Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, The (1972)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Robert Duvall, Cliff Robertson
- Hard–edged Western tells the story of the fading Jesse James gang and their most daring and ill–fated bank raid.
Duvall and Robertson…
Gumshoe (1972)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay…
- Paying sly homage to Bogart, Chandler and Hammett, this sly detective spoof is the directorial debut of prolific British director Stephen Frears.…
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
- Dir. Waris Hussein
Feat. Keith Michell, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Gough…
- Spin–off from the BBC series, accounts the antics of England's most notorious monarch reign.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Redford, Will Geer
- A counter–culture sensibility pervades this rugged wilderness western, about a mountain man whose distaste for civilization sees him go off the…
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
- Dir. Robert Bolt
Feat. Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain…
- Playwright Robert Bolt (A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS) debuts as dir. with this intelligent account of the titular Englishwoman. Managing to rock early 19th…
Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972)
- Dir. Gene Saks
Feat. Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Paula Prentiss…
- Neil Simon adapts his portrait of a middle aged restaurateur trying desperately to join the sexual revolution by taking advantage of his mother's…
Lo Scopone Scientifico (1972)
- Dir. Luigi Comencini
Feat. Bette Davis, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano…
- Little–known Italian comedy stars Bette Davis as a wealthy, Nora Desmond–esque countess who entices those less fortunate to gamble with…
Lord Peter Wimsey (TV Series) (1972)
- Feat. Ian Carmichael
- Dorothy L. Sayers's archetypal British gentleman detective sleuths murders and crimes of passions in this sophisticated and subtly satirical BBC…
Lotus Eaters, The (TV Series) (1972-1973)
- Feat. Ian Hendry, Wanda Ventham
- Unorthodox Mediterranean drama encircles the lives of various British ex–pats around a married couple (Hendry & Ventham) who run a tavern on…
Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series) (1972)
- Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Jake Smethurst, Rudolph Walker
- Devised to defuse some of the racial tension of the day, this controversial 70s Brit sitcom hilariously pits black and white neighbours…