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Romance of a Horse Thief (1971)
- Dir. Abraham Polonsky
Feat. Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin…
- Curious picaresque features Yul Brynner as the ruler of a small Polish community. When he commandeers the town's horses a small band of rebels led by…
Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
- Dir. Giuliano Montaldo
Feat. Gian Maria Volonte, Cyril Cusack, Geoffrey Keen
- Based on the true story of the trial and execution of Italian–American anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, widely considered to be…
Secrets (1971)
- Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Jacqueline Bisset, Per Oscarsson, Robert Powell
- British erotic drama taking place over a single day in the life of a housewife (Jacqueline Bisset) who is having an affair, while her husband (Robert…
See No Evil (Blind Terror) (1971)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey…
- An especially effective suspenser, with Farrow playing a blind woman on a country farm who gradually suspects – then confirms – that her…
Shaft (1971)
- Dir. Gordon Parks Snr.
Feat. Richard Roundtree
- The first, enormously successful blaxploitation film sees funky cop Richard Roundtree sniffing out kidnappers on mean Harlem streets to the coolest…
Silent Running (1971)
- Dir. Douglas Trumball
Feat. Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin…
- Environmental parable stars Bruce Dern as a space–station botanist who defies authority to preserve final samples of Earth's vegetation. A…
Simply Sykes (1971-1982)
- Feat. Tommy Cooper, Hattie Jacques
- Comprising two shows made for Thames Television; Sykes – With the Lid Off (1971) has comedy legend Eric Sykes dare to take the lid off the many…
Six Dates with Barker (6 Dates with Barker) (1971)
- Feat. Ronnie Barker
- A six–part showcase for the comedic talents of Ronnie Barker, this one–off series revolved around half–a–dozen situation…
Stalls of Barchester, The (1971)
- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Robert Hardy, Clive Swift, Thelma Barlow…
- Richly atmospheric ghost story with a visiting scholar uncovering the macabre death of an archdeacon fifty years before.
Stork (1971)
- Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Bruce Spence, Graeme Blundell, Jackie Weaver
- True blue Aussie classic with the hyper–gangly Bruce Spence whose bawdy misadventures in work, life and love are fueled by booze and a twisted…