No Blade of Grass
Theatrical Release Date: 10/23/1970
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Cornel Wilde
Actors: Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, John Hamill, Lynne Frederick, Patrick Holt, Ruth Kettlewell
The Wizard of Gore
Theatrical Release Date: 10/23/1970
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Actors: Ray Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne Ratay, Phil Laurenson, Jim Rau, Don Alexander
Plot: A magician runs a stage show where he picks a female, does terrible things to her and seemingly returns her healthy back to the audience. However, these women all end up dead later, horribly mutilated as in the show. While police are baffled, a TV talk-show hostess infatuated with the show it determined to get to the bottom of things.
Conformist, The ( conformista, Il )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/22/1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Actors: Stefania Sandrelli, Fosco Giachetti, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gastone Moschin, Pierre Clémenti, Enzo Tarascio
Plot: An Italian fascist with a complicated past is tasked with hunting down his old professor, who has fled Italy and is not considered an anti-fascist threat.
Matalo!
Theatrical Release Date: 10/22/1970
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cesare Canevari
Actors: Lou Castel, Corrado Pani, Antonio Salines, Luis Dávila, Claudia Gravy, Miguel Del Castillo
The Vampire Lovers
Theatrical Release Date: 10/22/1970
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Ingrid Pitt, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Peter Cushing, Ferdy Mayne, Douglas Wilmer
Plot: When the Countess leaves to tend to a sick friend, she leaver her
daughter, Marcilla, in the care of the General. Soon after, young women in
the village start dying and even the General's daughter becomes ill.
Marcilla is no ordinary young woman, but a vampire, and she feeds off
those around her time and time again...
Bigfoot
Theatrical Release Date: 10/21/1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert F. Slatzer
Actors: John Carradine, Joi Lansing, Judith Jordan, John Mitchum, James Craig, Christopher Mitchum
Plot: A biker, a girl, a sideshow promoter and a bear come face-to-face with the
legendary creature of the Pacific Northwest.
Burn! ( Queimada )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/21/1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Actors: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Norman Hill, Thomas Lyons, Renato Salvatore, Valeria Ferran Wanani
Plot: A British secret agent arrives in the Caribbean to take control of a sugar
cane plantation. Exposed to the struggles of the locals, he insights a
revolution, which spirals out of control.
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Theatrical Release Date: 10/21/1970
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, Lauren Hutton, Noah Beery Jr., Lucille Benson, Ray Ballard
The Only Way
Theatrical Release Date: 10/20/1970
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Bent Christensen
Actors: Ebbe Rode, Helle Virkner, Jane Seymour, Ove Sprogøe, Martin Potter, Benny Hansen
Red Circle, The ( cercle rouge, Le )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/20/1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet, Paul Amiot
Plot: An aristocratic just-paroled thief, an escaped murderer and an alcoholic ex-police sharpshooter form an unlikely trio bent on pulling off a daring jewel heist. Standing in their way is a vengeful mob boss, a persistent police superintendent. In this world, no on is innocent.
This Man Must Die ( Que la bête meure )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/20/1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne, Anouk Ferjac, Marc Di Napoli, Louise Chevalier
Plot: A single father will stop at nothing to avenge the hit and run death of his daughter. When he learns an actress was in the car - he poses as a screenwriter to get close to her - willing to kill her if she was the driver. But as he get more and more involved with her life, his empathy causes him to change his outlook.
Goin' Down the Road
Theatrical Release Date: 10/19/1970
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Donald Shebib
Actors: Doug McGrath, Paul Bradley, Jayne Eastwood, Cayle Chernin, Nathalie Christal, Pierre La Roche
I Never Sang for My Father
Theatrical Release Date: 10/18/1970
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Gilbert Cates
Actors: Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons, Elizabeth Hubbard, Conrad Bain
