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The year 1972 in film involved several significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1972 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1972
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 The Godfather Paramount $86,300,000[1]
2 The Poseidon Adventure 20th Century Fox $42,000,000[1]
3 What's Up, Doc? Warner Bros. $28,000,000[1]
4 Deliverance $22,500,000[1]
5 Jeremiah Johnson $21,900,000[2]
6 Cabaret Allied Artists $20,250,000[2]
7 Deep Throat Bryanston $20,000,000[2]
8 The Getaway National General $18,000,000[2]
9 Lady Sings the Blues Paramount $9,666,000[2]
10 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex United Artists $8,828,000[2]

Awards

Category/Organization30th Golden Globe Awards
January 28, 1973		26th BAFTA Awards
February 28, 1973		45th Academy Awards
March 27, 1973
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmThe GodfatherCabaretThe Godfather
Best DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola
The Godfather		Bob Fosse
Cabaret
Best ActorMarlon Brando
The Godfather		Jack Lemmon
Avanti!		Gene Hackman
The Poseidon Adventure
The French Connection		Marlon Brando
The Godfather
Best ActressLiv Ullmann
The Emigrants		Liza Minnelli
Cabaret
Best Supporting ActorJoel Grey
Cabaret		Ben Johnson
The Last Picture Show		Joel Grey
Cabaret
Best Supporting ActressShelley Winters
The Poseidon Adventure		Cloris Leachman
The Last Picture Show		Eileen Heckart
Butterflies Are Free
Best Screenplay, AdaptedFrancis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
The Godfather		Paddy Chayefsky
The Hospital
Peter Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry
The Last Picture Show		Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
The Godfather
Best Screenplay, OriginalJeremy Larner
The Candidate
Best Original ScoreNino Rota
The Godfather		Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell
Limelight
Ralph Burns
Cabaret
Best Original Song"Ben"
Ben		N/A"The Morning After"
The Poseidon Adventure
Best Foreign Language FilmThe Emigrants
The New Land		N/AThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), directed by Elio Petri, Italy
The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France

1972 Wide-release movies

United States unless stated

January–March

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7 Glass HousesColumbia PicturesAlexander Singer (director/screenplay); Judith Singer (screenplay); Bernard Barrow, Jennifer O'Neill, Philip Pine, Eve McVeagh, Deirdre Lenihan, Ann SummersDrama, RomanceLive Action
11 The Night StalkerABC Circle Films / Dan Curtis Productions / Buena Vista InternationalJohn Llewellyn Moxey (director); Richard Matheson (teleplay); Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, Claude Akins, Charles McGraw, Kent Smith, Elisha Cook Jr., Stanley Adams, Larry Linville, Jordan Rhodes, Barry AtwaterHorrorLive Action
13 The CowboysWarner Bros.Mark Rydell (director); Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., William Dale Jennings (screenplay); John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Carradine, Stephen Hudis, A Martinez, Slim Pickens, Lonny Chapman, Charles Tyner, Sarah Cunningham, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Dick Farnsworth, Larry Finley, Tap Canutt, Chuck Courtney, Gary Epper, Tony Epper, Alfred Barker Jr., Nicolas Beauvy, Steve Benedict, Norman Howell Jr., Sean Kelly, Clay O'Brien, Sam O'Brien, Mike Pyeatt, Maggie Costain, Jerry Gatlin, Walter Scott, Wallace Brooks, Charise Cullin, Colette Poeppel, Norman Howell, Rita Hudis, Margaret Kelly, Larry Randles, Jim Burk, Fred Brookfield, Kent Hays, Glenn Randall Jr., Henry Wills, Joe YrigoyenWesternLive Action
14 Cisco PikeColumbia PicturesBill L. Norton (director/screenplay); Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton, Viva, Doug Sahm, Roscoe Lee Browne, Joy Bang, Severn Darden, Antonio Fargas, Don Sturdy, Allan Arbus, Wavy Gravy, Lorna Thayer, William Traylor, Richard Stahl, Doodles WeaverDramaLive Action
20 To Find a ManColumbia Pictures / RastarBuzz Kulik (director); Arnold Schulman (screenplay); Pamela Sue Martin, Darren O'Connor, Lloyd Bridges, Phyllis Newman, Tom Ewell, Tom Bosley, Miles Chapin, Schell Rasten, Antonia Rey, Vicki Sue Robinson, Rutanya AldaComedy, DramaLive Action
21 X Y & ZeeColumbia Pictures / Zee CompanyBrian G. Hutton (director); Edna O'Brien (screenplay); Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Margaret Leighton, John Standing, Michael Cashman, Richard O'Brien, Mary Larkin, Gino MelvazziDramaLive Action
26 The Hot Rock20th Century FoxPeter Yates (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, William Redfield, Topo Swope, Zero Mostel, Christopher Guest, Graham Jarvis, Charlotte Rae, Harry Bellaver, Lee Wallace, Gilbert Lewis, George Bartenieff, Ed Bernard, Albert Henderson, Robert Weil, Lynne Gordon, Fred CookCrime, Comedy, DramaLive Action
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Y		 13 CabaretAllied Artists / ABC PicturesBob Fosse (director); Jay Allen (screenplay); Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Marisa Berenson, Fritz Wepper, Joel Grey, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Helen Vita, Sigrid von Richthofen, Gerd Vespermann, Ralf Wolter, Ricky Renée, Kathryn Doby, Estrongo Nachama, Oliver Collignon, Mark LambertMusical, DramaLive Action
14 Pocket MoneyNational General Pictures / First ArtistsStuart Rosenberg (director); Terrence Malick (screenplay); Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Christine Belford, Kelly Jean Peters, Gregory Sierra, Fred Graham, Matt Clark, Claudio Miranda, Terrence MalickWestern, ComedyLive Action
26 The New Land (Sweden)Warner Bros.Jan Troell (director/screenplay); Bengt Forslund (screenplay); Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Hans Alfredson, Agneta Prytz, Halvar Björk, Tom C. Fouts, Peter Lindgren, Per Oscarsson, Oscar Ljung, Karin Nordström, Eva-Lena ZetterlundDrama, WesternLive Action
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H		 8 Tales from the Crypt (U.K.)Metromedia Producers Corporation / Amicus ProductionsFreddie Francis (director); Milton Subotsky (screenplay); Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry, Patrick Magee, Barbara Murray, Nigel Patrick, Robin Phillips, Ralph Richardson, Martin Boddey, Chloe Franks, Oliver MacGreevy, Angela Grant, Peter Fraser, David Markham, Robert Hutton, Clifford Earl, Edward Evans, Harry Locke, Geoffrey Bayldon, Robert Rietti, John Barrard, Susan Denny, Frank Forsyth, Manning Wilson, Irene Gawne, Stafford Medhurst, George HerbertHorrorLive Action
10 FrogsAmerican International PicturesGeorge McCowan (director); Robert Hutchison, Robert Blees (screenplay); Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Lynn Borden, Judy Pace, Mae Mercer, Dale Willingham, Hal Hodges, David Gilliam, Nicholas Cortland, George Skaff, Hollis Irving, Lance Taylor Sr.HorrorLive Action
Silent RunningUniversal PicturesDouglas Trumbull (director); Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Steven Bochco (screenplay); Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Mark Persons, Cheryl Sparks, Steven Brown, Larry WhisenhuntSci-FiLive Action
What's Up, Doc?Warner Bros. / Saticoy ProductionsPeter Bogdanovich (director); Buck Henry, David Newman, Robert Benton (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Kenneth Mars, Michael Murphy, Stefan Gierasch, Sorrell Booke, Philip Roth, Mabel Albertson, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, George Morfogen, Graham Jarvis, Randy Quaid, M. Emmet Walsh, Jack Perkins, Gil Perkins, Christa Lang, Don Bexley, John Byner, William Niven, Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. BryanRomance, ComedyLive Action
12 Godzilla vs. Gigan – (Japan)TohoJun Fukuda (director); Shinichi Sekizawa (screenplay); Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tomoko Umeda, Yuriko Hishimi, Minoru Takashima, Zan Fujita, Toshiaki Nishizawa, Kunio Murai, Gen Shimizu, Kuniko Ashihara, Zeko Nakamura, Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Koetsu Omiya, Kanta InaAction, Adventure, FamilyLive Action
14 The GodfatherParamount Pictures / Alfran ProductionsFrancis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Mario Puzo (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Talia Shire, Gianni Russo, John Cazale, Rudy Bond, Al Martino, Morgana King, Lenny Montana, Johnny Martino, Salvatore Corsitto, Richard Bright, Alex Rocco, Tony Giorgio, Vito Scotti, Victor Rendina, Jeannie Linero, Julie Gregg, Simonetta Stefanelli, Angelo Infanti, Corrado Gaipa, Franco Citti, Saro Urzi, Frank Albanese, Carmine Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Italia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Randy Jurgensen, Tony King, Paul Lambert, Tony Lip, Tom Rosqui, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Frank Sivero, Joe Spinell, Nick Vallelonga, Ilene WoodsCrime, DramaLive Action
15 CorkyMetro-Goldwyn-MayerLeonard Horn (director); Eugene Price (screenplay); Robert Blake, Charlotte Rampling, Patrick O'Neal, Christopher Connelly, Pamela Payton-Wright, Ben Johnson, Laurence Luckinbill, Paul Stevens, Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Buddy Baker, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Charlie Briggs, Jack Garner, Lulu Roman, John Marriott, Glen WoodAction, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
Slaughterhouse-FiveUniversal Pictures / Cinema International CorporationGeorge Roy Hill (director); Stephen Geller (screenplay); Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine, Holly Near, Perry King, Kevin Conway, Friedrich von Ledebur, Ekkehardt Belle, Sorrell Booke, Roberts Blossom, John Dehner, Gary Waynesmith, Richard Schaal, Gilmer McCormick, Stan Gottlieb, Karl-Otto Alberty, Henry Bumstead, Lucille Benson, John Wood, Alexander Allerson, Barbara Frey, Warren Frost, Paul Hansard, Richard StahlComedy, Drama, Sci-FiLive Action
17 Pink FlamingosNew Line Cinema / DreamlandJohn Waters (director/screenplay); Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, Danny Mills, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, Channing Wilroy, Paul Swift, Susan Walsh, Linda Olgierson, Pat Moran, Steve Yeager, George Figgs, Vincent Peranio, Van Smith, Elizabeth Coffey, David E. Gluck, John WatersComedy, CrimeLive Action
22 The Biscuit EaterWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionVincent McEveety (director); Lawrence Edward Watkin (screenplay); Earl Holliman, Pat Crowley, Lew Ayres, Godfrey Cambridge, Beah Richards, Clifton James, Johnny Whitaker, Mantan Moreland, George Spell, Rolph Van WolfgangDramaLive Action
Fist of FuryGolden HarvestLo Wei (director/screenplay); Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Riki Hashimoto, Robert Baker, Tien Feng, Paul Wei, Fung Ngai, Lo Wei, Huang Tsung-hsing, Han Ying-chieh, James Tien, Maria Yi, Jun Katsumura, Lee Kwan, Jackie Chan, Corey YuenAction, Drama, Romance, Martial ArtsLive Action
23 The Concert for Bangladesh20th Century Fox / Apple FilmsSaul Swimmer (director); George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Jim Keltner, Badfinger, Jesse Ed Davis, Kamala Chakravarty, Claudia Lennear, Don Nix, Don Preston, Alla Rakha, Mal Evans, Allen Klein, Phil Spector, The Hollywood Horns, Allan Beutler, Jo Green, Jeany Greene, Marlin Greene, Dolores Hall, Jacky Kelso, Ustad Aliakbar Khan, Lew McCreary, Carl RadieDocumentary, MusicLive Action
24 The Ten Commandments (re-release)Paramount Pictures / Motion Picture AssociatesCecil B. DeMille (director); Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Olive Deering, Douglas Dumbrille, Frank de Kova, Henry Wilcoxon, Eduard Franz, Donald Curtis, Lawrence Dobkin, H.B. Warner, Julia Faye, Joanna Merlin, Fraser Heston, John Miljan, Francis J. McDonald, Ian Keith, Paul De Rolf, Woodrow Strode, Joan Woodbury, Kathy Garver, Cecil B. DeMille, Lisa Mitchell, Noelle Williams, Pat Richard, Joyce Vanderveen, Diane Hall, Abbas El Boughdadly, Tommy Duran, Eugene Mazzola, Ramsay Hill, Esther Brown, Babette BainEpic, Adventure, Drama, FamilyLive Action
29 The Carey TreatmentMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Geoffrey ProductionsBlake Edwards (director); James P. Bonner (screenplay); James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Pat Hingle, Elizabeth Allen, John Fink, Dan O'Herlihy, James Hong, Alex Dreier, Michael Blodgett, Regis Toomey, Jennifer Edwards, John Hillerman, Robert Mandan, Robie Porter, Dick Crockett, Stephen Manley, Ed Peck, Skye Aubrey, Steve Carlson, Rosemary Edelman, Warren ParkerCrime, Mystery, ThrillerLive Action

April–June

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L		 12 Fritz the CatCinemation Industries / Fritz Productions / Aurica Finance Company / Krantz FilmsRalph Bakshi (director/screenplay); Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, Phil Seuling, Ralph Bakshi, John McCurry, Judy Engles, Mary Dean, Charles SpidarBlack ComedyAdult Animation
16 The Culpepper Cattle Co.20th Century FoxDick Richards (director/screenplay); Eric Bercovici, Gregory Prentiss (screenplay); Gary Grimes, Billy "Green" Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis, Raymond Guth, Wayne Sutherlin, Matt Clark, Anthony James, Charles Martin Smith, Gregory SierraWesternLive Action
28 Buck and the PreacherColumbia Pictures / E & R Productions / Belafonte EnterprisesSidney Poitier (director); Ernest Kinoy (screenplay); Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell, Denny Miller, Nita Talbot, James McEachin, Clarence Muse, Enrique Lucero, Julie Robinson, Lynn RobinsonWesternLive Action
Five Fingers of Death (Hong Kong)Shaw Brothers StudioJeong Chang-hwa (director); Chiang Yang (screenplay); Lo Lieh, Wang Ping, Tien Feng, Wang Chin-feng, Tung Lam, Fang Mian, Ku Wen-ChungMartial Arts, Action, Drama, RomanceLive Action
30 Vampire Circus (U.K.)20th Century Fox / Hammer Film ProductionsRobert Young (director); Judson Kinberg (screenplay); Adrienne Corri, Laurence Payne, Thorley Walters, Lynne Frederick, John Moulder-Brown, Elizabeth Seal, Anthony Higgins, Domini Blythe, Robin Hunter, Robin Sachs, Lalla Ward, David Prowse, Mary Wimbush, David de Keyser, Richard Owens, Robert Tayman, Skip Martin, Christina Paul, Roderick Shaw, Barnaby Shaw, John Bown, Sibylla Kay, Jane Darby, Dorothy Frere, Milovan Vesnitch, Serena, Sean HewittHorrorLive Action
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Y		 4 Play It Again, SamParamount Pictures / APJAC ProductionsHerbert Ross (director); Woody Allen (screenplay); Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Susan Anspach, Jennifer Salt, Joy Bang, Viva, Susanne Zenor, Michael Greene, Ted Markland, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Jean De Briac, Mark Goddard, Paul Henreid, Claude RainsComedyLive Action
12 The Great Northfield Minnesota RaidUniversal Pictures / Robertson and AssociatesPhilip Kaufman (director/screenplay); Cliff Robertson, Robert Duvall, Luke Askew, R.G. Armstrong, Dana Elcar, Donald Moffat, John Pearce, Matt Clark, Robert H. Harris, Jack Manning, Elisha Cook, Royal Dano, William Callaway, Arthur Peterson, Barry Brown, Liam Dunn, Anne Barton, Valda Hansen, Wayne Sutherlin, Mary-Robin Redd, Craig Curtis, Nellie Burt, Madeleine Taylor Holmes, Herbert Nelson, Erik Holland, Marjorie Durant, Inger StrattonWesternLive Action
Hammersmith Is OutCinerama Releasing Corporation / J. Cornelius Crean Films Inc.Peter Ustinov (director); Stanford Whitmore (screenplay); Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges, Leon Ames, Leon Askin, Anthony Holland, George Raft, John Schuck, Marjorie Eaton, Linda Gaye ScottComedy, DramaLive Action
17 The HonkersUnited Artists / Brighton Pictures / Levy-Gardner-LavenSteve Ihnat (director/screenplay); Stephen Lodge (screenplay); James Coburn, Lois Nettleton, Slim Pickens, Anne Archer, Richard Anderson, Jim Davis, Ramon Bieri, Teddy Eccles, Mitchell Ryan, Wayne McLaren, John Harmon, Richard O'Brien, Larry Mahan, Joan Huntington, Pitt Herbert, Luther Elmore, Chuck Parkison Jr.Action, Comedy, DramaLive Action
19 Carry On MatronThe Rank OrganisationGerald Thomas (director); Talbot Rothwell (screenplay); Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth Cope, Terry Scott, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Jacki Piper, Bill Maynard, Patsy Rowlands, Derek Francis, Amelia Bayntun, Valerie Leon, Brian Osborne, Gwendolyn Watts, Valerie Shute, Margaret Nolan, Michael Nightingale, Wendy Richard, Bill Kenwright, Robin Hunter, Jack Douglas, Madeline Smith, Juliet HarmerComedyLive Action
24 The Possession of Joel DelaneyParamount Pictures / Haworth Productions / ITC EntertainmentWaris Hussein (director); Grimes Grice, Matt Robinson (screenplay); Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Michael Hordern, Barbara Trentham, Míriam Colón, Earle Hyman, Lovelady Powell, David Elliott, Lisa Kohane, Edmundo Rivera Álvarez, Teodorina Bello, Robert Burr, Ernesto Gonzalez, Aukie Herger, Marita LindholmHorrorLive Action
SkyjackedMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Walter Seltzer Productions, Inc.John Guillermin (director); Stanley R. Greenberg (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Claude Akins, Jeanne Crain, Susan Dey, Roosevelt Grier, Mariette Hartley, Walter Pidgeon, Ken Swofford, Leslie Uggams, Ross Elliott, Nicholas Hammond, Mike Henry, John Hillerman, Maureen Connell, John Fiedler, Wesley Lau, Roy Engel, Lorna Thayer, Dan White, Natividad Vacío, Jayson William Kane, Toni Clayton, Kelley Miles, Jack Denbo, Joe Canutt, Grahame PrattDisaster, Action, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
25 Chato's LandUnited Artists / Scimitar FilmsMichael Winner (director); Gerald Wilson (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Simon Oakland, Richard Basehart, Ralph Waite, Richard Jordan, Victor French, William Watson, Roddy McMillan, Paul Young, Lee Patterson, Peter Dyneley, Hugh McDermott, Sonia Rangan, Raúl Castro, Verna HarveyWesternLive Action
Z.P.G.Paramount Pictures / Sagittarius ProductionsMichael Campus (director); Frank De Felitta, Max Ehrlich (screenplay); Oliver Reed, Geraldine Chaplin, Don Gordon, Diane Cilento, David Markham, Bill Nagy, Sheila Reid, Aubrey Woods, Birgitte Federspiel, Wayne Rodda, Ditte Maria WibergSci-Fi, ThrillerLive Action
26 The Other20th Century FoxRobert Mulligan (director); Thomas Tryon (screenplay); Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Norma Connolly, Victor French, Lou Frizzell, John Ritter, Jenny Sullivan, Portia Nelson, Jack Collins, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky, Loretta Leversee, Clarence CrowHorror, ThrillerLive Action
31 The Final ComedownNew World PicturesOscar Williams (director/screenplay); Billy Dee Williams, D'Urville Martin, Celia Kaye, Edmund Cambridge, Billy Durkin, Raymond St. Jacques, R.G. Armstrong, Maidie Norman, Morris Erby, Pamela JonesBlaxploitation, Action, Crime, DramaLive Action
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4 A Day in the Death of Joe EggColumbia Pictures / DominoPeter Medak (director); Peter Nichols (screenplay); Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles, Sheila Gish, Joan Hickson, Murray Melvin, Fanny Carby, Constance Chapman, Elizabeth Robillard, Elizabeth TyrellBlack Comedy, DramaLive Action
12 Deep ThroatBryanston Distributing CompanyGerard Damiano (director/screenplay); Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Carol Connors, Gerard Damiano, Dolly Sharp, Bill Harrison, William Love, Bob Phillips, Ted Street, John Byron, Jack Birch, Ron Wertheim, Weston EncisoAdult, ComedyLive Action
14 Fillmore20th Century FoxRichard T. Heffron, Eli F. Bleich (directors); Bill Graham, Santana, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Lamb, Cold Blood, The Rowan Brothers, New Riders of the Purple Sage, It's a Beautiful Day, The Elvin Bishop Group, Boz Scaggs, Papa John Creach, Mike BloomfieldDocumentary, MusicLive Action
Boxcar BerthaAmerican International PicturesMartin Scorsese (director); Joyce Hooper Corrington, John William Corrington (screenplay); Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, John Carradine, Victor Argo, Harry Northup, Martin Scorsese, Franklin D. Roosevelt, David Osterhout, Grahame Pratt, 'Chicken' Holleman, Ann Morell, Marianne Dole, Joe ReynoldsRomance, Crime, DramaLive Action
16 The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie20th Century Fox / Palomar PicturesJack Starrett (director); Anthony Greville-Bell, John Kohn (screenplay); Bonnie Bedelia, Ken Howard, Anthony ZerbeDrama, ThrillerLive Action
19 One Is a Lonely NumberMetro-Goldwyn-MayerMel Stuart (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Trish Van Devere, Monte Markham, Janet Leigh, Melvyn Douglas, Jane Elliot, Jonathan Lippe, Paul Jenkins, A. Scott Beach, Dudley Knight, Maurice Argent, Joseph Spano, Kathleen Quinlan, Mark Bramhall, Henry Leff, Thomas McNallan, Morgan Upton, Kim Allen, Peter Fitzsimmons, Christopher BrooksDramaLive Action
20 The Assassination of Trotsky (U.K.)Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica / Compagnia Internazionale Alessandra Cinematografica / CinételJoseph Losey (director); Nicholas Mosley (screenplay); Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese, Luigi Vannucchi, Jean Desailly, Simone Valère, Duilio Del Prete, Jack Betts, Michael Forest, Claudio Brook, Joshua Sinclair, Giorgio AlbertazziHistorical, DramaLive Action
21 Shaft's Big Score!Metro-Goldwyn-MayerGordon Parks (director); Ernest Tidyman (screenplay); Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Joe Mascolo, Wally Taylor, Julius Harris, Rosalind Miles, Joe Santos, Robert Kya-Hill, Thomas Anderson, Frank Adonis, Cihangir Ghaffari, Kathy Imrie, Don Blakely, Angelo Gnazzo, Henry Ferrentino, Melvin Green Jr., Dan Hannafin, Marilyn Hamlin, Kitty Jones, Evelyn DavisBlaxploitation, Action, Crime, DramaLive Action
Beware! The BlobJack H. Harris Enterprises Inc.Larry Hagman (director); Anthony Harris, Jack Woods (screenplay); Robert Walker Jr., Gwynne Gilford, Richard Stahl, Richard Webb, Marlene Clark, Gerrit Graham, J.J. Johnston, Dick Van Patten, Randy Stonehill, Cindy Williams, Larry Norman, Bill Coontz, Shelley Berman, Godfrey Cambridge, Larry Hagman, Carol Lynley, Burgess Meredith, Danny Goldman, Rockne Tarkington, Sid Haig, Del Close, Robert N. Goodman, Byron Keith, Tiger Joe Marsh, Fred Smoot, Preston Hagman, Conrad Rothmann, John Houser, Patrick McAllister, Margie AdlemanSci-Fi, Comedy, HorrorLive Action
FrenzyUniversal PicturesAlfred Hitchcock (director); Anthony Shaffer (screenplay); Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins, Vivien Merchant, Michael Bates, Jean Marsh, Clive Swift, Madge Ryan, Elsie Randolph, John Boxer, Jimmy Gardner, Gerald Sim, Noel Johnson, Rita Webb, Michael Sheard, Richard Stapley, Susan Travers, Joby Blanshard, John Cater, Gerry Cowper, Maxwell Craig, Charles Farrell, Harry Fielder, Drewe Henley, Alfred Hitchcock, Doreen Mantle, Margaret Nolan, Colin Spaull, Fred Wood, Martin WyldeckThrillerLive Action
The Groundstar ConspiracyUniversal Pictures / Hal Roach StudiosLamont Johnson (director); Douglas Heyes (screenplay); George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford, Cliff Potts, James Olson, Tim O'Connor, James McEachin, Alan OppenheimerNeo-Noir, Action, Crime, MysteryLive Action
The RevengersNational General Pictures / Cinema Center Films / Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.Daniel Mann (director); Wendell Mayes (screenplay); William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Woody Strode, Roger Hanin, Susan Hayward, René Koldehoff, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Arthur Hunnicutt, Warren Vanders, Larry Pennell, James Daughton, Scott Holden, John Kelly, Lorraine Chanel, Jorge Luke, Raúl Pérez Prieto, Carlos Amez RochaWesternLive Action
23 BenCinerama Releasing Corporation / Bing Crosby ProductionsPhil Karlson (director); Gilbert Ralston (screenplay); Lee Harcourt Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell, Rosemary Murphy, Meredith Baxter, Paul Carr, Kenneth Tobey, James Luisi, Lee Paul, Norman Alden, Scott Garrett, Ric Drasin, Bruce Davison, Kaz Garas, Richard Van Vleet, Arlen Stuart, Ben Crowe, St. BenjaminDrama, Horror, ThrillerLive Action
28 Prime CutNational General Pictures / Cinema Center FilmsMichael Ritchie (director); Robert Dillon (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Howard Platt, Les Lannom, Eddie Egan, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Clint Ellison, Therese Reinsch, Bob Wilson, Gordon Signer, Gladys Watson, Wayne SavagneAction, Crime, DramaLive Action
29 The CandidateWarner Bros.Michael Ritchie (director); Jeremy Larner (screenplay); Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter, Allen Garfield, Karen Carlson, Quinn Redeker, Michael Lerner, Kenneth Tobey, Jenny Sullivan, Gerald Hiken, Mike Barnicle, Broderick Crawford, George McGovern, Howard K. Smith, Hubert Humphrey, Alan Cranston, John V. Tunney, Terry McGovern, Natalie Wood, Sam Yorty, Jesse M. Unruh, Bill Stout, Morgan Upton, Christopher Pray, Joe Miksak, Tom Dahlgren, Leslie Allen, Van AmbergDramaLive Action
Come Back, Charleston BlueWarner Bros.Mark Warren (director); Peggy Elliott, Bontche Schweig (screenplay); Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Percy Rodriguez, Jonelle Allen, Minnie Gentry, Leonardo Cimino, Philip Michael Thomas, Peter Deanda, Maxwell Glanville, Dick Sabol, Toney Brealond, Tim Pelt, Marcia McBroom, Darryl Knibb, Joseph Ray, Adam Wade, Dorothi FoxAction, Comedy, CrimeLive Action
30 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes20th Century Fox / APJAC ProductionsJ. Lee Thompson (director); Paul Dehn (screenplay); Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalbán, Natalie Trundy, Hari Rhodes, Severn Darden, Lou Wagner, John Randolph, H.M. Wynant, Buck Kartalian, Paul Comi, Gordon Jump, Asa Maynor, David Chow, John Dennis, Dick SpanglerAction, Sci-FiLive Action

July–September

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Y		 2 Cool BreezeMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Penelope ProductionsBarry Pollack (director/screenplay); Thalmus Rasulala, Jim Watkins, Judy Pace, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Sam Laws, Raymond St. Jacques, Margaret Avery, Pam Grier, Paula Kelly, Wally Taylor, Rudy Challenger, Stewart Bradley, Ed Cambridge, Royce Wallace, Stack Pierce, Biff Elliot, John LuptonBlaxploitation, Crime, DramaLive Action
5 Dr. Phibes Rises AgainAmerican International PicturesRobert Fuest (director/screenplay); Robert Blees (screenplay); Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Peter Jeffrey, Fiona Lewis, Hugh Griffith, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas, John Cater, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, John Thaw, Keith Buckley, Milton Reid, John Comer, Caroline Munro, Gary OwensComedy, HorrorLive Action
Napoleon and SamanthaWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionBernard McEveety (director); Stewart Raffill (screenplay); Johnny Whitaker, Jodie Foster, Michael Douglas, Will Geer, Arch Johnson, Henry Jones, Vito Scotti, John Crawford, Mary Wickes, Ellen Corby, Rex Holman, John Lupton, Zamba, James MacDonald, Claude Johnson, John Ortega, Monty MargettsAdventure, DramaLive Action
6 Butterflies Are FreeColumbia PicturesMilton Katselas (director); Leonard Gershe (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Eileen Heckart, Edward Albert, Paul Michael Glaser, Michael WarrenComedy, DramaLive Action
12 Now You See Him, Now You Don'tWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionRobert Butler (director); Joseph L. McEveety (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, Jim Backus, William Windom, Michael McGreevey, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Bakalyan, Joyce Menges, Alan Hewitt, Kelly Thordsen, Bing Russell, Edward Andrews, George O'Hanlon, John Myhers, Frank Welker, Mike Evans, Pat Delany, Robert RothwellSci-Fi, ComedyLive Action
14 FuzzUnited Artists / Filmways / Martin Ransohoff ProductionsRichard A. Colla (director); Evan Hunter (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt, Yul Brynner, Raquel Welch, James McEachin, Bert Remsen, Steve Ihnat, Peter Bonerz, Don Gordon, Dan Frazer, Norman Burton, Vince Howard, Brian Doyle-Murray, Charles Tyner, Neile Adams, Tamara Dobson, Charles Martin Smith, Robert Jaffe, Stewart Moss, James Victor, Royce D. Applegate, Britt Leach, Peter Elbling, Gary Morgan, Albert Popwell, Gino Conforti, Gerald Hiken, Martine Bartlett, Peter Brocco, Jack Perkins, Dominic Chianese, Richard Stahl, Uschi Digard, Anne Lockhart, Ron RifkinAction, Comedy, CrimeLive Action
Joe KiddUniversal Pictures / The Malpaso CompanyJohn Sturges (director); Elmore Leonard (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia, James Wainwright, Paul Koslo, Gregory Walcott, Dick Van Patten, Lynne Marta, John Carter, Pepe Hern, Joaquín Martínez, Ron Soble, Pepe Callahan, Clint Ritchie, Chuck Hayward, Steve Eastin, Read MorganWesternLive Action
The Wrath of GodMetro-Goldwyn-MayerRalph Nelson (director/screenplay); Jack Higgins (screenplay); Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, John Colicos, Victor Buono, Rita Hayworth, Ken Hutchison, Gregory Sierra, Frank Ramirez, Enrique Lucero, Chano Urueta, Aurora Clavel, Pancho Córdova, Ralph Nelson, Paula Pritchett, Jorge Russek, José Luis Parades, Victor Eberg, Guillermo HernándezAdventure, Drama, WesternLive Action
19 The ManParamount Pictures / ABC Circle Films / LorimarJoseph Sargent (director); Rod Serling (screenplay); James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Lew Ayres, William Windom, Barbara Rush, Georg Stanford Brown, Janet MacLachlan, Martin E. Brooks, Simon Scott, Patric Knowles, Robert DoQui, Anne Seymour, Edward Faulkner, Philip Bourneuf, Reginald Fenderson, Garry Walberg, Ted Hartley, Charles Lampkin, Lawrence Cook, Vince Howard, Leonard Stone, Howard K. Smith, Jack Benny, Curt Conway, Gilbert Green, Lew Brown, Elizabeth Ross, Barry Russo, Bill LawrenceDramaLive Action
The Thing with Two HeadsAmerican International PicturesLee Frost (director/screenplay); Wes Bishop, James Gordon White (screenplay); Ray Milland, Rosey Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry, Kathy Baumann, Chelsea Brown, John Dullaghan, Lee Frost, Rick Baker, John Bliss, Jane Kellem, Rod Steele, Wes BishopBlaxploitation, Sci-Fi, ComedyLive Action
22 The Big Bird CageNew World PicturesJack Hill (director/screenplay); Pam Grier, Anitra Ford, Carol Speed, Sid Haig, Marissa Delgado, Vic Diaz, Candice Roman, Teda Bracci, Karen McKevic, Andres Centenera, Zenaida AmadorExploitation, Action, Crime, DramaLive Action
26 Fat CityColumbia Pictures / RastarJohn Huston (director); Leonard Gardner (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark, Nicholas Colasanto, Art Aragon, Curtis Cokes, Al Silvani, Sixto Rodriguez, Alfred Avila, Billy Walker, Wayne Mahan, Ruben Navarro, Álvaro LópezSports, DramaLive Action
Night of the LepusMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / A.C. Lyles ProductionsWilliam F. Claxton (director); Don Holliday, Gene R. Kearney (screenplay); Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley, Paul Fix, Melanie Fullerton, Chuck Hayward, William Elliott, Don Starr, David McCallum, Isaac Stanford Jolley, Jerry Dunphy, Chris Morrell, Henry Wills, Francesca Jarvis, Robert Hardy, Richard Jacome, Evans Thornton, Robert GoodenSci-Fi, HorrorLive Action
30 DeliveranceWarner Bros. / Elmer EnterprisesJohn Boorman (director); James Dickey (screenplay); Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Bill McKinney, Herbert "Cowboy" Coward, James Dickey, Billy Redden, Macon McCalman, Seamon Glass, Charley Boorman, Belinda BeattyAdventure, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
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T		 1 The Magnificent Seven Ride!United Artists / The Mirisch Production CompanyGeorge McCowan (director); Arthur Rowe (screenplay); Lee Van Cleef, Stefanie Powers, Michael Callan, Luke Askew, Ralph Waite, Mariette Hartley, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., William Lucking, James B. Sikking, Ed Lauter, Allyn Ann McLerie, Gary Busey, Robert Jaffe, Darrell Larson, Carolyn Conwell, Jason Wingreen, Melissa Murphy, Elizabeth Thompson, Ron Stein, Rita RogersAction, WesternLive Action
2 Junior BonnerCinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures / Joe Wizan-Booth Gardner Productions / Solar ProductionsSam Peckinpah (director); Jeb Rosebrook (screenplay); Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Joe Don Baker, Barbara Leigh, Ben Johnson, Mary Murphy, Bill McKinney, Dub Taylor, Sandra Deel, Don "Red" Barry, Charles H. Gray, Sam Peckinpah, Casey TibbsWestern, DramaLive Action
Kansas City BomberMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Artists Entertainment Complex / Levy-Gardner-Laven / Raquel Welch Inc.Jerrold Freedman (director); Calvin Clements Sr., Thomas Rickman (screenplay); Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy, Helena Kallianiotes, Norman Alden, Jeanne Cooper, Martine Bartlett, William Gray Espy, Richard Lane, Russ Marin, Stephen Manley, Jodie Foster, Georgia Schmidt, Shelly Novack, Joan Darling, Bill McKinney, Katherine Pass, Cornelia SharpeSports, DramaLive Action
3 The New CenturionsColumbia Pictures / Chartoff-Winkler ProductionsRichard Fleischer (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Rosalind Cash, Erik Estrada, Clifton James, James B. Sikking, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Mittie Lawrence, Isabel Sanford, Carol Speed, Burke Byrnes, William Atherton, Ed Lauter, Dolph Sweet, Stefan Gierasch, Michael Lane, Roger E. Mosley, Charles H. Gray, Read Morgan, Michael DeLano, Pepe Serna, Hilly Hicks, Lieux Dressler, Kitten Natividad, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Anne RamseyAction, Crime, Neo-Noir, DramaLive Action
4 Super FlyWarner Bros. / Superfly Ltd.Gordon Parks Jr. (director); Phillip Fenty (screenplay); Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Julius W. Harris, Sheila Frazier, Charles McGregor, Sig Shore, Curtis Mayfield, Master Henry Gibson, Polly Niles, Yvonne Delaine, K.C., Chris Arnett, E. Preston Reddick, Lucky Scott, Craig McMullen, Tyrone McCulloughBlaxploitation, Neo-Noir, Crime, DramaLive Action
6 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)United Artists / Jack Rollins-Charles H. Joffe Productions / Brodsky/Gould ProductionsWoody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi, Louise Lasser, Anthony Quayle, Tony Randall, Lynn Redgrave, Burt Reynolds, Gene Wilder, Jack Barry, Elaine Giftos, Toni Holt, Robert Q. Lewis, Heather MacRae, Pamela Mason, Sidney Miller, Regis Philbin, Titos Vandis, Stanley Adams, Oscar Beregi, Alan Caillou, Don Chuy, Dort Clark, Erin Fleming, Geoffrey Holder, Baruch Lumet, Tom Mack, Jay Robinson, Ref Sanchez, Robert Walden, H.E. West, Norman Alden, William Beckley, Al SilvaniComedyLive Action
9 Snoopy, Come HomeNational General Pictures / Cinema Center Films / Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Productions / Sopwith ProductionsBill Melendez (director); Charles M. Schulz (screenplay); Chad Webber, Robin Kohn, Stephen Shea, Hilary Momberger, Chris De Faria, Linda Mendelson, Bill Melendez, Shelby Flint, Thurl Ravenscroft, Ray Pohlman, Don Ralke, David Carey, Johanna Baer, Linda Ercoli, Guy PohlmanMusical, Comedy, DramaAnimation
16 Pope JoanColumbia PicturesMichael Anderson (director); John Briley (screenplay); Liv Ullmann, Olivia de Havilland, Lesley-Anne Down, Trevor Howard, Jeremy Kemp, Patrick Magee, Franco Nero, Maximilian Schell, Martin Benson, Terrence Hardiman, André Morell, Derek Farr, Richard Pearson, Margareta Pogonat, Richard Bebb, John Shrapnel, Peter Arne, George Innes, Nigel Havers, Kurt Christian, Phillip Ross, Duncan Lamont, Robert Beatty, John Abineri, Lyndon Brook, Keir Dullea, Harry Fielder, Fred Wood, Natasha Nicolescu, Sharon WinterHistorical, Biography, DramaLive Action
22 And Now for Something Completely DifferentColumbia-Warner Distributors / Playboy Productions / Kettledrum Films / Lownes Productions / Python (Monty) PicturesIan MacNaughton, Terry Gilliam (directors); Monty Python (screenplay); Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth, Lewis Alexander, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, Lesley Judd, Fred Wood, Artur Axmann, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, King George VI, Richard Nixon, Queen Elizabeth the 2ndComedyLive Action
23 To Kill a Clown20th Century Fox / Palomar PicturesGeorge Bloomfield (director/screenplay); I.C. Rapoport (screenplay); Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Heath Lamberts, Eric ClaveringThrillerLive Action
25 BlaculaAmerican International Pictures / Power ProductionsWilliam Crain (director); Joan Torres, Raymond Koenig, Richard Glouner (screenplay); William Marshall, Denise Nicholas, Vonetta McGee, Gordon Pinsent, Thalmus Rasulala, Ketty Lester, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Elisha Cook Jr., The Hues Corporation, Emily Yancy, Lance Taylor Sr., Logan Field, Ted Harris, Rick Metzler, Charles Macaulay, Eric BrothersonBlaxploitation, HorrorLive Action
30 The Last House on the LeftAmerican International Pictures / Hallmark Releasing / Sean S. Cunningham Films / The Night Company / Lobster EnterprisesWes Craven (director/screenplay); Sandra Peabody, David A. Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, Martin Kove, Steve Miner, Lucy Grantham, Marc Sheffler, Cynthia Garr, Gaylord St. James, Marshall Anker, Ada WashingtonExploitation, HorrorLive Action
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R		 1 BluebeardCinerama Releasing Corporation / Gloria Film S.r.l. / Barnabé Productions S.a.r.l. / Geiselgasteig Film GmbHEdward Dmytryk (director/screenplay); Ennio De Concini, Maria Pia Fusco (screenplay); Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon, Marilù Tolo, Karin Schubert, Agostina Belli, Sybil Danning, Joey Heatherton, Jean Lefebvre, Karl-Otto Alberty, Kurt Großkurth, Sándor Szabó, Dennis Burgess, Mathieu Carrière, Edward Meeks, Doka Bukova, Erica Schramm, Thomas Fischer, Peter Martin Urtel, Mag-AvrilCrime, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
9 Man of the EastUnited Artists / Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) / Les Productions Artistes AssociésE.B. Clucher (director/screenplay); Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Yanti Somer, Harry Carey Jr., Enzo Fiermonte, Riccardo Pizzuti, Salvatore Borghese, Steffen Zacharias, Pupo De Luca, Zach Bell, Dominic Barto, Danika La Loggia, Jean Louis, Alessandro Sperli, Luigi Casellato, Tony Burton, Rigal Suzanne Leone, Kevin RichmondWesternLive Action
12 SlaughterAmerican International PicturesJack Starrett (director); Don Williams, Mark Hanna (screenplay); Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Don Gordon, Marlene Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Phillips, Marion Brash, Roger Cudney, Norman Alfe, Eddie LoRusso, Buddy Garion, Lance Winston, Juan Jose Laboriel, Francisca Lopez de LaborielBlaxploitation, Action, Crime, DramaLive Action
13 The Ruling ClassEmbassy PicturesPeter Medak (director); Peter Barnes (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne, Michael Bryant, Graham Crowden, Nigel Green, William Mervyn, Carolyn Seymour, James Villiers, Hugh Burden, Henry Woolf, Oliver McGreevy, Kay Walsh, Patsy Byrne, Cyril Appleton, Leslie Schofield, Joan Cooper, Declan Mulholland, James Grout, James Hazeldine, Ronald Adam, Llewellyn Rees, Kenneth Benda, Hugh Owens, Griffith Davies, Julian D'AlbieBlack ComedyLive Action
15 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie20th Century FoxLuis Buñuel (director/screenplay); Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay); Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Julien Bertheau, Milena Vukotic, Claude Piéplu, Muni, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Maguelon, François Maistre, Jacques Rispal, Amparo Soler Leal, Georges Douking, Maxence Mailfort, Bernard Musson, Maria Gabriella Maione, Christian Baltauss, Alix MahieuxComedyLive Action
21 Cancel My ReservationWarner Bros.Paul Bogart (director); Robert Fisher, Arthur Marx (screenplay); Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Forrest Tucker, Anne Archer, Keenan Wynn, Henry Darrow, Chief Dan George, Doodles Weaver, Betty Ann Carr, Herb Vigran, Pat Morita, Gordon Oliver, Richard Yniguez, Paul Bogart, Johnny Carson, Bing Crosby, John Wayne, Flip WilsonComedyLive Action
22 Another Nice MessFine FilmsBob Einstein (director/screenplay); Rich Little, Herb Voland, Bruce Kirby, Stewart Bradley, Stanley Adams, Magda Harout, Billy Sands, Bob Einstein, Art Lassiter, Norman Grabowski, Hal Smith, Michael Elias, Steve Martin, Kate Murtagh, Dick Enberg, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Adolf Hitler, Richard Nixon, Diahn Williams, Ivan Naranjo, Tiger Joe Marsh, John McDonaldComedyLive Action
24 Sounder20th Century Fox / Radnitz/Mattel ProductionsMartin Ritt (director); Lonne Elder III (screenplay); Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Matthews, Taj Mahal, James Best, Janet MacLachlan, Jerry Leggio, Eric Hooks, Yvonne Jarrell, Sylvia "Kuumba" Williams, Ted Airhart, Richard Durham, Spencer Bradford, Judge William Thomas Bennett, Reverend Thomas N. PhillipsDramaLive Action
26 SolarisMosfilmAndrei Tarkovsky (director/screenplay); Fridrikh Gorenshtein (screenplay); Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Nikolai Grinko, Olga Barnet, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Sos Sargsyan, Aleksandr Misharin, Yulian Semyonov, Bagrat Oganesyan, Tamara Ogorodnikova, Tatyana Malykh, Vitalik Kerdimun, Olga Kizilova, Georgiy Teykh, Raimundas BanionisSci-Fi, Drama, MysteryLive Action
28 Dracula A.D. 1972Columbia-Warner Distributors / Hammer Film ProductionsAlan Gibson (director); Don Houghton (screenplay); Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame, Marsha Hunt, Caroline Munro, Janet Key, Michael Kitchen, Lally Bowers, Flanagan, Stoneground, Michael Coles, Penny Brahms, William Ellis, Philip Miller, David Andrews, Constance Luttrell, Michael Daly, Artro Morris, Jo Richardson, Brian John SmithHorrorLive Action

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R		 4 Hickey & BoggsUnited Artists / Film GuarantorsRobert Culp (director); Walter Hill (screenplay); Bill Cosby, Robert Culp, Rosalind Cash, Isabel Sanford, Robert Mandan, Michael Moriarty, Jack Colvin, Vincent Gardenia, Ed Lauter, Joe E. Tata, James Woods, Dean Smith, Bernard Nedell, Bernie Schwartz, Bill Hickman, Roger E. Mosley, Ta-Ronce Allen, Lou Frizzell, Sheila SullivanNeo-Noir, Crime, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
8 Bad CompanyParamount PicturesRobert Benton (director/screenplay); David Newman (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston, John Savage, Jerry Houser, Geoffrey Lewis, Raymond Guth, Ed Lauter, John Quade, Charles Tyner, Ted Gehring, Damon Cofer, Joshua Hill Lewis, Jean Allison, Ned Wertimer, Claudia Bryar, John BoydWesternLive Action
11 Dumbo (re-release)Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionBen Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney, Samuel Armstrong (directors); Joe Grant, Dick Huemer (screenplay); Edward Brophy, Verna Felton, Cliff Edwards, Herman Bing, Sterling Holloway, The Hall Johnson Choir, Billy Bletcher, Margaret Wright, The King's Men, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, Malcolm Hutton, John McLeishFantasy, Adventure, DramaAnimation
12 The King of Marvin GardensColumbia Pictures / BBS ProductionsBob Rafelson (director); Jacob Brackman (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Scatman Crothers, John Ryan, Sully Boyar, Josh Mostel, Tony King, Jerry Fujikawa, Conrad Yama, Julia Anne Robinson, Charles LaVine, Arnold Williams, William PabstDramaLive Action
14 Last Tango in ParisUnited Artists / Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) / Les Productions Artistes AssociésBernando Bertolucci (director/screenplay); Franco Arcalli, Agnès Varda (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Massimo Girotti, Catherine Allégret, Catherine Breillat, Darling Légitimus, Veronica Lazăr, Gitt Magrini, Luce Marquand, Dan Diament, Catherine Sola, Mauro Marchetti, Peter Schommer, Marie-Hélène Breillat, Armand Abplanalp, Rachel Kesterber, Ramón Mendizábal, Mimi Pinson, Gérard Lepennec, Stéphane KoziakDramaLive Action
18 Run, Cougar, RunWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionJerome Courtland (director); Louis Pelletier (screenplay); Stuart Whitman, Frank Aletter, Lonny Chapman, Douglas Fowley, Harry Carey Jr., Alfonso ArauWesternLive Action
19 Play It as It LaysUniversal Pictures / F.P. ProductionsFrank Perry (director); Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne (screenplay); Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke, Ruth Ford, Eddie Firestone, Diana Ewing, Paul Lambert, Chuck McCann, Severn Darden, Tony Young, Richard Anderson, Mitzi Hoag, Tyne Daly, Roger Ewing, John P. Finnegan, Darlene Conley, Arthur Knight, Elizabeth Claman, Jennifer C. Lesko, Richard Ryal, Tracy Morgan, Albert Johnson, Allan WarnickDramaLive Action
When the Legends Die20th Century FoxStuart Millar (director); Robert Dozier (screenplay); Richard Widmark, Frederic Forrest, Luana Anders, Vito Scotti, John War Eagle, Garry Walberg, Jack Mullaney, Roy Engel, Rex Holman, Herbert Nelson, John Gruber, Malcolm Curley, Mel Gallagher, Tillman Box, Sondra PrattWesternLive Action
21 Lady Sings the BluesParamount Pictures / Motown ProductionsSidney J. Furie (director); Suzanne de Passe, Chris Clark, Terence McCloy (screenplay); Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Sid Melton, Virginia Capers, Yvonne Fair, Isabel Sanford, Jester Hairston, Lynn Hamilton, Robert Gordy, Paulene Myers, Scatman Crothers, Ned Glass, Milton Selzer, Norman Bartold, Clay Tanner, Bert Kramer, George Wyner, Larry Duran, Darlene Conley, Jayne Kennedy, Victor Morosco, Harry CaesarBiography, DramaLive Action
31 Pancho VillaScotia International Film Distributors / Granada FilmsEugenio Martín (director); Julian Halevy (screenplay); Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors, Anne Francis, José María Prada, Ángel del Pozo, Antonio Casas, Alberto Dalbés, Luis Dávila, Mónica Randall, Walter CoyWesternLive Action
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R		 1 Daughters of SatanUnited Artists / A & S ProductionsHollingsworth Morse (director); John C. Higgins (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie, Paraluman, Vic Silayan, Vic Díaz, Gina Laforteza, Ben Rubio, Paquito Salcedo, Chito Reyes, Bobby GreenwoodHorrorLive Action
Dirty Little BillyColumbia Pictures / WRG/Dragoti Productions Ltd.Stan Dragoti (director/screenplay); Charles Moss (screenplay); Michael J. Pollard, Richard Evans, Lee Purcell, Charles Aidman, Willard Sage, Mills Watson, Ronny Graham, Josip Elic, Richard Stahl, Gary Busey, Dick Van Patten, Frank Welker, Severn Darden, Len Lesser, Ed Lauter, Nick Nolte, Dran Hamilton, Alex Wilson, Scott Walker, Rosary Nix, Craig Bovia, Henry ProachWesternLive Action
Trouble Man20th Century FoxIvan Dixon (director); John D.F. Black (screenplay); Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers, Paula Kelly, Julius Harris, Bill Henderson, Vince Howard, Stack Pierce, Nathaniel Taylor, Lawrence Cook, Virginia Capers, Gordon Jump, Jean Bell, Wayne Storm, Akili Jones, Rick Ferrell, James "Texas Blood" BrownBlaxploitation, Crime, ThrillerLive Action
15 Ulzana's RaidUniversal Pictures / De Haven Productions / The Associates & Aldrich CompanyRobert Aldrich (director); Alan Sharp (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Richard Jaeckel, Joaquín Martínez, Lloyd Bochner, Karl Swenson, Douglass Watson, John Pearce, Richard Bull, George Aguilar, Dean Smith, Jorge Luke, Dran Hamilton, Gladys Holland, Margaret Fairchild, Aimee Eccles, Otto ReichowWesternLive Action
17 1776Columbia PicturesPeter H. Hunt (director); Peter Stone (screenplay); William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, Blythe Danner, John Cullum, David Ford, Virginia Vestoff, Ron Holgate, Emory Bass, Howard Caine, John Myhers, Rex Robbins, William Hansen, Ray Middleton, James Noble, Patrick Hines, Ralston Hill, William Duell, William Bassett, Nicolas Coster, Jack De Mave, Peter Forster, John Holland, Jonathan Moore, Roy Poole, Leo Leyden, Charles Rule, Daniel Keyes, Stephen NathanMusical, Drama, Family, HistoryLive Action
AsylumCinema International Corporation / Amicus Productions / Harbor ProductionsRoy Ward Baker (director); Robert Bloch (screenplay); Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Robert Powell, Herbert Lom, Barry Morse, Patrick Magee, Geoffrey Bayldon, Barbara Parkins, Sylvia Syms, Richard Todd, Ann Firbank, John Franklyn-Robbins, Charlotte Rampling, James Villiers, Megs Jenkins, Frank ForsythHorrorLive Action
The MechanicUnited ArtistsMichael Winner (director); Lewis John Carlino (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland, Linda Ridgeway, Frank de Kova, Lindsay Crosby, Takayuki Kubota, Patrick O'Moore, Enzo Fiermonte, Celeste Yarnall, Steve Vinovich, Robert Jaffe, Ernie OrsattiAction, ThrillerLive Action
18 Sisters (Filmex, Los Angeles)American International Pictures / Edward R. Pressman Film CorporationBrian De Palma (director/screenplay); Louisa Rose (screenplay); Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, Bill Finley, Lisle Wilson, Barnard Hughes, Dolph Sweet, Olympia Dukakis, Justine Johnston, Mary Davenport, Catherine GaffiganHorrorLive Action
20 Alice's Adventures in WonderlandFox-Rank Distributors / Josef Shaftel ProductionsWilliam Sterling (director/screenplay); Fiona Fullerton, Hywel Bennett, Michael Crawford, Robert Helpmann, Michael Hordern, Michael Jayston, Davy Kaye, Roy Kinnear, Spike Milligan, Dudley Moore, Dennis Price, Ralph Richardson, Flora Robson, Peter Sellers, Rodney Bewes, Ray Brooks, Richard Warwick, Dennis Waterman, Julian Chagrin, Peter Bull, Patsy Rowlands, Freddie Cox, Frank Cox, Ian Trigger, Stanley Bates, Freddie Earlie, William Ellis, Mike Elles, Peter O'Farrell, Victoria Shallard, Pippa Vickers, Ray Edwards, Melita Manger, Angela Morgan, June Kidd, Michael Reardon, Brian TippingMusical, Adventure, Family, FantasyLive Action
Black GunnColumbia Pictures / Champion Production Company / World Arts Media / World Film ServicesRobert Hartford-Davis (director); Franklin Coen, Robert Shearer (screenplay); Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Luciana Paluzzi, Vida Blue, Stephen McNally, Keefe Brasselle, Timothy Brown, William Campbell, Bruce Glover, Bernie Casey, Gary Conway, Chuck Daniel, Rick Ferrell, Gene Washington, Julian Christopher, Tony Young, Katherine Woodville, Jeannie Bell, Tony Giorgio, Tommy Davis, Toni Holt Kramer, Mark Tapscott, Don Borisenko, Gyl Roland, Lavelle Roby, Frank BelloNeo-Noir, Action, Crime, ThrillerLive Action
22 RageWarner Bros.George C. Scott (director); Philip Friedman, Dan Kleinman (screenplay); George C. Scott, Richard Basehart, Martin Sheen, Barnard Hughes, Paul Stevens, Stephen Young, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Walden, William Jordan, Dabbs Greer, John Dierkes, Bette Henritze, Lou Frizzell, Ed Lauter, Terry Wilson, Nicolas Beauvy, Fielding GreavesDrama, Thriller, MysteryLive Action
They Only Kill Their MastersMetro-Goldwyn-MayerJames Goldstone (director); Lane Slate (screenplay); James Garner, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook, Harry Guardino, June Allyson, Tom Ewell, Peter Lawford, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Ann Rutherford, Art Metrano, Christopher Connelly, Jason Wingreen, Robert Nichols, Norma Connolly, Royce D. Applegate, Alma Beltran, Chuck Courtney, John Davey, Larry Duran, Kim Kahana, Harry Masch, Jenifer Shaw, David Westberg, Lee PulfordMystery, Romance, ThrillerLive Action
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R		 2 Brother Sun, Sister MoonParamount PicturesFranco Zeffirelli (director/screenplay); Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Lina Wertmüller, Kenneth Ross (screenplay); Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Lee Montague, Valentina Cortese, Alec Guinness, Michael Feast, John Sharp, Adolfo Celi, Sandro Dori, Robin Askwith, Fortunato Arena, Carlo Hinterman, Nerina Montagnani, Carlo Pisacane, Carleton Hobbs, Massimo Foschi, John Karlsen, Marne Maitland, Robert Rietti, Nicholas Willatt, Francesco Guerrieri, Aristide Caporale, Alfredo Bianchini, Renato Terra CaizziBiography, Drama, HistoryLive Action
3 Horror Express (U.K.)Scotia International / Granada Films / Benmar ProductionsEugenio Martín (director); Arnaud d'Usseau, Julian Halevy (screenplay); Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tortosa, Julio Peña, Telly Savalas, George Rigaud, Helga Liné, Alice Reinheart, Ángel del Pozo, José Jaspe, Víctor Israel, Barta Barri, José Canalejas, Robert Rietti, Roger Delgado, Faith Clift, Juan Olaguivel, Hiroshi Kitatawa, Vicente Roca, José Marco, Allen RussellSci-Fi, HorrorLive Action
8 Sleuth (U.K.)20th Century Fox / Palomar Pictures InternationalJoseph L. Mankiewicz (director); Anthony Shaffer (screenplay); Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, John Matthews, Eve Channing, Teddy MartinMystery, Comedy, ThrillerLive Action
12 Child's PlayParamount PicturesSidney Lumet (director); Leon Prochnik (screenplay); James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, David Rounds, Kate Harrington, Tom Leopold, Christopher Man, Paul O'Keefe, Ron Weyand, Charles White, Brian Chapin, Bryant FraserDrama, Mystery, ThrillerLive Action
Man of La ManchaUnited Artists / Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)Arthur Hiller (director); Dale Wasserman (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews, John Castle, Ian Richardson, Brian Blessed, Julie Gregg, Rosalie Crutchley, Gino Conforti, Marne Maitland, Dorothy Sinclair, Miriam AcevedoDrama, Fantasy, MusicalLive Action
The Poseidon Adventure20th Century Fox / Kent Productions, Ltd.Ronald Neame (director); Stirling Silliphant, Wendell Mayes (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea, Leslie Nielsen, Fred Sadoff, Sheila Mathews, John Crawford, Bob Hastings, Charles Bateman, Dick Durock, Maurice Marsac, Ernie Orsatti, David Sharpe, Tucker Smith, Paul Stader, Tom Steele, Waddy Wachtel, Byron Webster, Jan Arvan, Erik Nelson, Bobby PorterDisaster, Action, Adventure, DramaLive Action
13 The GetawayNational General Pictures / First Artists / Solar Productions / David Foster Productions / Tatiana FilmsSam Peckinpah (director); Walter Hill (screenplay); Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Sally Struthers, Slim Pickens, Richard Bright, Jack Dodson, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Roy Jenson, Dick Crockett, Hal Smith, John Bryson, Bill Hart, Tom RunyonHeist, Action, Crime, ThrillerLive Action
17 Avanti!United Artists / Phalanx Productions / Jalem Productions / The Mirisch Corporation / Produzioni Europee AssociatiBilly Wilder (director/screenplay); I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews, Gianfranco Barra, Franco Angrisano, Pippo Franco, Giacomo Rizzo, Antonino Faà di Bruno, Yanti Somer, Janet Agren, Ty Hardin, Sergio Bruni, Franco Acampora, Giselda Castrini, Raffaele Mottola, Harry RayRomance, ComedyLive Action
The Heartbreak Kid20th Century Fox / Palomar PicturesElaine May (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley, Eddie Albert, William Prince, Augusta Dabney, Doris Roberts, Erik Lee Preminger, Art Metrano, Marianne Muellerleile, Neil Simon, Mitchell Jason, Marilyn Putnam, Jack Hausman, Tim Browne, Jean Scoppa, Greg ScherickRomance, Black ComedyLive Action
Pete 'n' TillieUniversal PicturesMartin Ritt (director); Julius J. Epstein (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson, René Auberjonois, Lee Harcourt Montgomery, Henry Jones, Kent Smith, Philip Bourneuf, Whit Bissell, Timothy Blake, Don Diamond, Angela Greene, Roberta Haynes, Kathleen Hughes, Robert Nichols, Isabel Sanford, Anne WhitfieldComedy, Drama, RomanceLive Action
Travels with My AuntMetro-Goldwyn-MayerGeorge Cukor (director); Jay Presson Allen, Hugh Wheeler (screenplay); Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Stephens, Cindy Williams, Robert Flemyng, José Luis López Vázquez, Raymond Gérôme, Daniel Emilfork, Corinne Marchand, John Hamill, David Swift, Bernard Holley, Valerie White, Antonio Pica, Jesús Guzmán, William Layton, Julio Peña, Aldo Sambrell, Patricia WrightComedyLive Action
Daigoro vs. Goliath (Japan)Toho / Tsuburaya ProductionsToshihiro Iijima (director); Kitao Senzoku (screenplay); Hiroshi Inuzuka, Akiji Kobayashi, Shinsuke Minami, Kazuya Kosaka, Hachiro MisumiAction, Family, FantasyLive Action
18 ImagesColumbia PicturesRobert Altman (director/screenplay); Susannah York (screenplay); Susannah York, René Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais, Cathryn Harrison, Barbara Baxley, John MorleyDrama, Horror, MysteryLive Action
The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanNational General Pictures / First ArtistsJohn Huston (director); John Milius (screenplay); Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Tab Hunter, John Huston, Stacy Keach, Roddy McDowall, Anthony Perkins, Anthony Zerbe, Ava Gardner, Victoria Principal, Ned Beatty, Matt Clark, Billy Pearson, Bill McKinney, Steve Kanaly, Michael Sarrazin, David Sharpe, Jack Colvin, Dick Farnsworth, Roy Jenson, Fred Krone, Dean Smith, Howard Morton, Don Starr, Stan Barrett, Jeannie Epper, Bruno, Jim Burk, Mark HeadleyWestern, Comedy, Drama, RomanceLive Action
19 Across 110th StreetUnited Artists / Film GuarantorsBarry Shear (director); Luther Davis (screenplay); Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Paul Benjamin, Ed Bernard, Richard Ward, Antonio Fargas, Norma Donaldson, Gilbert Lewis, Marlene Warfield, Nat Polen, Tim O'Connor, Gloria Hendry, Burt Young, Charles McGregor, Paul Harris, Robert Sacchi, Ric Mancini, Dick Crockett, George DiCenzo, Steve Gravers, Mel Winkler, Janet Sarno, Arnold Williams, Frank MacettaAction, Crime, DramaLive Action
20 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds20th Century FoxPaul Newman (director); Alvin Sargent (screenplay); Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts, Judith Lowry, David Spielberg, Richard Venture, Will Hare, Jess Osuna, Roberta Wallach, Carolyn Coates, Estelle Omens, Ellen Dano, Lynne Rogers, Roger Serbagi, John Lehne, Michael Kearney, Dee VictorDramaLive Action
Hit ManMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Penelope ProductionsGeorge Armitage (director/screenplay); Bernie Casey, Pam Grier, Don Diamond, Edmund Cambridge, Rudy Challenger, Tracy Ann-King, Roger E. Mosley, John Lupton, Carmen Argenziano, Timothy Brown, Paul Gleason, Lisa Moore, Bhetty Waldron, Sam Laws, Candy All, Bob Harris, Christopher JoyCrime, DramaLive Action
21 Jeremiah JohnsonWarner Bros. / Sanford Productions (III)Sydney Pollack (director); Edward Anhalt, John Milius (screenplay); Robert Redford, Will Geer, Stefan Gierasch, Delle Bolton, Josh Albee, Joaquín Martínez, Allyn Ann McLerie, Paul Benedict, Jack Colvin, Matt Clark, Richard Angarola, Charles Tyner, Tanya TuckerAdventure, Drama, WesternLive Action
22 Snowball ExpressWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionNorman Tokar (director); Don Tait, Jim Parker, Arnold Margolin (screenplay); Dean Jones, Nancy Olson, Harry Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Johnny Whitaker, Michael McGreevey, George Lindsey, Kathleen Cody, Mary Wickes, David White, Dick Van Patten, Alice Backes, Joanna Phillips, John MyhersComedyLive Action
The Sword in the Stone (re-release)Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionWolfgang Reitherman (director); Bill Peet (screenplay); Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Sebastian Cabot, Norman Alden, Martha Wentworth, Alan Napier, Thurl Ravenscroft, James MacDonald, Ginny Tyler, Barbara Jo Allen, Tudor Owen, Richard Reitherman, Robert ReithermanMusical, Fantasy, ComedyAnimation
30 Way of the DragonGolden Harvest / Concord Production Inc.Bruce Lee (director/screenplay); Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Paul Wei, Huang Chung-hsin, Tony Liu, Unicorn Chan, Chuck Norris, Malisa Longo, Robert Wall, Hwang In-shik, Jon T. Benn, Anders Nelsson, Andre E. Morgan, John Derbyshire, Tommy Chen, Chin Ti, Wu Ngan, Robert ChanMartial Arts, Action, ComedyLive Action

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MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1Maurice Chevalier83FranceActor, Singer
8Wesley Ruggles82USDirector, Producer
17Rochelle Hudson55USActress
18George Mitchell66USActor
19Richard Fraser58ScotlandActor
22Alec Coppel64AustraliaScreenwriter
24Jerome Cowan74USActor
27Herbert Hübner82GermanyActor
29Hugh McDermott65ScotlandActor
February 2Jessie Royce Landis75USActress
7Walter Lang75USDirector
19John Grierson73ScotlandDirector, Producer
20Walter Winchell74USCommentator
21Bronislava Nijinska64PolandChoreographer
March 3Harold Young74USDirector, Editor
19Albert Mannheimer59USScreenwriter
20Marilyn Maxwell51USActress
29J. Arthur Rank83EnglandExecutive
29Hal Roach Jr.53USDirector, Producer
30Peter Whitney55USActor
April 5Brian Donlevy71IrelandActor
5Isabel Jewell64USActress
7Betty Blythe78USActress
13Dorothy Dalton78USActress
20Jorge Mistral51SpainActor
25George Sanders65EnglandActor
25Alfred J. Goulding87AustraliaDirector
27Bobby Howes76EnglandProducer, Director
28Harry Joe Brown81USProducer, Director
30Gia Scala38EnglandActor
May 3Bruce Cabot68USActor
4Elsa Ratassepp79EstoniaActressLibahunt
5Frank Tashlin59USDirector
7Henri Diamant-Berger76FranceDirector, producer, screenwriter
12Steve Ihnat37CzechoslovakiaActor
13Dan Blocker43USActor
15Nigel Green47South AfricaActor
18Sidney Franklin79USDirector, Producer
22Margaret Rutherford80EnglandActress
23Richard Day76CanadaArt director
24Asta Nielsen90DenmarkActress
25Charles C. Coleman70USDirector
June 17Jean Brochard79FranceActor
17Gale Henry79USActress
20Sidney Lanfield74USDirector
22Paul Czinner82HungaryDirector, screenwriter
25Nicholas Hannen74EnglandDirector
27Thomy Bourdelle81FranceActor
July 3Hal Walker76USDirector
6Brandon deWilde30USActor
10Emrys Jones56EnglandActor
10Harmon Jones61CanadaDirector
19Sally Benson74USScreenwriter
28Helen Traubel73USActress, Singer
August 7Joi Lansing43USActress
7Tom Neal58USActor
14Oscar Levant65USActor
16Pierre Brasseur66FranceActor
19Roger Furse68EnglandCostume and production designer
24D. Ross Lederman77USDirector
27Gaby André52FranceActress
September 11Max Fleischer89USAnimator, Director, Producer
12William Boyd77USActor
14Lane Chandler73USActor
17Akim Tamiroff72RussiaActor
29Max Nosseck70GermanyDirector
29Edward Sloman86USActor
30Edgar G. Ulmer68AustriaDirector
October 4Colin Gordon61EnglandActor
9Miriam Hopkins69USActress
16Leo G. Carroll85EnglandActor
22Jack Melford73EnglandActor
24Claire Windsor80USActor
28Mitchell Leisen74USDirector
November 5Reginald Owen85EnglandActor
7Tod Andrews57RussiaActor
10Francis Chagrin66RomaniaComposer
16Vera Karalli83RussiaActress
23Marie Wilson56USActress
29Eve Southern72USActress
30William P. S. Earle89USDirector
December 6Janet Munro38EnglandActress
9William Dieterle79GermanyDirector
9Louella Parsons91USColumnist, Screenwriter
15Edward Earle90CanadaActor
19Jacques Deval77FranceDirector, Screenwriter

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Top 20 Films of 1972 by Domestic Revenue
  3. ↑ "Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan". hkmdb.com. September 7, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  4. ↑ 83rd Academy Awards Official Website.
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