty dumb horror movie concerns some hokum about devil worshippers – something of a current fascination at the time the film was made. Jonathan…