Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1838 Films to Buy & Rent
At the Earth's Core (1976)
- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Peter Cushing, Doug McClure, Caroline Munro
- Eccentric doctor Peter Cushing burrows down into the Earth onboard a huge iron mole to emerge in an underground world ruled by the Mahars:…
Barney (1976)
- Dir. David Waddington
Feat. Spike Milligan, Sean Kramer, Brett Maxworthy
- Aussie family movie shipwrecks a 12 year old boy with a common criminal as they both emigrate to 19th century Australia.
Big John Little John (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Herb Edelman
- Wacky 70's sitcom concerning the misadventures of a forty–something school teacher. After drinking from a fountain of youth finds himself…
Bugsy Malone (1976)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, John Cassini
- Alan Parker's directing debut was this startlingly original feature debut reinvents the gangster movie as a musical pastiche cast entirely with…
Monster Squad (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Fred Grandy
- Short–lived kids show has wax museum figures Wolfman, Dracula and Frankenstein come to life to help young mortal Fred Grandy (Gopher from THE…
Muppet Show, The (TV Series) (1976-1981)
- Dir. Various
- Six volumes of inspired puppetry from Jim Henson’s legends: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gopher, Animal, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear and the rest, beguiling,…
Pinocchio (1976)
- Feat. Danny Kaye
- Bright and energetic musical adaptation of the beloved children's fable, framed around the story of a young theater girl's desire to study and work…
Shaggy D.A., The (1976)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Dean Jones, Tim Conway, Suzanne Pleshette…
- Extremely shaggy later Disney live–actioner, with Dean Jones playing a District Attorney who finds himself repeatedly turning into a dog.…
Apple Dumpling Gang, The (1975)
- Dir. Norman Tokar
Feat. Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Harry Morgan…
- Attractive Disney adventure set on the Californian frontier in the 1870s, with an inveterate gambler (Bixby) ending up in charge of three orphaned…
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence
- One of Disney's best live–action telemovies, where two orphans with mysterious telekinetic powers flee the attentions of a shifty entrepeneur.…