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A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access…
Are You Being Served? The Movie (1977)
In this feature film version of the popular BBC sitcom, the staff of Grace Brothers go on holiday to Costa Plonka, where they find themselves in the middle of a…
Silver Bears (1977)
Financial wizard “Doc” Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds…
The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to…
21 Up (1977)
After another 7 year wait, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children from Seven Up! and 7 Plus Seven. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes…
Gulliver’s Travels (1977)
Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and partly animated.
Come Play with Me (1977)
Two alluring young ladies live with their beautiful widowed aunt on a secluded wooded estate. The women have earned themselves quite a reputation in the surrounding towns and men from…
Jabberwocky (1977)
After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible…
The Domino Principle (1977)
Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees…
The Brute (1977)
Glamour model Diane Shepherd is routinely being beaten by her husband Tim, who accuses her of infidelity. When she can’t take it anymore, she finds shelter with photographer Mark and…
The Squeeze (1977)
An alcoholic London ex-cop becomes involved in a kidnapping drama and tries to free the daughter of a friend from a brutal gangster mob.
Joseph Andrews (1977)
Lady Booby alias ‘Belle’, the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and…
Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)
While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to “solve” a case that comes in. Complications ensue.
Apaches (1977)
On an English farm, six reckless children play at being a fierce band of Apache warriors, unaware of the many dangers to which they are exposed. (Public information short film…
The Finishing Line (1977)
When a schoolboy’s day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue. Originally created as an educational film, this somewhat…
Cross of Iron (1977)
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain…
Nasty Habits (1977)
In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of…
Sweeney! (1977)
When one of Regan’s snouts complains that his girlfriend’s recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the heart of…
The Kiss of Death (1977)
Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker’s assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend Sandra. Sandra introduces Trevor to…
Blackbird Descending – Tense Alignment (1977)
A brilliantly constructed, melancholic ode to the passing of time by Malcolm Le Grice.
Sky Pirates (1977)
Two boys wage a battle against diamond smugglers with radio controlled model aircraft.
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the…
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler’s Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
The Signalman (1976)
A traveller comes across a signalman stationed by the exit of a railway tunnel in a deep cutting. The traveller becomes familiar with the signalman, and finds that he is…
Nickelodeon (1976)
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become…
Sebastiane (1976)
Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where…
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau’s antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
Pressure (1976)
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
All This and World War II (1976)
Peter Gabriel is among the rockstars performing the music of Lennon and McCartney against a montage of World War II newsreel footage.
Schizo (1976)
A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.
Children (1976)
Robert Tucker, a young gay man who is almost without affect, sits in various waiting rooms. As he sits, he recalls events from the year of his childhood when his…
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
Concerned about his friend’s cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of…
The Memory of Justice (1976)
This exceptional, disturbing, and thought-provoking two-part documentary compares the atrocities committed by the Nazis as revealed during the Nuremberg trials to those committed by the French in Algeria and those…
Carry On England (1976)
Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It’s 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem…
Rogue Male (1976)
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for…
Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to teach, young Timmy finds that his female students…
The Ritz (1976)
To escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place where he can’t be found. Unfortunately for Gaetano, the place turns out…
Seven Nights in Japan (1976)
Handsome Prince George arrives on board his ship in Japan. Youthful, immaculate in naval uniform and smiling broadly, he goes through the complicated formalities of being greeted by a host…
Satan’s Slave (1976)
A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even people she thought were dead comes…
Bugsy Malone (1976)
New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded “splurge gun”. As…