Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becomes clear. As in the outside world, there is a "system"; and just as on the outside, there is accommodation, honesty, cynicism, violence and all the other factors that make up our society. The film follows the three newcomers, it records the grim, terrifying, sometimes fascinating events that occur.

An American Hippie in Israel

1972

Hebrew

4.5

♡ 1

44%

Amos Sefer Director

Lily Avidan as Elizabeth

Tzila Karney as Françoise

Shmuel Wolf as Komo

Asher Tzarfati as Mike

Incited by a disillusioned young man who has decided to flee from civilization, a group of 4 people go searching for freedom and happiness on an isolated island . When their boat goes astray and they are left without food, their animal instincts take over, bringing the film to its catastrophic end.

Amuck!

1972

Italian

6.2

♡ 3

47%

Silvio Amadio Director

Barbara Bouchet as Greta Franklin

Renzo Martini as Party Guest

Farley Granger as Richard Stuart

Petar Martinovitch as Rocco

A beautiful American woman infiltrates the home of a novelist and his wife so she can investigate the disappearance of her lover — who was her employers’ previous secretary — and soon finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.

The French Sex Murders

1972

Italian

5.2

♡ 2

Ferdinando Merighi Director

Ada Pometti as Doris - George's Maid

Barbara Bouchet as Francine Boulert

Renato Romano as Mr. Randall

Franco Borelli as Roger Delluc

After a French prostitute is found dead, one of her regular clients is tried and convicted for her murder. He is eventually sentenced to death but dies in a high speed pursuit after attempting to escape custody. Soon, the witnesses that testified against him end up being systematically murdered by a mysterious killer wearing black gloves.

Moonwalk One

1972

English

7.2

♡ 1

Theo Kamecke Director

Laurence Luckinbill as Narrator

Neil Armstrong as Self

Buzz Aldrin as Self

Richard Nixon as Self

This documentary by Theo Kamecke from 1970 gives an in-depth and profound look at the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. NASA footage is interspersed with reactions to the mission around the world as the film captures the intensity as well of the philosophical significance of the event. Won special award at Cannes.

Doomwatch

1972

English

5.5

♡ 7

20%

Peter Sasdy Director

Jeremy Child as David Broome

Ian Bannen as Dr. Del Shaw

Geoffrey Keen as Sir Henry Leyton

Michael Brennan as Tom Straker

The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.

Stigma

1972

English

5.2

♡ 2

David E. Durston Director

Diane Baker as

Philip Michael Thomas as Dr. Calvin Crosse

Peter Clune as Sheriff Whitehead

Connie Van Ess as Tassie

A black doctor ex-convict returns to the all-white town he knows as home and discovers a deadly disease threatening the citizens. He must fight prejudice and time if he is to save the town.

Miss Leslie's Dolls

1972

English

5.0

♡ 3

Joseph G. Prieto Director

Salvador Ugarte as Leslie Lamont

Marcelle Bichette as Lily

Terri Juston as Miss Alma Frost

Charles Pitt as Roy Sanders

A young college professor and three of her students seek shelter during a storm in the rural farmhouse of a strange woman who collects lifelike mannequins.

Don't Play Us Cheap

1972

English

5.8

♡ 2

92%

Action

based on play or musical

blaxploitation

blaxploitation cinema

Melvin Van Peebles Director

Nate Barnett as Guest

Mabel King as House guest at the party

Esther Rolle as Miss Maybell

Thomas Anderson as Mr. Percy

As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break up the party.

Bless This House

1972

English

6.2

♡ 3

47%

Action

Comedy

Romance

Gerald Thomas Director

Hugh Futcher as Car Owner

Harry Fielder as Man in Street

Robin Askwith as Mike Abbot

Peter Butterworth as Trevor Lewis

The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (Peter Butterworth) enjoy home-brewing. Plans to turn their hobby into a profitable, if illicit, sideline come unstuck when a Customs and Excise officer (Terry Scott) moves in next door! What’s more, Sid’s outspoken and madcap family hinder neighbourly relations even further.

Made

1972

English

6.5

♡ 2

Action

Drama

John Mackenzie Director

Brian Croucher as Arthur

John Castle as Father Dyson

Harry Fielder as Football Supporter / Hooligan

Margery Mason as Mrs. Marshall

This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people – a local priest and a folk singer – each of whom wants to convert her to his own worldview. An elegy to a younger generation looking for something to believe in, Made co-stars hugely influential folk-rock musician Roy Harper in his screen debut. Produced by Joseph Janni – who previously made the astonishingly successful Poor Cow with White – directed by The Long Good Friday's John Mackenzie and featuring new songs specially composed by Harper.

The Old Maid

1972

French

6.8

♡ 1

Action

Comedy

Jean-Pierre Blanc Director

Edith Scob as Edith, Monod's wife

Philippe Noiret as Gabriel Marcassus

Michael Lonsdale as Monod

Annie Girardot as Muriel Bouchon

Muriel is a shy woman who bluffs and blusters around in order to hide her shyness and to protect her loneliness, even though she longs wistfully for a companion of some sort. She has been lonely so long that now she is an old maid and has never been wooed. In this gentle French film, Muriel gets a glimpse of romance when Gabriel walks into the seaside hotel she is vacationing in. His car has broken down, and he has to stay there for a few days while it is repaired. Hers is the only dinner table with room at it, and Gabriel cannot prevent himself from charming women. She is stiff with him at first, but soon they develop a friendship.

Ben and Charlie

1972

Italian

6.1

♡ 4

43%

Michele Lupo Director

Vittorio Fanfoni as Betrayed Poker Player

George Eastman as Charlie Logan

Remo Capitani as Charro

Aldo Sambrell as Sheriff Walkers

Also known as Ben & Charlie. When Ben Bellow is released from prison, Charlie Logan is there waiting for him. Not to welcome him, but to tell him that he does not want to hear from him again. But his wish won't be granted as the the two men constantly forced to reconnect while still hating each other's guts...

The Boxer from Shantung

1972

Chinese

7.0

♡ 8

84%

Cheh Chang Director Fat Wan

Fat Wan as

Pak-Kwong Ho as

Li Ching as Chin Ling-tzu

Hark-On Fung as Tan's assistant

Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.

Living Free

1972

English

6.0

♡ 3

51%

Action

Adventure

africa

based on memoir or autobiography

Jack Couffer Director

Edward Judd as Game Warden Weaver

Nigel Davenport as George Adamson

Susan Hampshire as Joy Adamson

Geoffrey Keen as Kendall

When Elsa's three mischievious cubs begin wreaking havok on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.

Fists of Vengeance

1972

Chinese

5.9

♡ 4

Action

martial arts

Il-Ho Jang Director

Cheung-Yan Yuen as Lily Li

Lily Li as Chiao-chiao

Siu-Lung Leung as Chung student

Li Ching as Kuan Yue-hua

Plotting to obtain the Yen family's land, dastardly Japanese plutocrat Omura bribes Yen nephew Hsu Chien to steal the family seal and land deed. When Hsu Chien is caught in the act, he viciously beats elderly Master Yen to death to cover his actions. Determined to avenge the wrongs committed on his family and his country, young master Yen Tzu Fei blazes a knife-throwing path of revenge that leads him to his love Yue Hua's father, who has corrupt connections with the Japanese

A Reflection of Fear

1972

English

5.8

♡ 2

45%

William A. Fraker Director

Sally Kellerman as Anne

Signe Hasso as Julia

Sondra Locke as Marguerite

Robert Shaw as Michael

A young girl lives with her mother and grandmother. One day her estranged father returns home with a female companion he introduces as his fiance. Soon the girl finds herself in the midst of strange goings-on, which evolve into a web of crime and murder.

The Asphyx

1972

English

6.2

♡ 10

67%

Peter Newbrook Director

Fiona Walker as Anna Wheatley

Jane Lapotaire as Christina Cunningham

Robert Stephens as Sir Hugo Cunningham

David Grey as Vicar

Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question... what is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?

New Eros Schedule Book: An Offering of Fine Skin

1972

Japanese

4.0

♡ 4

Isao Hayashi Director

Mari Tanaka as Ejima

Yuko Katagiri as Oko

Keiko Tsuzuki as Oshizu

Genshû Hanayagi as Takekawa

A concubine is exiled from the Shogun's harem after she is found guilty of having tried to smuggle a kabuki dancer into the palace for the purpose of an illicit affair. Another concubine believes she has been framed and keeps investigating.

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The Glass House

An American Hippie in Israel

Amuck!

The French Sex Murders

Moonwalk One

Doomwatch

Stigma

Miss Leslie's Dolls

Don't Play Us Cheap

Bless This House

Made

The Old Maid

Ben and Charlie

The Boxer from Shantung

Living Free

Fists of Vengeance

A Reflection of Fear

The Asphyx

New Eros Schedule Book: An Offering of Fine Skin