Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
No Sex Please We're British (1973)
- Dir. Cliff Owen
Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid, Arthur Lowe…
- "Riotous" British sex farce based on the long–running stageplay about a swell of "adult literature" that floods a prudish small town by the way…
Nothing But the Night (The Resurrection Syndicate) (1973)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Diana Dors…
- Lee and Cushing are sent by Scotland Yard to investigate a fatal bus crash and how it relates to the going–ons at a creepy orphanage.…
Offence, The (1973)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant…
- One of the better Lumet films. Sean Connery – in a rare impressive performance – as a British cop who loses control while interrogating a…
Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973)
- Dir. George Schaefer
Feat. Zero Mostel, A Martinez, Katy Jurado
- Obscure Mostel comedy, in which the stone–faced comedian plays a cruel landowner in rural Mexico. Worth a look for fans.
Optimists, The (1973)
- Dir. Anthony Simmons
Feat. Peter Sellers
- Gentle, affirmative tale of a busker (Sellers) who inspires London's poor and neglected children to look on the bright side of life. Hard to dislike.
Paper Chase, The (1973)
- Dir. James Bridges
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman…
- Terrified Harvard Law students square off against the magnificent John Houseman (Oscar winner for his role as the professor from hell) in this well…
Picture Of Dorian Gray (1973)
- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. Shane Briant, Nigel Davenport
- Capable TV version of Oscar Wilde's classic novel in which young Dorian (Shane Briant) cashes in his soul, in a deal whereby his painted portrait…
Revolver (Blood in the Streets) (1973)
- Dir. Sergio Sollima
Feat. Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi
- Equal turns punchy and preposterous, this 'spaghetti crime thriller' involves a prison warden (Reed) who is drawn into an intricate web of deceit…
Satanic Rites of Dracula, The (1973)
- Dir. Alan Gibson
Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Joanna Lumley…
- When a group of Scotland Police Investigators think they have uncovered a case of vampirism, they call in Van Helsing to put a stop to Count…
Save the Tiger (1973)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Harvey Jason…
- Spotty meditation on moral conflict in 1970's America with Lemmon as a troubled business owner longing for the past.
Wordy and overstuffed with…