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Savages (1972)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Sam Waterston, Lewis J. Stadlen, Anne Francine…
- Merchant Ivory's most unexpected film is an allegorical story of a primitive jungle tribe who are interrupted, mid human–sacrifice, by a…
Scoumoune: Mafia Warfare (La Scounoune) (1972)
- Dir. Jose Giovanni
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Michael Constantine
- Punchy underworld tale charts the rise and fall of icy hitman Belmondo who returns to Marseilles to help clear his friend of a murder charge.
Told…
Season of the Witch (Hungry Wives) (1972)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Jan White, Raymond Laine, Joedda McClain…
- The third feature film from director George Romero is a self–described "feminist" horror following a neglected and dissatisfied housewife who…
Seduction of Mimi, The (1972)
- Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato
- Satirical comedy taking plenty of shots at Italianisms, about a poor labourer who is forced to leave his family in Sicily to take an illegal factory…
Shaft's Big Score (1972)
- Dir. Gordon Parks Snr.
Feat. Richard Roundtree
- Richard Roundtree as Shaft goes upmarket for this first sequel, having moved away from urban squalor to fight crime Bond–style with a bigger…
Shelley (TV Series) (1972-1992)
- Feat. Hywel Bennett
- Classic British comedy series revels in one of the more unlikely deadly sins: sloth. University graduate James Shelley (Bennett) is a cynical,…
Siddhartha (1972)
- Dir. Conrad Rooks
Feat. Shashi Kapoor
- A young Brahmin Indian goes in search of knowledge, wisdom and spirituality in this gloriously shot version of Hermann Hesse’s cult novel.
Set…
Slaughterhouse Five (1972)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche
- Though a conservative adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's time–tripping novel, this is still a significant entry to the genre, with a wide cult…
Sleuth (1972)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier
- A supremely cunning, self–reflexive mystery satire based on the hit West End play, with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine as affable…
Snoop Sisters, The (TV Series) (1972)
- Feat. Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick
- Two elderly spinsters put down their mystery writing pens to catch perps for real in this dotty, genteel crime series. Starring former Miss Marple,…