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Gidget Gets Married (1972) on 5 january 1972
, 1h13Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Surfing films
Actors Paul Lynde, Michael Burns, Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Macdonald Carey, Elinor Donahue
Rating46%
Now that Jeff has completed his military service and landed a lucrative job as an engineer, he and Gidget marry and move to Glossop, Maryland, where his new job is. Gidget finds that Jeff's company exerts far too much control over their lives, deciding where they will live and even choosing their friends for them. Gidget's rebellion against this lands Jeff in hot water, and their marriage is sorely tested.
Eagle in a Cage (1972) on 9 january 1972
, 1h43Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Billie Whitelaw, Kenneth Haigh, Moses Gunn, Ferdy Mayne
Rating58%
After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and surrender to the British Empire, Napoleon Bonaparte is delivered into exile and imprisonment on St. Helena, setting the scene for a psychological character study of the fallen Emperor and those upon the island with him as he rakes over the ashes of his career. After a failed escape attempt, the British Government offers him a chance for a return to limited power in France once again as a buffer against instability there, however on the point of departure he is afflicted by the symptoms of stomach cancer and the offer is in consequence withdrawn, leaving him entrapped on the island and exiting history's stage.
Glass Houses (1972) on 7 january 1972
, 1h43Directed by Alexander Singer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Bernard Barrow, Jennifer O'Neill, Philip Pine, Eve McVeagh
Rating54%
The Astronaut (1972) on 7 january 1972
, 1h13Directed by Robert Michael Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Mars in film
Actors Jackie Cooper, Monte Markham, Richard Anderson, Robert Lansing, Susan Clark, John Rollin Lupton
Rating64%
Television coverage of Brice Randolph, the first astronaut on the surface, is interrupted, indicating the signal has been lost. Shortly afterward, Eddie Reese is recruited, and shown what happened after the TV signal was interrupted: Brice reported something penetrating his EVA suit, and soon expiring. The other astronaut lifted off alone. NASA (who fear their project will be cancelled) needs to keep it secret until they have answers about what exactly happened.
A Thief in the Night (1972) on 9 january 1972
, 1h9Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Films based on the Bible, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Russell S. Doughten
Rating46%
Patty Jo Myers is a young woman who considers herself a Christian because she occasionally reads her Bible and goes to church regularly. She refuses to believe the warnings of her friends and family that she will go through the Great Tribulation if she does not accept Jesus. One morning, she awakens to find that her family and millions of others have suddenly disappeared. Gradually, Patty realizes that the Rapture, an event some interpret from the Bible, has happened and she and everyone else left behind are entering into the Great Tribulation, the last days of Earth, dominated by the Antichrist. A government system called UNITE (United Nations Imperium of Total Emergency) is set up and those who do not receive the mark identifying them with UNITE will be arrested. Patty desperately tries to avoid the law and the mark but is captured by UNITE. Patty escapes but is cornered by UNITE on a bridge, and falls from the bridge to her death.