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Subgenre Sampler
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The (1974)
- Dir. John Korty
Feat. Cicely Tyson, Richard Dysart, Michael Murphy - Notable classic tele–drama based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines, set in the early 1960's, where a woman born into slavery in…
Best of Les Dawson, The (1974-1977)- Feat. Les Dawson
- Genial comedian Dawson was all over British (and NZ) television in the 1970s, using his array of comic and musical talents in shows like "Blankety…
Between Wars (1974)- Dir. Michael Thornhill
Feat. Corin Redgrave, Judy Morris, Arthur Dignam… - Insightful portrait traces the career of famed Australian psychiatrist Dr Edward Trenbow, as he embarks on his groundbreaking research of…
Billy Two Hats (1974)- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Gregory Peck, Desi Jr. Arnaz, Jack Warden… - Minor western with two bandits on the run from a racist sheriff after a botched bank robbery results in a death. Artful take on the genre is mostly…
Brief Encounter (1974)- Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Jack Hedley… - The BBC revisit David Lean's classic unrequited romance, with Richard Burton and Sophia Loren excellent as would–be lovers who meet on a train…
California Split (1974)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. George Segal, Elliott Gould, Gwen Welles - A terrific gambling lark–come–cautionary tale from director Robert Altman, starring George Segal as a casual gambler who befriends a…
Daisy Miller (1974)- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Mildred Natwick… - A thoughtful if slightly 'out of tune' version of Henry James' early novel, in which the titular American tours Europe in the late 1800s. Nicely…
Day of the Dolphin, The (1974)- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino… - An ecological sci–fi thriller, based on a French novel by Robert Merle. George C Scott stars as a scientist who has trained two dolphins to…
F for Fake (1974)- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles - Ostensibly a documentary, on unrepentant art–forger Elmyr de Hory and 'fake biographer' Clifford Irving, this material is cunningly subverted…
For Pete's Sake (1974)- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons - Middling comedy depicts Barbra Streisand as the wife of depressed NYC taxi–driver Michael Sarrazin – to change their fortunes she pursues…
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