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HomebodiesHomebodies (1974) Recommended
Dir. Larry Yust
Feat. Douglas Fowley, Ruth McDevitt, Frances Fuller
A blackly humourous yarn about a group of retired tenants who are willing to go to extremes to prevent eviction. Inventive genre pic belies its low…
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series)It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series) (1974)
Feat. Windsor Davies
The riotous misadventures of a concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining troops during World War II. With a typically…
Man About the House: The MovieMan About the House: The Movie (1974)
Dir. John Robins
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Spike Milligan
Big screen outing of the popular sitcom has an unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings, only Robin…
MarthaMartha (1974)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Bohm
Addressing his favourite subject, emotional cruelty, Dir. Fassbinder skillfully works a vein of pitch–black comedy in depicting Margit…
Mel Brooks Collection, TheMel Brooks Collection, The (Silent Movie, High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, 12 Chairs, Young Frankenstein, History of the World Pt 1, Life Stinks) (1974-1991)
Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks
Seven classic–period Mel Brooks comedies in one box–set.
ParadeParade (1974)
Dir. Jacques Tati
An eclectic comedy cabaret show that involves the filming of live performers on and offstage with small minuets dotted throughout. This final film…
Phantom of Liberty, ThePhantom of Liberty, The (1974)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Jean-Claude Brialy, Monica Vitti
The great surrealist's penultimate film uses a Chinese–box structure to weave a dream–like tableau of set pieces that waver from to the…
Romance With a Double BassRomance With a Double Bass (1974)
Dir. Robert Young
Feat. John Cleese, Connie Booth, Graham Crowden
Real–life couple John Cleese and Connie Booth are at their best in this charming comic romance based on the short story by Anton Chekov.…
Thursday's GameThursday's Game (1974)
Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. Gene Wilder, Bob Newhart, Ellen Burstyn
Well regarded made–for–TV buddy movie. Acquaintances Gene Wilder and Bob Newhart, deeply mired in parallel mid–life crises,…
Watch Out We're Mad!Watch Out We're Mad! (Double Trouble) (1974)
Dir. Marcello Fondato
Feat. Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, Donald Pleasence
'Spaghetti' comedy duo Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill return in one of their most popular films without chaps and spurs. In this one, they star as…

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