The Day of the Jackal
Theatrical Release Date: 05/18/1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Denis Carey
Plot: In early 1960s France, the disbanded members of the former French Foreign Legion want to kill current president Charles DeGaulle - turning him into one of the most guarded men in the world. In desperation they turn to "The Jackal", codename of a notorious assassin who agrees to take the job for half-a-million in payment. As he plans the perfect assassination, the police desperately try to track him down.
Duel of the Iron Fist ( Da jue dou )
Theatrical Release Date: 05/17/1973
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Cheh Chang
Actors: Lung Ti, Ping Wang, Jeanette Yu Wei, David Chiang, Yuan Chuan, Chih-Ching Yang
Plot: A young gang member named Chieh is exiled after a brawl ends with his mob boss father dead. When he returns after a year away, young Chieh finds that his own gang has joined forces with the one that had his father killed and now he's a target.
Memories of Underdevelopment ( Memorias del subdesarrollo )
Theatrical Release Date: 05/17/1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Actors: Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés, René de la Cruz, Yolanda Farr
Plot: Following the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio Carmona Mendoyo watches as the rest of his family relocates to Miami. Alone, with the threat of invasion weighing heavily, Sergio turns his efforts to a playboy lifestyle, ultimately hoping to find a young woman to replace his ex-wife.
The Brothers O'Toole
Theatrical Release Date: 05/16/1973
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Richard Erdman
Actors: John Astin, Pat Carroll, Hans Conried, Richard Erdman, Lee Meriwether, Allyn Joslyn
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Theatrical Release Date: 05/15/1973
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden, Austin Stoker, Lew Ayres
Plot: After the fall of humanity, Earth is run by highly evolved apes. But tensions have risen as the intelligent beasts threaten to enslave the remaining humans, while a faction of human fighters have set their sights set on regaining the planet. The peaceful ape Caesar and his supporters may be the only chance of stopping a devastating war.
