Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics: 3552 Films to Rent
McKenzie Break, The (Escape) (1970)
- Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry
- Mostly engrossing, and certainly unusual and authentic, this is a WWII POW escape yarn with a difference – here, it's Germans attempting to…
McMasters, The (Blood Crowd, The) (1970)
- Dir. Alf Kjellin
Feat. Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine…
- A tough depiction of post–Civil War strife, with former slave Peters, who fought for the Union, trying to start over in the American southwest.…
Molly Maguires, The (1970)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar…
- An ambitious drama set in the squalor of the 1870s Pennsylvania coalmine towns, and the underground group of Irish saboteurs 'The Molly Maguires' who…
Odd Couple, The (TV Series) (1970)
- Feat. Jack Klugman, Tony Randall
- Spinning off from the feature film based on Neil Simon's Broadway play, this small screen version winningly supplants the Lemmon–Matthau double…
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart…
- Hi–gloss screen version of the Broadway musical with Barbra Streisand as a kooky chain–smoker who is told by psychiatrist Yves Montand…
Only Game in Town, The (1970)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Warren Beatty, Elizabeth Taylor
- An aging showgirl stumbles into a clandestine affair with a brash young gambler. Based on a stage play by Pulitzer Prize winner Frank D. Gilroy.
Out-of-Towners, The (1970)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
- Playing on the prejudices of 'ordinary folk' towards the Big Bad City of New York, writer Neil Simon cranks out a series of escalating indignities…
Patton (1970)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates…
- George C. Scott is unnervingly convincing as the real life WW2 General with whose military convictions were indeed unnerving. Co–written by…
Pippi Longstocking (1970)
- Dir. Olle Hellbom
Feat. Maria Persson, Inger Nilsson, Pär Sundberg
- Classic kids adventure in this, Pippi's first feature–length film. Here the troublesome redhead moves into an abandoned house with her monkey…
Pippi On The Run (Pippi Longstocking IV) (1970)
- Dir. Olle Hellbom
Feat. Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg
- Fourth and final outing for the popular preteen heroine with this time the freckled star accompanying two runaways on their journey.
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