Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Assassination Bureau, The (1969)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas…
- Spirited crime caper which translates Jack London's novel of the same name to Europe on the cusp of WWI.
Diana Rigg plays an aspiring journalist…
Bed Sitting Room, The (1969)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Spike Milligan, Rita Tushingham, Dudley Moore…
- Spike Milligan and Richard Lester have a field day with this absurdist post–apocalyptic premise, in which British survivors prevail through the…
Boot Hill (1969)
- Dir. Giuseppe Colizzi
Feat. Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, Woody Strode…
- Typically raucous Hill and Spencer westerner with the un–dynamic duo doing battle with a tyrannical mayor.
Bronco Bullfrog (1969)
- Dir. Barney Platts-Mills
Feat. Del Walker, Anne Gooding, Sam Shepherd
- Del and his friends agree to take part in a robbery with a boy fresh from the borstal. When Del falls in love with Irene they decide to run away from…
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Paul Newman, Robert Redford
- This light and tasty yarn enjoyed huge popularity, partly due to the abounding charisma of Paul Newman and Robert Redford who together have lots of…
Cactus Flower (1969)
- Dir. Gene Saks
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Ingrid Bergman, Walter Matthau
- Broadway adaptation won a supporting actress Oscar for Goldie Hawn, playing second fiddle to Ingrid Bergman for the love of dentist Walter Matthau.…
Carry on Christmas (Carry on Christmas ('69) , Carry on Long John, Carry on Stuffing, Carry on Christmas (73')) (1969-1973)
- An essential addition to the collection of any Carry On fan; four TV specials over two discs with over 90 minutes of bonus material. A bright caper…
Castle Keep (1969)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont…
- Anachronistic WWII film in which a ragtag squad of GI's, led by an eye–patched Burt Lancaster, hunker down in a medieval castle and try to halt…
Chairman, The (1969)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill…
- Engrossing and utterly preposterous spy flick with Peck as a scientist who must sneak into communist China to steal a secret formula, and to…
Change of Habit (1969)
- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair…
- Elvis Presley's final acting role was this musical drama in which he plays a doctor who falls in love with Mary Tyler Moore, playing one of three…