The Big Fix
Theatrical Release Date: 10/06/1978
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, Ofelia Medina, F. Murray Abraham
Bloodbrothers
Theatrical Release Date: 10/06/1978
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Mulligan
Actors: Paul Sorvino, Tony Lo Bianco, Richard Gere, Lelia Goldoni, Yvonne Wilder, Floyd Levine
Death on the Nile
Theatrical Release Date: 10/06/1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Guillermin
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy
Plot: Based on the Agatha Christie novel, Detective Hercule Poirot must solve the mystery of a murdered heiress who is killed on a cruise down the Nile before it reaches port.
Goin' South
Theatrical Release Date: 10/06/1978
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jack Nicholson
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Danny DeVito, Veronica Cartwright
Plot: Spoof about an outlaw who is saved from hanging by a young widow (Mary
Steenburgen) who puts him to work as an indentured servant. She has a gold
mine that no one knows about and she wants him to help her get the gold
before anyone else finds out.
Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Theatrical Release Date: 10/06/1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Actors: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort
The Boys from Brazil
Theatrical Release Date: 10/05/1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Gregory Peck, Steve Guttenberg, Rosemary Harris, Lilli Palmer
Plot: A Nazi hunter locates Dr. Mengele and uncovers his plan to resurrect Adolf Hitler and lead the Nazis back to power.
Drunken Master ( Jui kuen )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/05/1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Woo-ping Yuen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang, Ging Man Fung, Shun-Yee Yuen, Hsia Hsu
Plot: An undisciplined boy must learn Drunken Fist Kung Fu in order to stop an assassin.
The Norseman
Theatrical Release Date: 10/05/1978
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles B. Pierce
Actors: Lee Majors, Cornel Wilde, Mel Ferrer, Jack Elam, Susie Coelho, Christopher Connelly
American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Steven Prince, Martin Scorsese, George Memmoli, Julia Cameron, Mardik Martin, Kathi McGinnis
Antichrist, The aka Tempter, The ( anticristo, L' )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alberto De Martino
Actors: Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, George Coulouris, Alida Valli, Mario Scaccia
Autumn Sonata ( Höstsonaten )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk, Marianne Aminoff, Arne Bang-Hansen
Plot: After being absent, a world-famous pianist returns home to her daughter.
When she arrives, she is surprised to discover that Eva has also taken in
her mentally-disabled sister, Helena from the institutions where she had
been left years before. After a tense number of days, a late-night
conversation will release everything that has been kept unsaid throughout
the years.
Born Again
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Irving Rapper
Actors: Dean Jones, Anne Francis, Jay Robinson, Dana Andrews, Raymond St. Jacques, Harry Spillman
Gates of Heaven
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Lucille Billingsley, Zella Graham, Cal Harberts, Dan Harberts, Mike Koewler, Floyd McClure
Plot: A documentary about pet cemeteries (successful and not) and the people who both run the business and those who have their pets buried within.
High Rolling in a Hot Corvette
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Igor Auzins
Actors: Joseph Bottoms, Grigor Taylor, Wendy Hughes, Sandra McGregor, John Clayton, Judy Davis
Like a Turtle on Its Back ( tortue sur le dos, La )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luc Béraud
Actors: Jean-François Stévenin, Bernadette Lafont, Virginie Thévenet, Claude Miller, Sandy Whitelaw, Marion Game
Mustang: The House that Joe Built
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Guralnick
Actors: Joe Conforte, Sally Conforte, Tony Brandt, Christa Free
Nick Carter in Prague ( Adéla jeste nevecerela )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Oldrich Lipský
Actors: Michal Docolomanský, Rudolf Hrusínský, Milos Kopecký, Ladislav Pesek, Nada Konvalinková, Václav Lohniský
Reign of Naples, The ( Neapolitanische Geschichten )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Schroeter
Actors: Liana Trouche, Antonio Orlando, Renata Zamengo, Dino Mele, Margareth Clémenti, Raúl Gimenez
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Gibson
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley
Scar, The ( Blizna )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Franciszek Pieczka, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Jan Skotnicki, Stanislaw Igar, Halina Winiarska
