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Murder by Death (1976): Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco…; A classic whodunnit premise is taken within an inch of its life by a knockout cast, here playing a gaggle of famous sleuths and sidekicks who convene…
Peeper (1976): Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Michael Caine, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn…; Patchy noir send–up with Caine as a poor man's Phillip Marlowe struggling to find a missing woman, with his biggest obstacle being himself.
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976): Dir. Boris Sagal
Feat. Roger Moore, Patrick Macnee, John Huston…; Fun addition to the Holmes canon with the great detective pursuing his arch rival Moriarty through New York after his nemesis pulls off a daring bank…
Hanged Man, The (TV Series) (1975): Feat. Colin Blakely, Michael Williams; Colin Blakely plays a rich industrialist whose success has made him the death target of his shady competitors. Series follows Blakely pretending to…
Night Moves (1975): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, Melanie Griffith; Underrated private–eye yarn with Gene Hackman tracking down a then very young Melanie Griffith. Intelligent fare that leads to a stunning…
Rosebud (1975): Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Peter Lawford…; Preminger's penultimate film is sadly a mess. Members of the Palestinian Liberation Army kidnap five heiresses in order to bring attention to their…
Wilby Conspiracy, The (1975): Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson…; Activists Poitier and Caine are stalked by a sadistic policeman in this Apartheid–era suspenser, in which thrills take precedence over politics.
And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians) (1974): Dir. Peter Collinson
Feat. Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Richard Attenborough…; Agatha Christie’s "Ten Little Indians" receives a clunky, if still entertaining makeover in this stacked international adaptation of the macabre…
Gambler, The (1974): Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton…; A typically gritty 70s crime drama, adapted from a story by Dostoevsky, that boasts a fine performance by James Caan as a well–respected…
Klansman, The (1974): Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Richard Burton, Lee Marvin, Cameron Mitchell…; Samuel Fuller co–wrote this trashy Southern potboiler, graced with the acting chops of Richard Burton and Lee Marvin as landowner and sheriff…

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