Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
Car Wash (1976)
- Dir. Michael Schultz
Feat. Sully Boyar, Ivan Dixon, Bill Duke…
- A Joel Schumacher–written blaxploitation comedy that offers plenty of opportunities to thrash Rose Royce's eminently catchy pop song.
Don's Party (1976)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Ray Barrett, John Hargreaves, Graeme Blundell…
- Tawdry sets and outfits compliment the crass attitudes of suburban Sydneyites who gather to celebrate an incoming Labour government on election night…
Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, The (1976)
- Dir. Melvin Frank
Feat. Goldie Hawn, George Segal, Conrad Janis…
- Sassy spoof of the old west sees a scheming saloon singer and a suave card shark fall in love through a series of misadventures.
Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The (TV Series) (1976)
- Dir. John Howard Davies, Gareth Gwenlan
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates
- The ultimate midlife–crisis sitcom, follows the adventures of Reginald as he wakes up to the absurdity of his middle–class existence and…
Gator (1976)
- Dir. Burt Reynolds
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Lauren Hutton, Jack Weston…
- Burt returns for more Southern hijinks in this easy–going sequel to WHITE LIGHTNING, which also happens to be his directorial debut. Story…
George and Mildred (TV Series) (1976)
- Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy
- The landlords of MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE bicker away to much amusement in this still–funny 70s sitcom.
Moving to an upmarket suburb proves an…
Laverne & Shirley (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams
- From the golden age of sitcoms, this HAPPY DAYS spin–off followed the fortunes of two salty, life–long friends (Penny Marshall and Cindy…
Likely Lads, The (1976)
- Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Rodney Bewes, James Bolam
- Feature spin–off from the unique 60's British comedy series focused on two men in the North East of England as they struggle with middle age…
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series) (1976-1977)
- Feat. Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey
- Adventurous satirical soap opera from the 70's following a small–town housewife who encounters various complex and compounding…
Mastermind (1976)
- Dir. Alex March
Feat. Zero Mostel, Bradford Dillman
- Plenty of slapstick and movie in–jokes as Zero Mostel plays the fool in this enjoyably bizarre Charlie Chan detective spoof. Released in 1976.