161. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Cimino
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Geoffrey Lewis, Catherine Bach, Gary Busey, Jack Dodson
Plot: Seven years ago, a group of thieves pulled off an audacious bank robbery
with the help of an anti-tank gun. Yet when the loot goes missing, the
crew gets back together to repeat the robbery.
162. Murder on the Orient Express
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Plot: Famed detective Hercule Poirot finds himself on the Orient Express when a
passenger requests his protection. Declining the offer, Poirot then finds
himself investigating a murder when the passenger is found dead the next
day. While the train is stopped due to snow, Poirot has a few hours to
figure out the passengers true identity, interview many passengers and
figure out why it all seems to lead back to a 5-year-old kidnapping case.
163. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter III, Harvey Keitel, Diane Ladd, Kris Kristofferson, Jodie Foster
Plot: After the death of her husband, Alice and her 11-year-old son leave their
Socorro, New Mexico home and plan to make it to Monterrey, California.
Alice is a singer and, in order to fund the trip, plans to take odd jobs
along the way - but she eventually finds herself as a waitress.
164. Bay of Blood ( Reazione a catena )
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati, Chris Avram, Leopoldo Trieste
Plot: After en elderly heiress is killed off by her husband, who wants the
fortune for himself, is sets off a chain reaction as other member's of the
family work to whittle down the inheritance pool - by killing off one
another. A hapless group of teens camping out in one of the abandoned
buildings on the property are caught in the middle.
165. Ryan's Daughter
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lean
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern, Sarah Miles
Plot: WWI seems worlds away from Ireland's Dingle peninsula. A young, conflicted British officer finds himself in the pub - the only customer - while Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy tends bar. The two have a magnetic attraction - but one night a group of Irish revolutionaries expecting a shipment of guns arrives at the pub and everything will come crashing down.
166. Blue Collar
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, Lane Smith
167. Helter Skelter
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Gries
Actors: Steve Railsback, George DiCenzo, Nancy Wolfe, Marilyn Burns, Christina Hart, Cathey Paine
Plot: Story of the crimes, capture and trial of the notorious Charles Manson and his "family".
168. The Andromeda Strain
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell
Plot: A U.S. army satellite falls to the town of Piedmont, New Mexico and brings
back something alien that wipes out nearly the entire town. A team of five
scientists are brought in to solve the mystery behind the biological
terror before it spreads.
169. Milky Way, The ( voie lactée, La )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny, Edith Scob, Bernard Verley, Michel Piccoli
170. Jeremiah Johnson
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Robert Redford, Josh Albee, Joaquín Martínez, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Stefan Gierasch
Plot: The trials and tribulations of a man out in the wilderness (probably
northern Montana) totally alone. It is a real tale of survival.
