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Romance of a Horse ThiefRomance 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…
Valdez Is ComingValdez Is Coming (1971) Aro Favourite
Dir. Edwin Sherin
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Frank Silvera
An underrated late Western, with Lancaster playing a down–heels Mexican sherriff who takes a dangerous stand on principle against a powerful…
Zatoichi Meets The One Armed SwordsmanZatoichi Meets The One Armed Swordsman (Zatoichi 22) (1971)
Dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Yu Wang
An above–average entry in the continuing series, this has the titular blind swordsman assist the Chinese One–Armed Swordsman, who has…
A Man Called HorseA Man Called Horse (1970)
Dir. Elliot Silverstein
Feat. Richard Harris, Dame Judith Anderson
Notorious yet serious–minded late western is set around the capture by Sioux of an English nobleman and his subsequent initiation into the…
Ballad of Cable Hogue, TheBallad of Cable Hogue, The (1970)
Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., Stella Stevens
A lyrical Western in which Jason Robards plays an endearing, lone gold propector who develops an oasis in a remote part of the old west. His…
Beguiled, TheBeguiled, The (1970)
Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman
Clint Eastwood plays a wounded Union soldier taken refuge at a Confederate girl's school, where his presense stirs up a hornet's nest. The closest…
CromwellCromwell (1970)
Dir. Ken Hughes
Feat. Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley
Routine, if spectacularly staged rendition of the career of English revolutionary and King–slayer Oliver Cromwell (Harris). Unfortunately, the…
Dr Seuss - Horton Hears a WhoDr Seuss - Horton Hears a Who (1970)
Dir. Chuck Jones
Remastered edition of the original animated Seuss story of a sentimental elephant who determinedly protects the tiny inhabitants of the microscopic…
Heroic Ones, TheHeroic Ones, The (1970)
Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. David Chiang, Chin Han, Ti Lung
Martial arts film set in 1880s imperial China, where a Mogul king secretly assembles his loyal generals on a mission to take on his greatest rivals.…
Incident at Blood Pass, TheIncident at Blood Pass, The (Machibuse) (1970)
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Shintaro Katsu
Pedigree shogun face off between genre icons Mifune and Katsu in a tautly conceived show down over hijacked gold between a remote mountain pass.…

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