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The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1976
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Rocky United Artists $55,900,000[1]
2 A Star Is Born Warner Bros. $37,100,000[1]
3 King Kong Paramount $36,900,000[1]
4 Silver Streak 20th Century Fox $30,018,000[2]
5 All the President's Men Warner Bros. $30,000,000[1]
6 The Omen 20th Century Fox $28,500,000[1]
7 The Bad News Bears Paramount $24,800,000[1]
8 The Enforcer Warner Bros. $24,000,000[1]
9 In Search of Noah's Ark Sunn Classic $23,800,000[1]
10 Midway Universal $21,610,435[2]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization34th Golden Globe Awards
January 29, 1977		30th BAFTA Awards
March 24, 1977		49th Academy Awards
March 28, 1977
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmRockyA Star Is BornOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestRocky
Best DirectorSidney Lumet
Network		Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest		John G. Avildsen
Rocky
Best ActorPeter Finch
Network		Kris Kristofferson
A Star Is Born		Jack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest		Peter Finch
Network
Best ActressFaye Dunaway
Network		Barbra Streisand
A Star Is Born		Louise Fletcher
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest		Faye Dunaway
Network
Best Supporting ActorLaurence Olivier
Marathon Man		Brad Dourif
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest		Jason Robards
All the President's Men
Best Supporting ActressKatharine Ross
Voyage of the Damned		Jodie Foster
Taxi Driver and Bugsy Malone		Beatrice Straight
Network
Best Screenplay, AdaptedPaddy Chayefsky
Network		Alan Parker
Bugsy Malone		William Goldman
All the President's Men
Best Screenplay, OriginalPaddy Chayefsky
Network
Best Original ScoreKenneth Ascher and Paul Williams
A Star Is Born		Bernard Herrmann
Taxi Driver		Jerry Goldsmith
The Omen
Leonard Rosenman
Bound for Glory
Best Original Song"Evergreen"
A Star Is Born		N/A"Evergreen"
A Star Is Born
Best Foreign Language FilmFace to FaceN/ABlack and White in Color

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, United States

Notable films released in 1976

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1976 Wide-release movies

January–March

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Y		 11 Jim the World's GreatestUniversal PicturesDon Coscarelli (director/screenplay); Craig Mitchell (screenplay); Gregory Harrison, Reggie Bannister, Rory Guy, Marla Pennington, Robbie Wolcott, Karen McLain, David LloydDramaLive Action
14 Killer ForceAmerican International PicturesVal Guest (director); Gerald Sanford, Michael Winder (screenplay); Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Hugh O'Brian, O. J. Simpson, Maud Adams, Christopher Lee, Ian Yule, Richard Loring, Clive Scott, Robert Drayton, Michael Mayer, Victor Melleney, Stuart Brown, Marina Christelis, Frank Shelley, Peter Van Dissel, Cocky ThlothlalemajeThrillerLive Action
18 Dr. Black, Mr. HydeDimension Pictures Inc.William Crain (director); Lawrence Woolner (screenplay); Bernie Casey, Rosalind Cash, Marie O'Henry, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Milt Kogan, Stu Gilliam, Marc Alaimo, Elizabeth Robinson, Della ThomasHorrorLive Action
27 The Four DeucesEmbassy Pictures / AmeriEuro Pictures CorpWilliam H. Bushnell (director); C. Lester Franklin (screenplay); Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Warren Berlinger, Adam Roarke, Gianni Russo, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Johnny Haymer, Martin Kove, Robert Deman, Carl Weathers, Lois Foraker, James Jeter, Robert Shayne, Cherie Latimer, E.J. Peaker, Damon Douglas, Ben Frommer, Mickey Morton, Jack O'Leary, Sierra Bandit, Isaac Goz, Lany Gustavson, David Jolliffe, Richard Molinare, Arnold Moreno, Rob ReeceComedyLive Action
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Y		 4 Next Stop, Greenwich Village20th Century FoxPaul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith, Christopher Walken, Antonio Fargas, Mike Kellin, Lou Jacobi, Dori Brenner, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Joe Spinell, Stuart Pankin, Vincent Schiavelli, Rochelle Oliver, Rashel Novikoff, Michael EganComedy, DramaLive Action
6 Echoes of a SummerUnited ArtistsDon Taylor (director); Robert L. Joseph (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Richard Harris, Lois Nettleton, Brad Savage, Geraldine Fitzgerald, William WindomFamily, DramaLive Action
9 Taxi DriverColumbia Pictures / Bill/Phillips Productions / Italo-Judeo ProductionsMartin Scorsese (director); Paul Schrader (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd, Harry Northup, Victor Argo, Joe Spinell, Martin Scorsese, Steven PrinceCrime, DramaLive Action
10 Hot PotatoWarner Bros.Oscar Williams (director/screenplay); Jim Kelly, George Memmoli, Irene Tsu, Ron Prince, Yuen Biao, Geoffrey Binney, Judith Brown, Sam Hiona, Hardy Stockmann, Metta Rungrat, Supakorn Songssermvorakul, Somchai Meekunsut, Veerapol Pitavan, Puchong MakarajActionLive Action
11 Gable and LombardUniversal PicturesSidney J. Furie (director); Barry Sandler (screenplay); James Brolin, Jill Clayburgh, Allen Garfield, Red Buttons, Joanne Linville, Melanie Mayron, Alice Backes, Ross Elliot, Morgan Brittany, Noah Keen, Alan Dexter, S. John Launer, William Bryant, Robert Karnes, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Aron Kincaid, Army Archerd, Frank Ashmore, Ivan Bonar, Bill QuinnBiographyLive Action
No Deposit, No ReturnWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionNorman Tokar (director); Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson (screenplay); David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Herschel Bernardi, Charles Martin Smith, Barbara Feldon, Kim Richards, Brad Savage, John Williams, Vic Tayback, Robert Hastings, Louis Guss, Barney Phillips, James Hong, Stu Gilliam, Milt Kogan, Iris Adrian, Henry Slate, Richard O'Brien, Ruth Manning, Olive DunbarCrime, ComedyLive Action
13 Jack and the BeanstalkColumbia Pictures / Group TAC / Nippon Herald FilmsGisaburō Sugii (director); Shūji Hirami (screenplay); Billie Lou Watt, Corinne Orr, Ray Owens, Jack GrimesAdventure, FamilyAnimation
15 Deadly HeroAVCO Embassy Pictures / City Time PartnersIvan Nagy (director); George Wislocki, Don Petersen (screenplay); Don Murray, Diahn Williams, James Earl Jones, Lilia Skala, Conchata Ferrell, George S. Irving, Ron Weyand, Treat Williams, Hank Garrett, Dick Anthony Williams, Josh Mostel, Rutanya Alda, Charles Siebert, Beverly Johnson, Chu Chu Malave, Danny DeVito, Deborah HarryNeo-Noir, ThrillerLive Action
The Killing of a Chinese BookieFaces DistributionJohn Cassavetes (director/screenplay); Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Morgan Woodward, Azizi Johari, Robert Phillips, Meade Roberts, Haji, Val Avery, John Finnegan, James Lew, John Red Kullers, Al Ruban, Virginia Carrington, Alice Friedland, Donna Marie Gordon, Carol Warren, Derna Wong Davis, Kathalina Veniero, Soto Joe HughNeo-Noir, CrimeLive Action
19 Grey GardensPortrait FilmsDavid Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer (directors); Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, Norman Vincent Peale, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Jerry Torre, Lois Wright, Brooks Hyers, Jack HelmuthDocumentaryLive Action
27 Griffin and PhoenixABC Circle FilmsDaryl Duke (director); John Hill (screenplay); Peter Falk, Jill Clayburgh, Sally Kirkland, George Chandler, John Harkins, Ken Sansom, John Lehne, Dorothy Tristan, Ben Hammer, Milton Parsons, Randy Faustino, Steven Rogers, Rod HaaseRomance, DramaLive Action
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5 Black ShampooDimension PicturesGreydon Clark (director/screenplay); Alvin L. Fast (screenplay); John Daniels, Tanya Boyd, Skip E. Lowe, Joe Ortiz, Gary Allen, Anne Gaybis, Jack Mehoff, Bruce KerleyBlaxploitationLive Action
11 Creature from Black LakeHowco International Pictures / Cinema Shares International Distribution / Jim McCullough ProductionsJoy N. Houck Jr. (director/screenplay); Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson, Bill Thurman, Roy TatumHorrorLive Action
Robin and MarianColumbia Pictures / RastarRichard Lester (director); James Goldman (screenplay); Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Nicol Williamson, Denholm Elliott, Ronnie Barker, Kenneth Haigh, Ian Holm, Richard Harris, Bill Maynard, Esmond Knight, Veronica Quilligan, Peter Butterworth, John Barrett, Kenneth Cranham, Victoria AbrilRomance, AdventureLive Action
12 I Will, I Will... for Now20th Century Fox / Brut ProductionsNorman Panama (director/screenplay); Albert E. Lewin (screenplay); Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino, Victoria Principal, Robert Alda, Warren Berlinger, Madge Sinclair, Candy Clark, Carmen Zapata, George Tyne, Renata VanniRomance, ComedyLive Action
13 One Summer LoveAmerican International PicturesGilbert Cates (director); N. Richard Nash (screenplay); Beau Bridges, Susan Sarandon, James Noble, Ann Wedgeworth, Linda Miller, Mildred Dunnock, Harriet Rogers, Martin Burke, Michael B. MillerRomance, DramaLive Action
17 Moving Violation20th Century Fox / Santa Fe ProductionsCharles S. Dubin (director); David R. Osterhout, William Norton (screenplay); Stephen McHattie, Kay Lenz, Eddie Albert, Lonny Chapman, Will Geer, Jack Murdock, John S. Ragin, Francis De Sales, Dick Miller, Paul Linke, Dennis Redfield, Michael Ross VeronaActionLive Action
18 The Man Who Fell to EarthBritish Lion FilmsNicolas Roeg (director); Paul Mayersberg (screenplay); David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey, Adrienne La Russa, Albert Nelson, Claudia Jennings, Jim Lovell, Jackson D. Kane, Rick Riccardo, Tony MasciaSci-Fi, DramaLive Action
Mustang CountryUniversal PicturesJohn C. Champion (director/screenplay); Joel McCrea, Robert Fuller, Patrick Wayne, Nika MinaWesternLive Action
25 The Slipper and the RoseUniversal Pictures / David Paradine ProductionsBryan Forbes (director/screenplay); Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman (screenplay); Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie, Edith Evans, Christopher Gable, Michael Hordern, Margaret Lockwood, Kenneth More, Lally Bowers, Julian Orchard, Rosalind Ayres, Sherrie Hewson, John Turner, Keith Skinner, Peter Graves, Polly WilliamsMusicalLive Action
26 Bobbie Jo and the OutlawAmerican International PicturesMark L. Lester (director); Vernon Zimmerman (screenplay); Lynda Carter, Marjoe Gortner, Jesse Vint, Gerrit Graham, Belinda Balaski, Peggy Stewart, Chuck Russell, Virgil Frye, James Gammon, Merrie Lynn Ross, Gene Drew, Richard Breeding, John Durren, Howard R. Kirk, Aly Yoder, Jesse Price, Jose ToledoCrime, DramaLive Action
Ride a Wild PonyWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionDon Chaffey (director); Rosemary Anne Sisson (screenplay); Robert Bettles, Eva Griffith, Michael Craig, John Meillon, Alfred Bell, Roy Haddrick, Peter Gwynne, Melissa Jaffer, Lorraine Bayly, Wendy Playfair, Kate Clarkson, Jessica Noad, Neva Carr Glyn, Gerry DugganFamily, AdventureLive Action
Sky Riders20th Century FoxDouglas Hickox (director); Jack DeWitt, Stanley Mann, Garry Michael White (screenplay); James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp, Charles Aznavour, Harry Andrews, John Beck, Zouzou, Kenneth Griffith, Werner Pochath, Barbara Trentham, Henry Brown, Anthony Antypas, Ernie F. OrsattiActionLive Action
31 W.C. Fields and MeUniversal PicturesArthur Hiller (director); Bob Merrill (screenplay); Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, Jack Cassidy, John Marley, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Allan Arbus, Milt Kamen, Louis Zorich, Andrew Parks, Linda Purl, Dennis Alwood, Selma Archerd, Donald Briggs, Frank De Vol, Eddie Firestone, Paul Mantee, Carlotta Monti, Kenneth TobeyBiography, DramaLive Action

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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox20th Century FoxMelvin Frank (director/screenplay); Barry Sandler, Jack Rose (screenplay); George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Conrad Janis, Thayer David, Jennifer Lee, Pat Ast, Dick Farnsworth, Roy Jenson, Sid Gould, E. J. André, Clifford Turknett, Bob Hoy, Bennie Dobbins, Walter Scott, Jerry GatlinWestern, Romance, ComedyLive Action
2 LipstickParamount PicturesLamont Johnson (director); David Rayfiel (screenplay); Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Mariel Hemingway, Anne Bancroft, Perry King, Robin Gammell, John Bennett Perry, Francesco Scavullo, Meg Wyllie, Inga Swenson, Catherine McLeod, Lauren JonesThrillerLive Action
5 The Blue Bird20th Century Fox / LenfilmGeorge Cukor (director); Hugh Whitemore, Alfred Hayes, Aleksei Kapler (screenplay); Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Will Geer, Nadezhda Pavlova, Ava Gardner, Robert Morley, Leonid Nevedomsky, Harry Andrews, Todd Lookinland, Patsy Kensit, Mona Washbourne, George Cole, Richard Pearson, Georgiy Vitsin, Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Popov, Valentina Ganibalova, Eugene Shcherbakov, Grant BardsleyFantasyLive Action
7 The Bad News BearsParamount PicturesMichael Ritchie (director); Bill Lancaster (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Chris Barnes, Jackie Earle Haley, Alfred W. Lutter, Brett Marx, Brandon Cruz, Erin Blunt, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Quinn Smith, David Stambaugh, Jaime Escobedo, George Gonzales, David Pollock, Scott FirestoneSports, ComedyLive Action
SparkleWarner Bros. / RSOSam O'Steen (director); Joel Schumacher (screenplay); Irene Cara, Philip M. Thomas, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood, Tony King, Beatrice Winde, Paul Lambert, Armelia McQueen, DeWayne Jessie, Norma Miller, Bob Delegall, Don Bexley, Ken Renard, Renn Woods, Joyce Easton, Talya FerroMusical, DramaLive Action
9 All the President's MenWarner Bros. / Wildwood EnterprisesAlan J. Pakula (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Stephen Collins, Ned Beatty, Meredith Baxter, Penny Fuller, Penny Peyser, Lindsay Crouse, Robert Walden, F. Murray Abraham, David Arkin, Richard Herd, Dominic Chianese, Ron Hale, Nicolas Coster, Joshua Shelley, Polly Holliday, James Karen, Basil Hoffman, John McMartin, Paul Lambert, Richard Venture, John Furlong, Valerie Curtin, Jess Osuna, Allyn Ann McLerie, Christopher Murray, Frank Wills, Cara Duff-MacCormick, John Randolph, Henry Calvert, Nate Esformes, Ralph Williams, Gene Lindsey, Carol Trost, Stanley Bennett Clay, John DevlinBiography, Drama, ThrillerLive Action
Family PlotUniversal PicturesAlfred Hitchcock (director); Ernest Lehman (screenplay); Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Karen Black, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ed Lauter, Katherine Helmond, Nicholas Colasanto, Edith Atwater, William Prince, Marge Redmond, Charles Tyner, Alexander Lockwood, Martin West, Elisabeth Brooks, Alan Fudge, Richard Hale, Louise Lorimer, Harriet E. MacGibbon, Fran Ryan, John Steadman, Vernon Weddle, Darrell Zwerling, Alfred HitchcockBlack Comedy, ThrillerLive Action
11 Jackson County JailUnited Artists / New World PicturesMichael Miller (director); Donald E. Stewart (screenplay); Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Carradine, Severn Darden, Howard Hesseman, John Lawlor, Britt Leach, Nan Martin, Mary Woronov, Cliff Emmich, Betty Thomas, Hal Needham, Donald E. StewartCrime, ThrillerLive Action
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the SeaAVCO Embassy Pictures / Haworth Productions by Martin-Poll Lewis John Carlino Production Sailor CompanyLewis John Carlino (director/screenplay); Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson, Earl Rhodes, Jonathan Kahn, Margo Cunningham, Paul TropeaDramaLive Action
14 The River NigerCine Artists Pictures / Continental Video / Reel Media InternationalKrishna Shah (director); Joseph A. Walker (screenplay); Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Jonelle Allen, Roger E. Mosley, Ralph Wilcox, Teddy Wilson, Charles Weldon, Zakes Mokae, Tony BurtonDramaLive Action
23 Eat My Dust!New World PicturesCharles B. Griffith (director/screenplay); Ron Howard, Christopher Norris, Clint Howard, Charles Howerton, Rance Howard, Dave Madden, Robert Broyles, Paul Bartel, Corbin Bernsen, Don Brodie, Brad David, Kathy O'Dare, Peter Isacksen, Jessica Potter, Warren J. Kemmerling, Kedric Wolfe, John Kramer, W.L. LuckeyActionLive Action
Stay HungryUnited ArtistsBob Rafelson (director/screenplay); Charles Gaines (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger, R.G. Armstrong, Robert Englund, Helena Kallianiotes, Roger E. Mosley, Woodrow Parfrey, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Miller, Fannie Flagg, Joanna Cassidy, Richard Gilliland, Ed Begley Jr., John David Carson, Joe Spinell, Dennis Fimple, Garry Goodrow, Dennis Burkley, Byron Berline, Franco Columbu, Ed Corney, Janelle Kirtley, Bob Rafelson, Robbie Robinson, Ken Waller, Mayf Nutter, Clifford A. Pellow, Bart Carpinelli, Bob Westmoreland, Brandy Wilde, Laura HippeComedy, DramaLive Action
25 Hollywood BoulevardNew World PicturesAllan Arkush, Joe Dante (directors); Danny Opatoshu (screenplay); Candice Rialson, Mary Woronov, Rita George, Jeffrey Kramer, Dick Miller, Richard Doran, Tara Strohmeier, Paul Bartel, John Kramer, Jonathan Kaplan, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet AirmenComedy, ThrillerLive Action
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16 Escape from the DarkWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionCharles Jarrott (director); Rosemary Anne Sisson (screenplay); Alastair Sim, Peter Barkworth, Maurice Colbourne, Susan Tebbs, Andrew Harrison, Chloe Franks, Benjie Bolgar, Prunella Scales, Leslie Sands, Joe Gladwin, Jeremy Bulloch, Rich MooreFamily, DramaLive Action
GrizzlyFilm Ventures International / Columbia PicturesWilliam Girdler (director); David Sheldon (director/screenplay); Harvey Flaxman (screenplay); Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall, Mike Clifford, Joe Dorsey, Charles KissingerHorror, ThrillerLive Action
That's Entertainment, Part IIUnited ArtistsGene Kelly (director); Leonard Gershe (screenplay); Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Abbott & Costello, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Lew Ayres, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Robert Benchley, Constance Bennett, Jack Benny, Jack Buchanan, James Cagney, Sammy Cahn, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Gower Champion, Marge Champion, Cyd Charisse, Maurice Chevalier, Ronald Colman, Jeanne Coyne, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, Dan Dailey, Doris Day, Fifi D'Orsay, Melvyn Douglas, Tom Drake, Marie Dressler, Margaret Dumont, Jimmy Durante, Nelson Eddy, Nanette Fabray, W.C. Fields, Bob Fosse, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland, Betty Garrett, Greer Garson, Hermione Gingold, Cary Grant, Fernand Gravey, Kathryn Grayson, Carol Haney, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Lena Horne, Betty Hutton, Allan Jones, Buster Keaton, Howard Keel, Grace Kelly, June Knight, Miliza Korjus, Hedy Lamarr, Stan Laurel, Vivien Leigh, Oscar Levant, Myrna Loy, Jeanette MacDonald, The Marx Brothers, Roddy McDowall, Ann Miller, Robert Montgomery, Donald O'Connor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Eleanor Powell, William Powell, Tommy Rall, Debbie Reynolds, Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Al Shean, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, James Stewart, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Bobby Van, Gwen Verdon, Ethel Waters, David Wayne, Johnny Weissmuller, Esther Williams, Keenan Wynn, Robert Young, Billie Burke, Cliff EdwardsDocumentaryLive Action
19 The Missouri BreaksUnited ArtistsArthur Penn (director); Thomas McGuane (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, John McLiam, John Ryan, Sam Gilman, Steve Franken, Richard Bradford, James Greene, Luana Anders, Danny Goldman, Hunter von Leer, Virgil Frye, Charles Wagenheim, R.L. Armstrong, Dan Ades, Dorothy Neumann, Vern ChandlerWesternLive Action
The PremonitionAVCO Embassy Pictures / Movicorp MediaRobert Schnitzer (director/screenplay); Anthony Mahon (screenplay); Sharon Farrell, Danielle Brisebois, Richard Lynch, Jeff Corey, Robert Harper, Edward Bell, Ellen Barber, Chitra Neogy, Margaret Graham, Rosemary McNamara, Thomas Williams, Roy WhiteHorrorLive Action
21 1900Paramount PicturesBernardo Bertolucci (director/screenplay); Franco Arcalli, Giuseppe Bertolucci (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Laura Betti, Stefania Casini, Sterling Hayden, Ellen Schwiers, Alida Valli, Romolo Valli, Stefania Sandrelli, Donald Sutherland, Burt Lancaster, Giacomo Rizzo, Pippo Campanini, Paulo Branco, Liù Bosisio, Maria Monti, Anna Maria Gherardi, José Quaglio, Clara Colosimo, Edda Ferronao, Werner Bruhns, Anna Henkel, Antonio Piovanelli, Demesio Lusardi, Pietro Longari Ponzoni, Vittorio Fanfoni, Paolo Pavesi, Roberto MaccantiEpic, Historical, DramaLive Action
EmbryoCine Artists Pictures / Plura Service Company / Sandy Howard ProductionsRalph Nelson (director); Anita Doohan, Jack W. Thomas (screenplay); Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Roddy McDowall, Anne Schedeen, Vincent Baggetta, Jack Colvin, Dick Winslow, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Ken Washington, Lina RaymondSci-Fi, HorrorLive Action
Hawmps!Mulberry Square ReleasingJoe Camp (director/screenplay); William Bickley, Michael Warren (screenplay); James Hampton, Christopher Connelly, Slim Pickens, Denver Pyle, Mimi Maynard, Jack Elam, Lee de Broux, Herb Vigran, Jesse Davis, Frank Inn, Don Starr, Alvin Wright, Gene Conforti, Dick Drake, Larry Swartz, Mike Travis, Tiny Wells, Dick Drake, Henry Kendrick, Catherine Hearne, Larry Strawbridge, ShebaWestern, ComedyLive Action
26 Drive-InColumbia Pictures / George Litto ProductionsRod Amateau (director); Bob Peete (screenplay); Lisa Lemole, Glenn Morshower, Trey Wilson, Ashley Cox, Bill McGhee, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Billy Milliken, Lee Newsom, Regan Kee, Andy Parks, Gordon Hurst, Kent Perkins, Barry Gremillion, Gloria Shaw, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Valgova, Michelle Franks, Hank StohlComedyLive Action
Mother, Jugs & Speed20th Century FoxPeter Yates (director); Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay); Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, Larry Hagman, Michael McManus, Allan Warnick, Bruce Davison, Dick Butkus, L.Q. Jones, Ric Carrott, Severn Darden, Bill Henderson, Valerie Curtin, Milt Kamen, Barra Grant, Toni Basil, Read Morgan, Tim Reid, Queenie Smith, Vivian St. John, Mark L. TaylorBlack ComedyLive Action
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved HollywoodParamount PicturesMichael Winner (director); Arnold Schulman, Cy Howard (screenplay); Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney, Phil Silvers, Ron Leibman, Teri Garr, Ronny Graham, Toni Basil, Dorothy Lamour, Joan Blondell, Virginia Mayo, Henny Youngman, Rory Calhoun, Aldo Ray, Ethel Merman, Nancy Walker, Rhonda Fleming, Dean Stockwell, Dick Haymes, Tab Hunter, Robert Alda, Victor Mature, Edgar Bergen, Henry Wilcoxon, Alice Faye, Yvonne De Carlo, Dennis Morgan, Shecky Greene, William Demarest, Billy Barty, Ricardo Montalbán, Jackie Coogan, Andy Devine, Broderick Crawford, Richard Arlen, Jack La Rue, Gloria DeHaven, Louis Nye, Johnny Weissmuller, Stepin Fetchit, Ken Murray, Rudy Vallee, George Jessel, Ann Miller, Eli Mintz, Fritz Feld, Edward Ashley, Jane Connell, Janet Blair, Dennis Day, Mike Mazurki, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Jesse White, Carmel Myers, Jack Carter, Barbara Nichols, Army Archerd, Fernando Lamas, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Cyd Charisse, Huntz Hall, Doodles Weaver, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Morey Amsterdam, Eddie Foy Jr., Peter Lawford, Patricia Morison, Guy Madison, Regis Toomey, Ann Rutherford, Milton Berle, John Carradine, Keye Luke, Walter Pidgeon, Phil Leeds, Cliff Norton, Sterling Holloway, William Benedict, Dorothy Gulliver, Eddie LeVequeComedyLive Action
28 LeadbellyParamount PicturesGordon Parks (director); Ernest Kinoy (screenplay); Roger E. Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair, Albert Hall, Art Evans, John Henry Faulk, Vivian Bonnell, Lynn Hamilton, William Wintersole, James Brodhead, Dana MannoBiography, Drama, MusicLive Action
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Cannes Film Festival)Astral Films / Cinema International Corporation / American International Pictures / Claremont Productions / Zev Braun Productions / I.C.L. Industries / La Societe Filmel / Ypsilon FilmsNicolas Gessner (director); Laird Koenig (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, Scott Jacoby, Connie FosterDrama, Horror, MysteryLive Action
ShootAVCO Embassy Pictures / Essex Enterprises / Getty Pictures CorporationHarvey Hart (director); Dick Berg (screenplay); Cliff Robertson, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Silva, James Blendick, Leslie Carlson, Kate Reid, Helen Shaver, Larry Reynolds, Gloria Carlin, Alan McRae, Ed McNamara, Peter Langley, Helena Hart, Allan Aarons, Sydney BrownDrama, ThrillerLive Action
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The Last Hard Men20th Century FoxAndrew V. McLaglen (director); Guerdon Trueblood (screenplay); Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Barbara Hershey, Jorge Rivero, Michael Parks, Larry Wilcox, Thalmus Rasulala, Morgan Paull, John Quade, Robert Donner, Christopher Mitchum, Riley HillWesternLive Action
2 Breaking Point20th Century FoxBob Clark (director); Stanley Mann, Roger Swaybill (screenplay); Bo Svenson, Robert Culp, John Colicos, Belinda Montgomery, Linda Sorenson, Stephen Young, Doug LennoxCrime, DramaLive Action
A Small Town in TexasAmerican International PicturesJack Starrett (director); William Norton (screenplay); Bo Hopkins, Susan George, Timothy Bottoms, John Karlen, Morgan Woodward, Art Hindle, Clay Tanner, Randee Lynne Jensen, Hank Rolike, George Buck FlowerActionLive Action
4 Ode to Billy JoeWarner Bros.Max Baer Jr. (director); Herman Raucher (screenplay); Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Sandy McPeak, James Best, Terence Goodman, Becky Bowen, Simpson Hemphill, Ed Shelnut, Eddie Talr, William Hallberg, Rebecca JerniganDramaLive Action
11 The Cars That Ate ParisBritish Empire Films / Australian Film Development Corporation / Royce Smeal Film Productions / Salt Pan FilmsPeter Weir (director/screenplay); John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Chris Haywood, Bruce Spence, Max Gillies, Edward Howell, Max Phipps, Melissa Jaffer, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully, Peter Armstrong, Joe Burrow, Deryck Barnes, Jack EllertonHorror, ComedyLive Action
The TenantParamount Pictures / Marianne ProductionsRoman Polanski (director/screenplay); Gérard Brach (screenplay); Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson, Rufus, Shelley Winters, Lila Kedrova, Josiane Balasko, Claude Dauphin, Claude Piéplu, Jacques Monod, Michel Blanc, Eva Ionesco, Albert Delpy, Patrice Alexsandre, Romain Bouteille, Jacques RosnyHorrorLive Action
17 Harry and Walter Go to New YorkColumbia PicturesMark Rydell (director); John Byrum, Robert Kaufman, Don Devlin (screenplay); James Caan, Michael Caine, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Charles Durning, Lesley Ann Warren, Burt Young, Kathryn Grody, Brion James, Jack Gilford, Val Avery, Dennis Dugan, Carol Kane, David Proval, Michael Conrad, Bert Remsen, Ted Cassidy, Michael Greene, Roger Til, Selma Archerd, Christopher Rydell, Maureen Arthur, David Shire, Read Morgan, Kim Lankford, George Gaynes, Walter Willison, Carmine Coppola, Warren Berlinger, Dee Hoty, Dean DevlinPeriod, ComedyLive Action
Silent Movie20th Century Fox / Crossbow ProductionsMel Brooks (director/screenplay); Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson (screenplay); Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Harold Gould, Ron Carey, Bernadette Peters, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Anne Bancroft, Marcel Marceau, Paul Newman, Carol Arthur, Liam Dunn, Fritz Feld, Chuck McCann, Valerie Curtin, Yvonne Wilder, Harry Ritz, Charlie Callas, Henny Youngman, Eddie Ryder, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson, Howard Hesseman, Lee Delano, Jack Riley, Robert Lussier, Phil LeedsComedyLive Action
18 The Food of the GodsAmerican International PicturesBert I. Gordon (director/screenplay); Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, Ida Lupino, Belinda Balaski, Tom Stovall, John McLiam, Chuck CourtneySci-Fi, ThrillerLive Action
MidwayUniversal Pictures / The Mirisch CorporationJack Smight (director); Donald S. Sanford (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Robert Webber, Ed Nelson, James Shigeta, Christina Kokubo, Edward Albert, Monte Markham, Biff McGuire, Christopher George, Kevin Dobson, Glenn Corbett, Gregory Walcott, Dabney Coleman, Erik Estrada, Larry Pennell, Phillip R. Allen, Tom Selleck, Kurt Grayson, Steve Kanaly, Pat Morita, John Fujioka, Dale Ishimoto, Clyde Kusatsu, Sab Shimono, Conrad Yama, Robert Ito, Seth Sakai, Lloyd Kino, Yuki ShimodaWarLive Action
20 Once Upon a GirlSeverin Films / Concelation a Girl, Inc. / Tommy J ProductionsDon Jurwich (director/screenplay); Hal Smith, Frank Welker, Richmond Johnson, Carol Piacente, Kelly GordonFantasy, ComedyLive Action / Animation
23 The Big BusParamount PicturesJames Frawley (director); Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman (screenplay); Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Ned Beatty, José Ferrer, Ruth Gordon, Harold Gould, Larry Hagman, Sally Kellerman, Richard Mulligan, Lynn Redgrave, René Auberjonois, Bob Dishy, Richard B. Shull, Stuart Margolin, Howard Hesseman, Mary Wilcox, Walter Brooke, Vic Tayback, Murphy Dunne, Vito ScottiDisaster, ComedyLive Action
The Great Scout & Cathouse ThursdayAmerican International PicturesDon Taylor (director); Richard Shapiro (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Oliver Reed, Robert Culp, Elizabeth Ashley, Strother Martin, Sylvia Miles, Kay LenzComedy, WesternLive Action
Logan's RunMetro-Goldwyn-MayerMichael Anderson (director); David Zelag Goodman (screenplay); Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Peter Ustinov, Michael Anderson Jr., Randolph Roberts, Gary Morgan, Ashley Cox, Lara LindsaySci-Fi, ActionLive Action
Murder by DeathColumbia Pictures / RastarRobert Moore (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, Estelle Winwood, James Cromwell, Richard Narita, Fay WrayComedy, MysteryLive Action
24 Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonUnited ArtistsRobert Altman (director/screenplay); Alan Rudolph (screenplay); Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin McCarthy, Joel Grey, Harvey Keitel, John Considine, Will Sampson, Pat McCormick, Shelley Duvall, Allan F. Nicholls, Robert DoQui, Evelyn Lear, Bert Remsen, Denver Pyle, Jerri Duce, Patrick Reynolds, Frank Kaquitts, Mike Kaplan, Bonnie Leaders, Noelle Rogers, Ken Krossa, Fred N. LarsenWesternLive Action
25 The Omen20th Century Fox / Mace Neufeld ProductionsRichard Donner (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Harvey Stephens, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, Leo McKern, Robert Rietti, John Stride, Anthony Nicholls, Holly Palance, Roy Boyd, Freda Dowie, Sheila Raynor, Robert MacLeod, Bruce Boa, Don Fellows, Patrick McAlinney, Betty McDowall, Nicholas Campbell, Tommy DugganHorrorLive Action
28 Sweet RevengeUnited ArtistsJerry Schatzberg (director); Marilyn Goldin, B.J. Perla, Jor Van Kline (screenplay); Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Franklyn Ajaye, Jan D'Arcy, Evan Lottman, Richard Daughty, Norman Matlock, Edmund Villa, Adele BurnettCrimeLive Action
30 The Outlaw Josey WalesWarner Bros. / The Malpaso CompanyClint Eastwood (director); Phil Kaufman, Sonia Chernus (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Paula Trueman, Sam Bottoms, Geraldine Keams, Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Sheb Wooley, Royal Dano, Matt Clark, Will Sampson, William O'Connell, John Quade, Buck Kartalian, Len Lesser, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Tyner, Bruce M. Fischer, John Mitchum, John Chandler, Clay Tanner, Bob Hoy, John Verros, Frank Schofield, Tom Roy LoweWesternLive Action

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Y		 1 To Fly!Conoco Inc. / MacGillivray Freeman Films / Francis Thompson, Inc.Greg MacGillivray (director/screenplay); Jim Freeman, Thomas McGrath, Francis Thompson, Robert M. Young, Arthur Zegart (screenplay)DocudramaLive Action
Treasure of MatecumbeWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionVincent McEveety (director); Don Tait (screenplay); Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow, Johnny Doran, Billy Attmore, Jane Wyatt, Virginia Vincent, Robert DoQui, Mills Watson, Don Knight, Dub Taylor, Dick Van Patten, George Lindsey, John Myhers, Logan Ramsey, Valentin de Vargas, Jonathan Daly, John Steadman, Rex Holman, Clint Ritchie, Ken Renard, Brion James, John Hayes, David S. Cass Sr., Warde Donovan, James Brodhead, John C. Flinn III, Louie Elias, Richard WrightAdventureLive Action
6 CannonballNew World PicturesPaul Bartel (director/screenplay); Donald C. Simpson (screenplay); David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Belinda Balaski, Archie Hahn, Gerrit Graham, Robert Carradine, Mary Woronov, James Keach, Dick Miller, Paul Bartel, Judy Canova, Carl Gottlieb, David Arkin, Louisa Moritz, Joe Dante, Allan Arkush, Jonathan Kaplan, Roger Corman, Donald C. Simpson, Martin Scorsese, Sylvester Stallone, Aron Kincaid, Diane Lee Hart, Glynn Rubin, Stanley Bennett Clay, Patrick WrightComedyLive Action
7 GusWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionVincent McEveety (director); Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson (screenplay); Edward Asner, Don Knotts, Gary Grimes, Tim Conway, Liberty Williams, Dick Van Patten, Harold Gould, Ronnie Schell, Bob Crane, Johnny Unitas, Dick Butkus, Tom Bosley, Titos Vandis, Hanna Hertelendy, Liam Dunn, Virginia O'Brien, Kenneth Tobey, Timothy Brown, Jackson Bostwick, John Orchard, Richard Kiel, Henry Slate, Larry McCormick, Danny Wells, Milton Frome, Iris Adrian, Bryan O'Byrne, Jack Manning, James Brown, Jeanne Bates, Dick Enberg, George Putnam, Stu Nahan, Irwin Charone, Larry Burrell, James Almanzar, Warde DonovanSports, ComedyLive Action
9 Mad Dog MorganBritish Empire Films / Motion Picture ProductionsPhilippe Mora (director/screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate, Wallas Eaton, Bill Hunter, John Hargreaves, Robin Ramsay, Graeme Blundell, Gregory Apps, Liddy Clark, Peter Collingwood, Peter Cummins, John Derum, Gerry Duggan, Chuck Faulkner, Alan Hardy, Norman Kaye, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robert McDarra, Grant Page, Bruce Spence, Roger Ward, Martin Harris, Liza Lee-Atkinson, Elaine Baillie, Don Barkham, Kurt Beimel, David Bracks, Max Fairchild, Judith Fisher, Isobel Harley, David John, Kevin Leslie, David Mitchell, Christopher Pate, Philip Ross, Peter Thompson, Ken WeaverAction, Crime, DramaLive Action
The Opening of Misty BeethovenCatalyst Productions / Joy Bear Pictures / VCA PicturesRadley Metzger (director/screenplay); Constance Money, Jamie Gillis, Jacqueline Beudant, Gloria Leonard, Terri Hall, Calvin Culver, Mark MargolisComedyLive Action
14 Shadow of the HawkColumbia PicturesGeorge McCowan (director); Norman Thaddeus Vane, Herbert Wright (screenplay); Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George, Pia Shandel, Marianne Jones, Jacques HubertHorrorLive Action
15 At the Earth's CoreAmerican International Pictures / Amicus ProductionsKevin Connor (director); Milton Subotsky (screenplay); Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro, Cy Grant, Godfrey James, Keith Barron, Robert Gillespie, Sean Lynch, Helen Gill, Anthony Verner, Michael Crane, Bobby Parr, Andee CromartyFantasy, Sci-FiLive Action
16 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor KingsUniversal Pictures / Motown ProductionsJohn Badham (director); Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins (screenplay); Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Stan Shaw, Tony Burton, Jophery Brown, Leon Wagner, John McCurry, DeWayne Jessie, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Ken Foree, Carl Gordon, Rico Dawson, Sam "Birmingham" BrisonSports, ComedyLive Action
23 LifeguardParamount PicturesDaniel Petrie (director); Ron Koslow (screenplay); Sam Elliott, Anne Archer, Stephen Young, Parker Stevenson, Kathleen Quinlan, Sharon Weber, Steve BurnsDramaLive Action
Special DeliveryAmerican International PicturesPaul Wendkos (director); John Melson, James Edward Grant, Gilbert Ralston, Don Gazzaniga (screenplay); Bo Svenson, Cybill Shepherd, Tom Atkins, Sorrell Booke, Gerrit Graham, Michael C. GwynneNeo-Noir, Comedy, CrimeLive Action
A*P*EWorldwide Entertainment / Kukje Movies / Lee Ming Film Co.Paul Leder (director/screenplay); Richard Leder (screenplay); Rod Arrants, Joanna Kerns, Alex Nicol, Lee Nak-hoon, Paul Leder, Jules Levey, Yeon-jeong Woo, Jerry HarkeAction, Adventure, FantasyLive Action
28 FutureworldAmerican International Pictures / The Aubrey CompanyRichard T. Heffron (director); Mayo Simon, George Schenck (screenplay); Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Stuart Margolin, John Ryan, Yul Brynner, James M. Connor, Allen Ludden, Robert Cornthwaite, Angela Greene, Darrell Larson, Nancy Bell, Bert Conroy, Dorothy Konrad, Jim AntonioSci-Fi, ThrillerLive Action
29 OzGreater UnionChris Löfvén (director/screenplay); Joy Dunstan, Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Gary Waddell, Robin Ramsay, Michael CarmanFantasy, Comedy, MusicalLive Action
SwashbucklerUniversal PicturesJames Goldstone (director); Paul Wheeler (screenplay); Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Geneviève Bujold, Beau Bridges, Geoffrey Holder, Avery Schreiber, Tom Clancy, Anjelica Huston, Mark Baker, Kip Niven, Louisa Horton, Bernard Behrens, Dorothy Tristan, Tom FitzsimmonsRomance, AdventureLive Action
30 DrumUnited Artists / Dino De Laurentiis CompanySteve Carver (director); Norman Wexler (screenplay); Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Ken Norton, Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, John Colicos, Fiona Lewis, Paula Kelly, Brenda Sykes, Royal Dano, Lillian Hayman, Rainbeaux Smith, Clay Tanner, Lila FinnAction, DramaLive Action
SquirmAmerican International Pictures / The Squirm CompanyJeff Lieberman (director/screenplay); Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, Jean Sullivan, William Newman, R.A. Dow, Peter MacLean, Fran Higgins, Barbara Quinn, Carl Dagenhart, Angel Sande, Carol Jean Owens, Kim Leon Iocovozzi, Walter Dimmick, Leslie Thorsen, Julia KloppHorrorLive Action
31 St. IvesWarner Bros.J. Lee Thompson (director); Barry Beckerman (screenplay); Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Harry Guardino, Joseph Roman, Jerome Thor, George SawayaCrime, ThrillerLive Action
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T		 1 ObsessionColumbia Pictures / Yellowbird ProductionsBrian De Palma (director); Paul Schrader (screenplay); Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John LithgowNeo-Noir, ThrillerLive Action
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the WestDanton FilmsJack Arnold, Earl Bellamy, Bruce Bilson, Oscar Rudolph (directors); Ron Friedman, Howard Ostroff, Brad Radnitz, Sherwood Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz (screenplay); Bob Denver, Forrest Tucker, Ivor Francis, Jeannine Riley, Lori Saunders, William Cort, Eddie Little Sky, Don 'Red' Barry, Buck Young, James Gammon, Dennis Fimple, John Quade, Dick Peabody, James Jeter, Ernesto Esparza III, Taylor LacherWestern, ComedyLive Action
4 The Return of a Man Called HorseUnited Artists / Estudios Churubusco Azteca / Sandy Howard ProductionsIrvin Kershner (director); Jack DeWitt (screenplay); Richard Harris, Gale Sondergaard, Geoffrey Lewis, William Lucking, Claudio Brook, Enrique Lucero, Pedro Damián, Jorge Luke, Jorge Russek, Regino Herrera, Humberto López, Alberto Mariscal, Eugenia Dolores, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Ana De SadeWesternLive Action
8 From Noon till ThreeUnited ArtistsFrank D. Gilroy (director/screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Douglas Fowley, Anne RamseyWesternLive Action
12 The Devil's PlaygroundUmbrella Entertainment / The Film HouseFred Schepisi (director/screenplay); Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke, Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Jonathan Hardy, Gerry Duggan, Peter Cox, Thomas Keneally, Sheila Florance, John Diedrich, Alan Cinis, Richard Morgan, Jeremy KewleyDramaLive Action
The RitzWarner Bros.Richard Lester (director); Terrence McNally (screenplay); Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams, Dave King, Bessie Love, Paul B. Price, John Everson, Christopher J. BrownComedyLive Action
18 The Great Texas Dynamite ChaseNew World Pictures / Yasny Talking Pictures IIMichael Pressman (director); David Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Claudia Jennings, Tara Strohmeier, Oliver Clark, Tom Rosqui, Danny Sullivan, Bart Braverman, Jim Boles, Christopher Pennock, Priscilla Pointer, Johnny Crawford, Jocelyn Jones, Miles Watkins, Nancy Bleier, Buddy Kling, Ed Steef, Peggy BrennerCrime, ComedyLive Action
20 The Gumball RallyWarner Bros. / First ArtistsCharles Bail (director); Leon Capetanos (screenplay); Michael Sarrazin, Norman Burton, Gary Busey, John Durren, Susan Flannery, Steven Keats, Tim McIntire, Joanne Nail, J. Pat O'Malley, Nicholas Pryor, Raúl Juliá, Vaughn Taylor, Tricia O'Neil, Harvey Jason, John Morton, Linda Vaughn, John Lawlor, Lazaro Perez, Wally Taylor, Eddy Donno, Dick Karie, Alfred Shelly, Whitey Hughes, Larry Silvestri, Wes Dawn, Stephen BloodComedyLive Action
The ShootistParamount PicturesDon Siegel (director); Miles Hood Swarthout, Scott Hale (screenplay); John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, John Carradine, Scatman Crothers, Richard Lenz, Harry Morgan, Sheree North, Hugh O'Brian, Bill McKinney, Gregg Palmer, Alfred Dennis, Dick Winslow, Melody Thomas Scott, Kathleen O'Malley, Charles G. MartinWesternLive Action
25 GatorUnited Artists / Levy-Gardner-LavenBurt Reynolds (director); William W. Norton (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton, Jerry Reed, Alice Ghostley, Dub Taylor, Mike Douglas, Burton Gilliam, William Engesser, John Steadman, Alex Hawkins, Don Ferguson, Watson B. Duncan III, Lori Futch, Dudley RemusAction, ComedyLive Action
J.D.'s RevengeAmerican International PicturesArthur Marks (director); Jaison Starkes (screenplay); Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, James Watkins, Earl Billings, Carl W. Crudup, Fred Pinkard, Jo Anne Meredith, Alice Jubert, David McKnight, Stephanie Faulkner, Fuddie Bagley, Paul GallowayBlaxploitation, HorrorLive Action
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R		 1 High VelocityTurtle Releasing / First Asian Films of CaliforniaRemi Kramer (director/screenplay); Michael Parsons (screenplay); Ben Gazzara, Britt Ekland, Paul Winfield, Keenan Wynn, Alejandro Rey, Joonee Gamboa, Liam Dunn, Richard O'Brien, Stacy Keach Sr., Victoria Racimo, Rita Gomez, Joe Andrade, James Bacon, Jojo JuanActionLive Action
9 Vigilante ForceUnited ArtistsGeorge Armitage (director/screenplay); Kris Kristofferson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Victoria Principal, Bernadette Peters, Brad Dexter, Judson Pratt, David Doyle, Antony Carbone, Andrew StevensActionLive Action
15 In the Realm of the SensesSurrogate / Argos Films / Oceanic / Oshima Productions / Toho-TowaNagisa Ōshima (director/screenplay); Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji, Taiji Tonoyama, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Kanae Kobayashi, Kyôji Kokonoe, Naomi Shiraishi, Komikichi HoriDrama, RomanceLive Action
Bugsy MaloneParamount PicturesAlan Parker (director/screenplay); Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, John Cassisi, Andrew Paul, Jeffrey Stevens, Dexter Fletcher, Bonnie Langford, Mark Curry, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Louise English, Florrie Dugger, Martin Lev, Paul Murphy, Sheridan Earl Russell, Albin 'Humpty' Jenkins, Paul Chirelstein, Donald Waugh, Peter Holder, Michael Kirkby, Davidson Knight, John Williams, Sarah E. Joyce, Helen Corran, Kathy Spaulding, Sharon Noonan, Vivienne McKone, Lynn Aulbaugh, Michael JacksonGangster, Musical, ComedyLive Action
17 The FrontColumbia PicturesMartin Ritt (director); Walter Bernstein (screenplay); Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Michael Murphy, Herschel Bernardi, Andrea Marcovicci, Remak Ramsay, Lloyd Gough, David Margulies, Joshua Shelley, Norman Rose, Charles Kimbrough, Josef Sommer, Danny Aiello, Georgann Johnson, Scott McKay, David Clarke, William Bogert, Marilyn Sokol, Sam McMurray, Lucy Lee Flippin, Donald Symington, Joe DiMaggio, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Carson Grant, Douglas MacArthur, Rocky Marciano, Joseph McCarthy, George Murphy, Lily Pons, Ethel Rosenberg, Julius Rosenberg, Harry S. TrumanDramaLive Action
22 Mad Dog MorganBritish Empire Films / Motion Picture ProductionsPhilippe Mora (director/screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate, Wallas Eaton, Bill Hunter, John Hargreaves, Robin Ramsay, Graeme Blundell, Gregory Apps, Liddy Clark, Peter Collingwood, Peter Cummins, John Derum, Gerry Duggan, Chuck Faulkner, Alan Hardy, Norman Kaye, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robert McDarra, Grant Page, Bruce Spence, Roger Ward, Martin Harris, Liza Lee-Atkinson, Elaine Baillie, Don Barkham, Kurt Beimel, David Bracks, Max Fairchild, Judith Fisher, Isobel Harley, David John, Kevin Leslie, David Mitchell, Christopher Pate, Philip Ross, Peter Thompson, Ken WeaverAction, Crime, DramaLive Action
29 Norman... Is That You?United Artists / Metro-Goldwyn-MayerGeorge Schlatter (director/screenplay); Ron Clark, Sam Bobrick (screenplay); Redd Foxx, Pearl Bailey, Dennis Dugan, Michael Warren, Tamara Dobson, Vernee Watson, Jayne Meadows, George Furth, Barbara Sharma, Sergio Aragonés, Wayland FlowersComedyLive Action

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R		 3 Alex & the Gypsy20th Century FoxJohn Korty (director); Lawrence B. Marcus (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Geneviève Bujold, James Woods, Robert Emhardt, Titos Vandis, William Cort, Frank Doubleday, Robert Miano, Al Checco, Harold Sylvester, Clyde Kusatsu, Eddra Gale, Gino Ardito, Todd Martin, Joseph X. Flaherty, Alan DeWitt, Victor PinheiroComedyLive Action
7 A Matter of TimeVariety DistributionVincente Minnelli (director); John Gay (screenplay); Liza Minnelli, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Isabella Rossellini, Tina Aumont, Fernando Rey, Spiros Andros, Gabriele Ferzetti, Orso Maria Guerrini, Amedeo Nazzari, Giampiero Albertini, Arnoldo Foà, Anna ProclemerMusical, FantasyLive Action
The Smurfs and the Magic FluteSEPP, Brussels / Atlantic Releasing Corporation / Éditions Dupuis / Belvision StudiosJosé Dutillieu (director); Peyo (screenplay); Jacques Balutin, Angelo Bardi, Jacques MarinComedy, FamilyAnimation
8 Fighting Mad20th Century Fox / Santa Fe ProductionsJonathan Demme (director/screenplay); Peter Fonda, Lynn Lowry, John Doucette, Philip Carey, Harry Northup, Noble Willingham, Kathleen Miller, Scott Glenn, Ted MarklandAction, DramaLive Action
Marathon ManParamount Pictures / Robert Evans-Sidney Beckerman ProductionsJohn Schlesinger (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence, Tito Goya, Jacques Marin, Allen Joseph, Ben Dova, Lou GilbertThrillerLive Action
ScorchyAmerican International Pictures / Hickmar ProductionsHoward Avedis (director/screenplay); Connie Stevens, Cesare Danova, William Smith, Norman Burton, John Davis Chandler, Joyce Jameson, Greg Evigan, Nick Dimitri, Marlene Schmidt, Nate Long, Ingrid Cedergren, Ellen Thurston, Ray Sebastian, Mike Esky, Gene WhiteCrimeLive Action
15 Harlan County, USACinema 5 / Cabin Creek FilmsBarbara Kopple (director)DocumentaryLive Action
18 Burnt OfferingsUnited Artists / Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) / Dan Curtis ProductionsDan Curtis (director/screenplay); William F. Nolan (screenplay); Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Lee H. Montgomery, Dub Taylor, Bette Davis, Anthony James, Todd TarquandHorrorLive Action
The Killer Inside MeWarner Bros.Burt Kennedy (director); Edward Mann, Robert Chamblee (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, Tisha Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Don Stroud, Charles McGraw, John Dehner, Pepe Serna, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Julie AdamsNeo-Noir, Crime, DramaLive Action
20 Diary of the DeadB.S. Moss EnterprisesArvin Brown (director); I.C. Rapoport, Robert L. Fish, Ruth Rendell (screenplay); Geraldine Fitzgerald, Héctor Elizondo, Salome Jens, Joseph Maher, Austin Pendleton, Kate WilkinsonNeo-NoirLive Action
The Song Remains the SameWarner Bros.Peter Clifton, Joe Massot (directors); Led ZeppelinConcertLive Action
22 Car WashUniversal PicturesMichael Schultz (director); Joel Schumacher (screenplay); Franklin Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters, Richard Pryor, Garrett Morris, Sully Boyar, Carmine Caridi, Arthur French, Leonard Jackson, DeWayne Jessie, Henry Kingi, Melanie Mayron, Tracy Reed, Pepe Serna, Ray Vitte, Renn Woods, Brooke Adams, Danny DeVito, Otis Sistrunk, Tim Thomerson, Jason Bernard, J.J. Jackson, Richard Brestoff, Michael Fennell, Darrow Igus, Lauren Jones, Leon Pinkney, James Spinks, Antoine Becker, Antar Mubarak, Jay Butler, Rod McGrew, Sarina C. Grant, Billy BassComedyLive Action
God Told Me ToNew World PicturesLarry Cohen (director/screenplay); Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis, Sylvia Sidney, Sam Levene, Robert Drivas, Mike Kellin, Richard Lynch, Sammy Williams, Harry Bellaver, Andy KaufmanSci-Fi, HorrorLive Action
Up!RM Films InternationalRuss Meyer (director/screenplay); Raven De La Croix, Robert McLane, Kitten Natividad, Edward Schaaf, Candy Samples, Su Ling, Janet Wood, Linda Sue Ragsdale, Monty Bane, Marianne Marks, Larry Dean, Bob Schott, Foxy Lae, Ray Reinhardt, Elaine CollinsComedyLive Action
24 The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionUniversal Pictures / Alex Winitsky/Arlene Sellers Productions / Herbert Ross ProductionsHerbert Ross (director); Nicholas Meyer (screenplay); Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson, Laurence Olivier, Joel Grey, Samantha Eggar, Charles Gray, Georgia Brown, Regine, Jeremy Kemp, Jill Townsend, Anna Quayle, John Bird, Alison Leggatt, Frederick Jaeger, Erik Chitty, Jack May, Gertan Klauber, Leon Greene, Harry Fielder, Drewe HenleyMysteryLive Action
26 Monsieur KleinFox-Lira (France) / Titanus (Italy) / Lira Films / Adel Productions / Nova Films / Mondial Televisione FilmJoseph Losey (director); Franco Solinas, Fernando Morandi (screenplay); Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Michael Lonsdale, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Massimo Girotti, Magali Clément, Louis Seigner, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon, Michel Aumont, Roland Bertin, Jean Champion, Étienne Chicot, Pierre Vernier, Gérard Jugnot, Hermine KaragheuzMystery, DramaLive Action
31 Carry On EnglandThe Rank OrganisationGerald Thomas (director); David Pursall, Jack Seddon (screenplay); Kenneth Connor, Windsor Davies, Patrick Mower, Judy Geeson, Jack Douglas, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, Melvyn Hayes, Peter Jones, Diane Langton, Julian Holloway, David Lodge, Larry Dann, Brian Osborne, Johnny Briggs, Patricia Franklin, Linda Hooks, John Carlin, Vivienne Johnson, Michael Nightingale, Billy J. Mitchell, Peter Quince, Linda Regan, Barbara Rosenblat, Jeremy Connor, Richard Oiley, Peter Banks, Richard Bartlett, Paul Toothill, Tricia Newby, Louise Burton, Jeannie Collings, Barbara HampshireComedyLive Action
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3 CarrieUnited Artists / Red Bank FilmsBrian De Palma (director); Lawrence D. Cohen (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley, P.J. Soles, Priscilla Pointer, Sydney Lassick, Stefan Gierasch, Michael Talbott, Edie McClurg, Doug Cox, Harry Gold, Noelle North, Cindy Daly, Deirdre Berthrong, Anson Downes, Rory StevensHorrorLive Action
5 John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. (Los Angeles and New York City openings).Turtle Releasing Organization / The CKK CorporationJohn Carpenter (director/screenplay); Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers, Nancy Loomis, Henry Brandon, Kim Richards, Frank Doubleday, Gilman Rankin, Peter Bruni, John J. Fox, Marc Ross, Alan Koss, Gilbert De La Pena, Peter Frankland, Al Nakauchi, James JohnsonAction, ThrillerLive Action
10 The Next ManAllied Artists Pictures CorporationRichard C. Sarafian (director/screenplay); David M. Wolf, Morton S. Fine, Alan Trustman (screenplay); Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe, Albert Paulsen, Adolfo Celi, Marco St. John, Ted Beniades, Charles Cioffi, Jaime SánchezAction, ThrillerLive Action
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Two-Minute WarningUniversal Pictures / FilmwaysLarry Peerce (director); Edward Hume (screenplay); Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges, Marilyn Hassett, David Janssen, Jack Klugman, Walter Pidgeon, Gena Rowlands, Brock Peters, David Groh, Mitchell Ryan, Joe Kapp, Pamela Bellwood, Jon Korkes, Allan Miller, Andy Sidaris, Harry Northup, William Bryant, J.A. Preston, Robert Ginty, Tom Bower, Asher Brauner, Carmen Argenziano, Larry Manetti, Joanna Pettet, Branscombe Richmond, Susan Backlinie, Juli Bridges, Warren MillerAction, ThrillerLive Action
Welcome to L.A.United ArtistsAlan Rudolph (director/screenplay); Keith Carradine, Sally Kellerman, Geraldine Chaplin, Harvey Keitel, Lauren Hutton, Viveca Lindfors, Sissy Spacek, Denver Pyle, John Considine, Richard Baskin, James Remar, Tom Arnold, Diahnne Abbott, Allan F. Nicholls, Ron SilverDrama, Music, RomanceLive Action
13 Alice, Sweet AliceAllied Artists / Harristown Funding, Ltd.Alfred Sole (director/screenplay); Rosemary Ritvo (screenplay); Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Brooke Shields, Jane Lowry, Louisa Horton, Antonino Rocca, Lillian Roth, Patrick Gorman, Paula Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Rudolph Willrich, Michael Hardstark, Alphonso DeNoble, Gary Allen, Tom Signorelli, Kathy Rich, Marco Quazzo, Ted Tinling, Sally Anne GoldenSlasherLive Action
14 SybilNBC / Lorimar ProductionsDaniel Petrie (director); Stewart Stern (screenplay); Sally Field, Joanne Woodward, Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett, Penelope Allen, Charles Lane, William Prince, Camila Ashland, Karen Obediear, Gordon Jump, Jane Hoffman, Jessamine Milner, Tommy Crebbs, Gina Petrushka, Harold Pruett, Natasha Ryan, Paul Tulley, Lionel Pina, Anne Beesley, Virginia Campbell, Missy Karn, Tasha Lee, Cathy Lynn Lesko, Rachel Longaker, Jennifer McAllister, Kerry Muir, Tony Sherman, Danny StevensonBiography, DramaLive Action
19 The Last TycoonParamount Pictures / Academy Pictures Corporation / Gelderse Maatschappij N.V.Elia Kazan (director); Harold Pinter (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Dana Andrews, Ingrid Boulting, Theresa Russell, Tige Andrews, Morgan Farley, John Carradine, Jeff Corey, Diane Shalet, Seymour Cassel, Anjelica HustonPeriod, Romance, DramaLive Action
21 RockyUnited Artists / Chartoff-Winkler ProductionsJohn G. Avildsen (director); Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Thayer David, Joe Spinell, Al Silvani, George Memmoli, George O'Hanlon, Stan Shaw, Billy Sands, Pedro Lovell, DeForest Covan, Tony Burton, Shirley O'Hara, Frank Stallone, Lloyd Kaufman, Frank Stallone Jr., Joe Frazier, Michael Dorn, Arnold Johnson, Stu Nahan, Frank Pesce, Chino 'Fats' WilliamsDrama, SportsLive Action
24 Shout at the DevilAmerican International Pictures / Tonav ProductionsPeter R. Hunt (director); Stanley Price, Alastair Reid (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins, Ian Holm, Rene Kolldehoff, Horst Janson, Karl Michael Vogler, Maurice Denham, Jean Kent, Heather Wright, George Coulouris, Murray Melvin, Bernard HorsfallWar, AdventureLive Action
27 Network nationwide 13 days after its previous (November 14) Los Angeles and New York City openings.United ArtistsSidney Lumet (director); Paddy Chayefsky (screenplay); Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Beatrice Straight, Jordan Charney, William Prince, Lane Smith, Marlene Warfield, Conchata Ferrell, Arthur Burghardt, Cindy Grover, Darryl Hickman, Ken Kercheval, Kathy Cronkite, Lee Richardson, Paul Jenkins, Kenneth Kimmins, Russ Petranto, Carolyn Krigbaum, Ed Crowley, Lynn Klugman, Zane Lasky, Cameron Thomas, Michael Lipton, Pirie MacDonaldBlack Comedy, DramaLive Action
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R		 5 Bound for GloryUnited ArtistsHal Ashby (director); Robert Getchell (screenplay); David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, Randy Quaid, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Wendy Schaal, Bernie Kopell, Mary Kay Place, John Lehne, Elizabeth Macey, Susan Vaill, Guthrie ThomasBiographyLive Action
7 Fellini's Casanova (Italy)20th Century Fox / Produzioni Europee AssociateFederico Fellini (director/screenplay); Bernardino Zapponi (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Carmen Scarpitta, Olimpia Carlisi, Sandra Elaine Allen, Daniel Emilfork, Dudley Sutton, John Karlsen, Reggie Nalder, Harold Innocent, Marika Rivera, Alessandra Belloni, Diane Kurys, Dan van Husen, Mary Marquet, Nicholas Smith, Cicely Browne, Clara Algranti, Daniela Gatti, Margareth Clementi, Mario Cencelli, Silvana Fusacchia, Leda Lojodice, Clarissa Mary RollBiography, Drama, HistoryLive Action
8 A Star Is BornWarner Bros. / First Artists / Barwood FilmsFrank Pierson (director/screenplay); John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Paul Mazursky, Joanne Linville, Oliver Clark, Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sally Kirkland, Marta Heflin, Rita Coolidge, Tony Orlando, Susan Richardson, Robert Englund, Maidie Norman, Martin Erlichman, M.G. Kelly, Stephen Bruton, Donnie Fritts, Booker T. Jones, Art Munson, Charles Owens, Bobby Shew, Montrose, Sandy Helberg, Roslyn KindMusical, Romance, DramaLive Action
Silver Streak20th Century Fox / Frank Yablans Presentations / Miller-Milkis ProductionsArthur Hiller (director); Colin Higgins (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Patrick McGoohan, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, Len Birman, Lucille Benson, Stefan Gierasch, Valerie Curtin, Richard Kiel, Fred Willard, Ed McNamara, Henry Beckman, Harvey Atkin, Bill Henderson, Robert Culp, J.A. Preston, Gordon HurstBuddy, Comedy, ThrillerLive Action
10 Alice in WonderlandGeneral National Enterprises / Cruiser Productions / Essex Pictures CompanyBud Townsend (director); Bucky Searles (screenplay); Kristine De Bell, Larry Gelman, Terri Hall, Gila Havana, Alan Novak, Jason Williams, Ron Nelson, Bucky Searles, J.P. Paradise, Bree Anthony, Tony Richards, Angel Barrett, Nancy Dare, Bruce Finklesteen, Juliet Graham, Astrid Hayase, John Lawrence, Ed Marshall, Melvina Peoples, Marcia Raven, Chris SteenMusical, ComedyLive Action
Queen KongConstantin Film / Cine-Art München / Dexter Film LondonFrank Agrama (director/screenplay); Ron Dobrin, Fabio Piccioni (screenplay); Robin Askwith, Rula Lenska, Valerie Leon, Roger Hammond, Linda Hayden, John Clive, Carol Drinkwater, Vicki Michelle, Anna Bergman, Anthony Morton, Geraldine Gardner, Jeannie CollingsAdventure, ComedyLive Action
15 At the Earth's CoreAmerican International Pictures / Amicus ProductionsKevin Connor (director); Milton Subotsky (screenplay); Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro, Cy Grant, Godfrey James, Keith Barron, Robert Gillespie, Sean Lynch, Helen Gill, Anthony Verner, Michael Crane, Bobby Parr, Andee CromartyFantasy, Sci-FiLive Action
The Pink Panther Strikes AgainUnited Artists / Amjo ProductionsBlake Edwards (director/screenplay); Frank Waldman (screenplay); Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk, André Maranne, Michael Robbins, Richard Vernon, Briony McRoberts, Dick Crockett, Byron Kane, Paul Maxwell, Gordon Rollings, Dudley Sutton, John Clive, Damaris Hayman, Deep RoyComedyLive Action
TracksTrioHenry Jaglom (director/screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Taryn Power, Dean Stockwell, Topo Swope, Alfred Ryder, Zack Norman, Frank McRae, James Frawley, Sally Kirkland, Michael Emil, Barbara FloodDramaLive Action
17 The Shaggy D.A.Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionRobert Stevenson (director); Don Tait (screenplay); Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Tim Conway, Keenan Wynn, Jo Anne Worley, Dick Van Patten, Vic Tayback, John Myhers, Richard Bakalyan, Warren Berlinger, John Fiedler, Hans Conried, Michael McGreevey, Richard O'Brien, Richard Lane, Benny Rubin, Ruth Gillette, Hank Jones, Iris Adrian, Pat McCormick, Henry Slate, Milton Frome, Danny Wells, Herb Vigran, Olan Soule, Karl Lukas, George Kirby, Shane Sinutko, Vern Rowe, Christina AndersonComedyLive Action
Freaky FridayWalt Disney Productions / Buena Vista DistributionGary Nelson (director); Mary Rodgers (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, John Astin, Patsy Kelly, Dick Van Patten, Vicki Schreck, Sorrell Booke, Kaye Ballard, Sparky Marcus, Marc McClure, Charlene Tilton, Alan Oppenheimer, Ruth Buzzi, Marie Windsor, Marvin Kaplan, Al Molinaro, Iris Adrian, Jack Sheldon, Laurie Main, Fritz Feld, Dermott Downs, James Van PattenFantasy, ComedyLive Action
King KongParamount Pictures / Dino De Laurentiis CorporationJohn Guillermin (director); Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, René Auberjonois, Ed Lauter, Julius Harris, Jack O'Halloran, Dennis Fimple, Mario Gallo, John Lone, John Agar, Sid Conrad, Garry Walberg, Corbin Bernsen, Joe Piscopo, Walt Gorney, Rick Baker, Peter Cullen, Jorge Moreno, Keny Long, George Whiteman, Wayne HeffleyMonster, AdventureLive Action
18 The Cassandra CrossingAVCO Embassy Pictures / ITC Entertainment / C. Cinematografica Champion s.p.a.George P. Cosmatos (director/screenplay); Tom Mankiewicz, Robert Katz (screenplay); Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, O. J. Simpson, Lee Strasberg, Ingrid Thulin, Lionel Stander, Ann Turkel, John Phillip Law, Alida Valli, Lou Castel, Ray Lovelock, Thomas Hunter, Carlo De Mejo, Renzo Palmer, John P. Dulaney, Stefano Patrizi, Fausta AvelliDisaster, ThrillerLive Action
20 Across the Great DividePacific International EnterprisesStewart Raffill (director/screenplay); Robert Logan, Heather Rattray, George Buck Flower, Frank Salsedo, Mark Edward Hall, Hal BokarWesternLive Action
21 Mikey and NickyParamount Pictures / Castle Hill ProductionsElaine May (director/screenplay); Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Rose Arrick, Carol Grace, William Hickey, Sanford Meisner, Joyce Van Patten, M. Emmet Walsh, Elaine MayCrime, DramaLive Action
NickelodeonColumbia Pictures / EMI Films / British Lion FilmsPeter Bogdanovich (director/screenplay); W.D. Richter (screenplay); Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith, Stella Stevens, John Ritter, Jane Hitchcock, Brion James, Sidney Armus, Lorenzo Music, Jeffrey Byron, Priscilla Pointer, Philip Bruns, Frank Marshall, Harry Carey Jr., James Best, George Gaynes, M. Emmet Walsh, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, Les Josephson, Griffin O'Neal, Hamilton Camp, Joe Warfield, Elaine PartnowComedyLive Action
22 The EnforcerWarner Bros. / The Malpaso CompanyJames Fargo (director); Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, Tyne Daly, DeVeren Bookwalter, John Mitchum, Albert Popwell, John Crawford, Robert Hoy, Michael Cavanaugh, Dick Durock, M.G. Kelly, Terry McGovern, John Roselius, Rudy Ramos, Bill Ackridge, Jocelyn Jones, Samantha DoaneAction, ThrillerLive Action
Voyage of the Damned (New York City, with its Los Angeles opening on the following day, 23rd.AVCO Embassy Pictures / ITC EntertainmentStuart Rosenberg (director); Steve Shagan, David Butler (screenplay); Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow, Oskar Werner, Malcolm McDowell, Orson Welles, James Mason, Lee Grant, Katharine Ross, Ben Gazzara, Luther Adler, Michael Constantine, Denholm Elliott, José Ferrer, Lynne Frederick, Helmut Griem, Julie Harris, Wendy Hiller, Paul Koslo, Nehemiah Persoff, Fernando Rey, Leonard Rossiter, Maria Schell, Victor Spinetti, Janet Suzman, Sam Wanamaker, Keith Barron, Ian Cullen, David Daker, Brian Gilbert, Constantine Gregory, Georgina Hale, Don Henderson, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Higgins, Donald Houston, Frederick Jaeger, David de Keyser, Günter Meisner, Jonathan Pryce, Marika Rivera, Ina Skriver, Milo Sperber, Philip Stone, Laura Gemser, Della McDermott, Adele Strong, Genevieve WestWar, DramaLive Action
24 The Monkey HustleAmerican International PicturesArthur Marks (director); Odie Hawkins, Charles Eric Johnson (screenplay); Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore, Rosalind Cash, Thomas Carter, Debbi Morgan, Randy Brooks, Kirk Calloway, Lynn Harris, Donn Carl HarperBlaxploitationLive Action
The Town That Dreaded SundownAmerican International Pictures / Charles B. Pierce Film Productions, Inc.Charles B. Pierce (director); Earl E. Smith (screenplay); Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Charles B. Pierce, Jimmy Clem, Jim Citty, Robert Aquino, Cindy Butler, Christine Ellsworth, Mike Hackworth, Misty West, Rick Hildreth, Steve Lyons, Bud Davis, Vern StiermanThriller, HorrorLive Action
In Search of Noah's ArkSunn Classic PicturesJames L. Conway (director/screenplay); Charles E. Seller Jr. (screenplay); Brad Crandall, Vern AdixDocumentaryLive Action
25 The Eagle Has LandedCinema International Corporation / ITC EntertainmentJohn Sturges (director); Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay); Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Quayle, Jean Marsh, Sven-Bertil Taube, Judy Geeson, Siegfried Rauch, John Standing, Treat Williams, Larry Hagman, Michael Byrne, Maurice Roeves, Keith Buckley, Jeff Conaway, Terry Plummer, David Gilliam, Kent WilliamsWarLive Action

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1Walter Janssen88GermanyActor
12Agatha Christie85UKWriter
13Margaret Leighton53UKActress
18Sonia Dresdel66UKActress
23Paul Dupuis62FranceActor
23Paul Robeson77USActor, Singer
29Michael Gwynn59UKActor
February 4Roger Livesey69UKActor
11Lee J. Cobb64USActor
11John Twist77USScreenwriter
12Sal Mineo37USActor
13Lily Pons77FranceSinger, Actress
13John Lounsbery64USAnimator
15Maria Corda77HungaryActress
16Campbell Singer66UKActor
24Peter Madden71UKActor
26Frieda Inescort75UKActress
March 3Doris Hill70USActress
5Charles Lederer69USScreenwriter
14Busby Berkeley80USDirector, Choreographer
17Luchino Visconti69ItalyDirector, Writer
20Michael Goodliffe61UKActor
28Richard Arlen76USActor
April 2Ray Teal74USActor
4George Pastell53CyprusActor
5Howard Hughes70USDirector, Producer
5Robert Lord75USScreenwriter, Producer
11Liam Dunn59USActor
12Paul Ford74USActor
21Léonide Moguy75RussiaDirector, Writer
25Carol Reed69UKDirector, Writer
26Neil McCallum46CanadaActor
26Sid James62UKActor
29Thelma Connell63UKFilm Editor
May 3David Bruce62USActor
7Alan Baxter67USActor
27Hilde Hildebrand78GermanyActress
27Ruth McDevitt80USActress
June 5Violet Wilkey73USActress
6Victor Varconi85HungaryActor
9Sybil Thorndike93UKActress
10Adolph Zukor103USProducer, Studio Executive
25Johnny Mercer66USSongwriter
28Stanley Baker48UKActor
July 2Frances Howard73USActress
7Norman Foster72USActor, Director
12James Wong Howe76ChinaCinematographer
17Rina Morelli67ItalyActress
28Lucie Mannheim77GermanyActress
August 2Fritz Lang85GermanyDirector, Writer
6William Mervyn64UKActor
10Ray Corrigan74USActor
17William Redfield49USActor
17Murvyn Vye60USActor
18Luigi Serventi91ItalyActor
28Alastair Sim75UKActor
September 10Dalton Trumbo70USScreenwriter
30Paul Dehn63UKScreenwriter
October 5Barbara Nichols47USActress
14Edith Evans88UKActress
November 15Jean Gabin72FranceActor
22Rupert Davies60UKActor
28Rosalind Russell69USActress
29Godfrey Cambridge43USActor
December 3Mary Nash92USActress
8Cathy Downs50USActress
12Jack Cassidy49USActor
20Walter Fitzgerald80UKActor

Film debuts

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 360–361. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. 1 2 Top 20 Films of 1976 by Domestic Revenue
  3. ↑ "Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76". Daily Variety. October 26, 1976. p. 208.
  4. ↑ rock Horror Picture Show film booking in Feb 2011 Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Steadicam 30th anniversary press release". Archived from the original on 2014-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Benedict Cumberbatch". BFI. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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