Treasure Island

1972

English

5.8

♡ 14

17%

John Hough Director

Lionel Stander as Billy Bones

Aldo Sambrell as Israel Hands

Víctor Israel as Morgan

Walter Slezak as Squire Trelawney

Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer's treasure, in this short adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale.

Man of the East

1972

Italian

6.5

♡ 14

40%

Enzo Barboni Director

Emilio Messina as Brawler

Gregory Walcott as Bull Schmidt

Terence Hill as Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore

Angelo Boscariol as Thief

By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers footpads all of them shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work until Joe has to defend himself against gunman Morton who's jealous of Joe's love to rancher Ohlsen's beautiful daughter.

Execution Squad

1972

Italian

7.0

♡ 6

Action

Crime

Drama

Steno Director

Ezio Sancrotti as Commissario Santalamenti

Mario Adorf as District Attorney Ricciuti

Valentino Macchi as Policeman

Luciano Bonanni as Raf Valenti

Bertone is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court system is so inept and corrupt that many more-or-less honest policemen have begun taking the law into their own hands. Between his efforts to thwart the growth of crime and to control his vengeful co-workers, homicide-chief Bertone has his hands full

Night of the Devils

1972

Italian

6.5

♡ 10

53%

Action

based on novel or book

Giorgio Ferroni Director

Teresa Gimpera as Elena

Cinzia De Carolis as Irina

Tom Felleghy as Police Commissioner

John Bartha as Sawmill Owner

In this adaptation of Tolstoy's story the Wurdulak, a mentally ill patient known as Nicola flashes back to horrifying experiences that he encountered while driving through the country. Upon damaging his car, Nicola sets out for help, only to meet a mysterious family that lives in total fear of someone or something. This evil force slowly penetrates the household and thrusts each of its members into a frenzy of absolute terror!

Sweet Sugar

1972

English

5.1

♡ 24

20%

Michel Levesque Director

Nicholas Baker as

José Luis Jiménez as (as Luis Jimenez)

Cliff Osmond as Burgos

Phyllis Davis as Sugar

A young woman nabbed in a drug bust chooses to work on a sugarcane plantation with other convicts instead of going to jail.

Toys Are Not for Children

1972

English

6.0

♡ 12

71%

Stanley H. Brassloff Director

Salee Corso as Elaine - Girl in Club

Herbert Martin as Frankie - Bartender

Irene Signoretti as Gloria

Mark Justin as Roy - Postman

Emotionally stunted child-like woman Jamie Godard not only suffers from an unhealthy fixation on her long absent father, but also has an obsession with all the toys he gave her as a little girl. After getting a job at a toy store, Jamie decides to marry co-worker Charlie Belmond. When the marriage doesn't work out, Jamie runs away to New York City and becomes a prostitute who specializes in servicing perverted old men who want to play daddy with her.

Poem

1972

Japanese

7.0

♡ 8

Action

Drama

flashlight

Akio Jissôji Director

Shin Kishida as

Kikue Môri as

Hiroko Sakurai as

Eiko Yanami as

The ascetic houseboy of a Japanese lawyer bears witness to the secretive sexual relationship between the lawyer's assistant and the maid, the lawyer's wife's sexual dissatisfaction, and the arrival of the lawyer's brother, who has a plan for the family's land and property.

Greaser's Palace

1972

English

5.7

♡ 8

50%

Robert Downey Sr. Director

Luana Anders as Cholera

Toni Basil as Indian Girl

Robert Downey Jr. as Small Boy in Covered Wagon

Jim Antonio as Vernon

A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.

Night of the Felines

1972

Japanese

5.3

♡ 15

Action

Comedy

Drama

Noboru Tanaka Director

Tatsuya Hamaguchi as Aono

Ken Yoshizawa as Honda

Hidetoshi Kageyama as Makoto

Akira Takahashi as Sakai

Set in a Shinjuku bathhouse brothel, the film uncovers the sexual eccentricities of everyday people. Focusing on three female prostitutes, the colorful, unpredictable look into the hidden underbelly of Japanese nightlife is playful but also unafraid to explore the darker sides of the business. The fleeting nature of relationships in such an environment and the consequences of toying with feelings are presented with a melancholy tinge.

Butterflies Are Free

1972

English

7.2

♡ 6

69%

80%

Action

based on play or musical

san francisco, california

Milton Katselas Director

Edward Albert as Don

Goldie Hawn as Jill

Eileen Heckart as Mrs. Baker

Paul Michael Glaser as Ralph

Striving to be independent, the blind but determined Don Baker moves away from his overprotective mother. After settling into his new San Francisco digs, Don meets kooky neighbor Jill Tanner. Don's quick wit and good looks disarm the free-spirited Jill, and before long they're more than just friends. Will Mrs. Baker's incessant meddling destroy Don and Jill's budding relationship?

Au Pair Girls

1972

English

4.9

♡ 14

30%

Val Guest Director

John Standing as Buster

Rosalie Crutchley as Lady Tryke

John Le Mesurier as Mr. Wainwright

Richard O'Sullivan as Stephen

Four sexy young foreign girls come to England as au pairs and quickly become quite intimate with their employers, host families, and just about everyone else they encounter.

Avanti!

1972

English

7.1

♡ 11

79%

76%

Action

based on play or musical

Billy Wilder Director

Antonino Faà di Bruno as Concierge

Margherita Horowitz as Hotel Guest

Giorgio Dolfin as Waiter

Jack Lemmon as Wendell Armbruster, Jr.

A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.

Permissive

1972

English

5.2

♡ 4

Lindsay Shonteff Director

Madeleine Collinson as Groupie

Mary Collinson as Groupie

Gilbert Wynne as Jimi

Jim Toomey as Self - musician

When Suzy arrives in London to visit an old school friend, she is unwittingly plunged into the ruthless world of the 'groupie'. Fuelled by sex, drugs and jealousy, her new lifestyle fosters in her a cold, cynical instinct for survival. But tragedy is never far away.

State of Siege

1972

French

7.7

♡ 19

78%

Costa-Gavras Director

Harald Wolff as Minister of Foreign Affairs

Yves Montand as Philip Michael Santore

Jacques Perrin as Telephone Operator

Héctor Noguera as Tupamaro Leader

Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.

Ingmar Bergman

1972

Swedish

7.0

♡ 8

Stig Björkman Director

Elliott Gould as Self

Bibi Andersson as Self

Ingmar Bergman as Self

Max von Sydow as Self

Portrait of Ingmar Bergman, made while he was working on The Touch, about his professional and private life in the early 1970s.

The Angry Guest

1972

Chinese

6.0

♡ 8

Action

Drama

Cheh Chang Director

Cheung-Yan Yuen as (as Hsiang-Jen Yuan)

Bolo Yeung as (as Sze Yang)

Li Ching as Hu Yu-Lan

Yasuaki Kurata as Katsu

The Angry Guest is a direct sequel to Duel of Fists which had two long-separated brothers, Ti Lung and David Chiang, reuniting in Bangkok and running afoul of the local mob after Ti Lung, a boxer, beats the local favorite in the ring. In this film, the action shifts from Bangkok to Hong Kong to Japan and then back to HK as the brothers contend with a Japanese mob led by crime boss Yamaguchi, who is played by the film's director, Chang Cheh, in a rare screen appearance.

The Ruling Class

1972

English

7.2

♡ 9

83%

Peter Medak Director

James Villiers as Dinsdale

Oliver MacGreevy as Inmate

James Grout as Inspector Brockett

Leslie Schofield as McKyle's Assistant

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

Blue Money

1972

English

4.2

♡ 9

Alain Patrick Director

Drinda Lalumia as

Sandy Dempsey as Model

Bob Chinn as Narrator / Vice Cop in Blue Shirt

Gary Kent as Vice Cop in Leather Jacket

Handsome and successful Jim appears to have it all: he's married to the beautiful and supportive Lisa, has a healthy baby, and works a cool gig as the director of hardcore porno fare. Jim's seemingly perfect life starts to fall apart when he has an extramarital fling with an actress and the local Los Angeles vice cops close in to make a bust.

The Italian Connection

1972

Italian

7.1

♡ 8

67%

Fernando Di Leo Director

Pietro Ceccarelli as Don Vito Henchman

Adolfo Celi as Don Vito Tressoldi

Mario Adorf as Luca Canali

Lara Wendel as Rita Canali

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.