231. Smokey and the Bandit
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Needham
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Jackie Gleason, Paul Williams
Plot: The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.
232. The Heartbreak Kid
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Elaine May
Actors: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Doris Roberts, Audra Lindley, Eddie Albert
Plot: On his honeymoon, a newlywed falls out of love with his wife and in love with a wealthy co-ed.
233. Love on the Run ( amour en fuite, L' )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade, Dani, Dorothée, Daniel Mesguich
234. Big Boss, The aka Fists of Fury ( Tang shan da xiong )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wei Lo
Actors: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Ying-Chieh Han, Malalene, Tony Liu
Plot: Bruce Lee stars as a man sworn to do no harm. As he helps his cousins in an ice factory, he discovers something that draws him to violence and his only choice is to act out against evil.
235. Theater of Blood
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Douglas Hickox
Actors: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne, Robert Coote
Plot: A theater actor seeks revenge on the critics that scorned him by killing them based on famous death scenes in Shakespeare's plays.
236. The Buddy Holly Story
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steve Rash
Actors: Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith , Conrad Janis, Maria Richwine, William Jordan
Plot: Biography of the young rock star Buddy Holly - from his early days, his meteoric rise, his breakup (and reunion) with The Crickets and his much-too early death.
237. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth
Plot: During WWII, witch Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury) aims to use her new-found powers to ward off a Nazi incursion of England. But she's saddled with a trio of refugee siblings from London who need her protection. To win them over, she pulls off an assortment of tricks and takes them on a fantastical adventure to the Isle of Naboombu.
238. Black Sunday
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Bekim Fehmiu, Fritz Weaver, Steven Keats
Plot: A terrorist organization and a psychologically-scarred Vietnam vet plan a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl and an Israeli anti-terrorist agent works to thwart this plot.
239. The Spy Who Loved Me
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Actors: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel, Curd Jürgens, Michael Billington , Vernon Dobtcheff
Plot: Bond is on the case when a British submarine carrying nuclear warheads goes missing. He finds himself teaming up with a KGB agent - one whose lover he killed.
240. Sounder
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, Taj Mahal, James Best
Plot: A man gets caught stealing to feed his family.
