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Every Which Way But LooseEvery Which Way But Loose (1978)
Dir. James Fargo
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Beverly D'Angelo
Rambling, but loosely enjoyable road–movie, has truckie Eastwood 'befriending' a rowdy orangoutan and following a country singer (Locke) across…
Eyes of Laura MarsEyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif
A tightly made popcorn suspenser, with Dunaway playing a fashion photographer who believes she can see through the eyes of a serial killer as he…
F.I.S.T.F.I.S.T. (Fist) (1978)
Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle
Earnest union drama with Stallone as a Jimmy Hoffa type union leader whose idealism is gradually corrupted. Curious misfire is worth a watch with a…
Famous Five, The (TV Series)Famous Five, The (TV Series) (Enid Blyton's The Famous Five) (1978-1979) Recommended
Feat. Michele Gallagher, Marcus Harris, Gary Russell
The original and most beloved of The Famous Five TV serials, based on Enid Blyton's classic children's adventure novels. Of Blyton's 21 stories,…
Fantasy Island (TV series)Fantasy Island (TV series) (1978-1984)
Feat. Ricardo Montalban, Herve Villechaize
Unique and often inventive television classic set around a mysterious island resort, where white–suited Montalban and his diminutive sidekick…
FedoraFedora (1978) Recommended
Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer
Fascinating later work from dir. Wilder, in which an impoverished film producer travels to the Greek islands to track down an elusive European star…
Fingers (1978)
Dir. James Toback
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown
Harvey Keitel conjures up the required intensity for this portrait of a frustrated concert pianist with a violent temper. The nerve–shredding…
Flying HighFlying High (Airplane!) (1978) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Feat. Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges
Side–splittingly funny lampoon of the Airport / Disaster movie genre, voted the best comedy of all time in 1999 by EMPIRE magazine.
FMFM (1978)
Dir. John A Alonzo
Feat. Michael Brandon
No static at all, and no commercials either (well, not too many) if the liberal, music–dedicated broadcasters get their way over the interests…
Four Feathers, TheFour Feathers, The (1978)
Dir. Don Sharp
Feat. Jane Seymour, Beau Bridges, Robert Powell
Fine costume drama, based on A E W Mason's classic tale of a British officer charged with cowardice, who regains his honour and his love, during an…

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