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Callan (TV Series)Callan (TV Series) (1970)
Dir. James Goddard, Voytek
Feat. Edward Woodward
The bold British TV spy series with Edward Woodward as the cold–blooded but very human secret agent.
Cercle Rouge, LeCercle Rouge, Le (The Red Circle) (1970)
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand
A precisely–crafted colour 'noir' from the French master, dir. Melville, which rejigs the usual ingredients into an exemplary heist…
Cold SweatCold Sweat (De La Part Des Copains) (1970)
Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason
Tight Charles Bronson vehicle see the tough guy play a retired convict who lives with his wife and daughter in the idyllic French Rivera, until some…
Conformist, TheConformist, The (Conformista, Il) (1970) Aro Favourite
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin
Dazzling images and a potent brew of sex and politics merge seamlessly in this milestone of cinema about a submissive Italian Fascist recruited to…
EyewitnessEyewitness (1970)
Dir. John Hough
Feat. Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George
A “boy who cried wolf” suspenser, centred on an imaginative youngster whose placid existence on the island of Malta is shaken when he witnesses…
Figures in a LandscapeFigures in a Landscape (1970) Recommended
Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Robert Shaw, Malcolm McDowell
A unique ‘chase’ thriller from dir. Losey, taking place in an enigmatic near future – with Malcolm Macdowell and Robert Shaw fleeing a menacing…
Gods of the PlagueGods of the Plague (Götter der Pest) (1970)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer
The second in a loose trilogy of gangster films directed by prolific German iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder early in his career. In this…
La RuptureLa Rupture (The Breach) (1970)
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean-Claude Drouot
Stéphane Audran plays a good mother with a chequered past who divorces her deadbeat husband and is targeted by her aggrieved in–laws. In a bit…
Liberation of L.B. Jones, TheLiberation of L.B. Jones, The (1970)
Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Majors
The final film by William Wyler, depicting racial tensions in a fictional Tennessee town, where a successful African–american businessman…
Man Who Haunted Himself, TheMan Who Haunted Himself, The (1970) Recommended
Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore
In one of his rare serious roles, Roger Moore plays the survivor of a car crash who discovers his doppelganger has been released into the…

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