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The Abdication
The Abdication (1974) on 3 october 1974
, 1h43
Directed by Anthony Harvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Paul Rogers, Graham Crowden, Michael Dunn
Rating61% 3.094813.094813.094813.094813.09481
Ce film raconte l'amour de la reine Christine de Suède pour le cardinal Decio Azzolino, secrétaire d'État du pape Clément IX.
One-Eyed Men Are Kings
One-Eyed Men Are Kings (1974) on 1 october 1974
, 15minutes
Directed by Michel Leroy
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Paul Préboist, Lyne Chardonnet
Rating65% 3.2615653.2615653.2615653.2615653.261565
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave
Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave (1973) on 30 september 1974
, 1h31
Directed by Alexander Kluge
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Alexandra Kluge, Traugott Buhre, Ursula Dirichs
Rating70% 3.524523.524523.524523.524523.52452
Roswitha Bronski (Alexandra Kluge) is a nurse married to the chemical engineer Franz Bronski (Bion Steinborn), with whom she had three children. Since her husband does not work, devoting himself exclusively to studies with the intention of becoming a new genius of chemistry, Roswitha has to support her family by running an illegal abortion clinic. Facing the indifference of her husband, who believes that she is intellectually inferior, the open hostility of doctors like Dr. Genée (Traugott Buhre) and a harsh double journey, Roswitha receives a hard blow when her clinic is closed by police. From then on, she puts aside her passivity and begins a journey to redefine herself as mother, wife and working woman, part of a society threatened by an early globalization.
Female Trouble
Female Trouble (1974) on 4 october 1974
, 1h32
Directed by John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller
Rating70% 3.5482853.5482853.5482853.5482853.548285
Dawn Davenport, a regular troublemaker at her all-girls school, receives a failing Geography grade and a sentence of writing lines for fighting, lying, cheating, and eating in class.
The Disappearance of Flight 412
The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974) on 1 october 1974
, 1h12
Directed by Jud Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Glenn Ford, Bradford Dillman, David Soul, Guy Stockwell, Greg Mullavey, Kent Smith
Rating46% 2.3225752.3225752.3225752.3225752.322575
U.S. Air Force Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is the commander of the Whitney Air Force Base Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft. To find the problem, he sends a four-man crew on Flight 412, with Captain Bishop (David Soul) as commander. Shortly into the test, the Grumman Gulfstream II jet, a small twin-engine VIP transport, picks up three blips on radar. Subsequently, two fighters scramble to investigate and mysteriously disappear.
Lancelot of the Lake
Lancelot of the Lake (1974) on 30 september 1974
, 1h20
Directed by Robert Bresson, Bernard Cohn
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Fantasy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Laura Duke Condominas, Luc Simon
Rating68% 3.4410453.4410453.4410453.4410453.441045
King Arthur has sent out 100 knights to retrieve the Holy Grail. Arthur is dismayed when it turns out that the mission was futile and 70 knights have died in its course. Among those who have returned is the Queen's lover Lancelot. Soon Lancelot again takes part in a tournament. There he gets injured. While Lancelot seeks recovery in his own castle, Arthur learns about his wife's affair and, heavily agitated by Mordred, he puts Queen Guinevre in prison. With Lancelot's help she breaks out. Arthur starts immediately a campaign against the castle where the lovers were looking for shelter. During the siege Mordred Lancelet happens to kill his old mate Gawain. Driven by sorrow he tries to end the fight and wants to negotiate a treaty with King Arthur. When he witnesses how Mordred commits an attempt on Arthur he joins without hesitating the side of the king. In the end Arthur and Lancelot and all the other knights of the legendary round table are slaughtered.
Fear in the Night
Fear in the Night (1972) on 1 october 1974
, 1h34
Directed by Jimmy Sangster
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, James Cossins, Brian Grellis
Rating59% 2.950672.950672.950672.950672.95067
Une jeune femme Peggy Heller : (Judy Geeson) est attaquée dans son appartement par un mystérieux personnage, elle ne distingue pas son visage mais remarque son bras gauche en bois. Quand Robert (Ralph Bates), son mari, la rejoint, elle lui demande d'appeler la police mais ce dernier veut croire que son épouse a été victime d'hallucinations. Le couple va s'installer dans une propriété bâtie près d'une école où Robert enseigne. Elle est de nouveau attaquée dans cette nouvelle maison puis est surprise pendant la visite de l'école de n'y rencontrer aucune trace de vie, alors que les classes et les réfectoires s'emplissent des chants et des cris des enfants. Devant rester seule une journée, à la suite d'un déplacement de son mari, Peggy voit entrer chez elle Michael Carmichael : (Peter Cushing) avec son bras en bois bien visible. Alors elle lui tire dessus avec une carabine….
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) on 2 october 1974
, 1h44
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, Films about hijackings
Actors Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Earl Hindman, Dick O'Neill
Rating75% 3.7984553.7984553.7984553.7984553.798455
In New York City, four men armed with submachine guns and using code names (Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, Mr. Grey, and Mr. Brown), wearing similar trenchcoat, glasses and mustache disguises, board the Pelham 123 subway train at different station stops. The men take hostage seventeen passengers and the conductor, isolate them in the train's first car and then separate the car from the rest of the train.
Hit Lady
Hit Lady (1974) on 6 october 1974

Directed by Tracy Keenan Wynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Yvette Mimieux, Joseph Campanella, Clu Gulager, Keenan Wynn, Roy Jenson, Del Monroe
Rating56% 2.807942.807942.807942.807942.80794
An artist works part-time as a syndicate assassin.
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Don't Turn the Other Cheek (1971) on 1 october 1974
, 1h43
Directed by Duccio Tessari
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Western, Spaghetti Western
Actors Franco Nero, Eli Wallach, Lynn Redgrave, Horst Janson, Eduardo Fajardo, Gisela Hahn
Rating57% 2.853312.853312.853312.853312.85331
En se rendant au Mexique, Dimitri Orlovsky apprend tout à fait par hasard qu'un trésor d'un million de dollars est caché quelque part. Un seul homme connaît l'emplacement du magot : Lozoya, un petit bandit mexicain qui purge une peine de prison. Orlovsky le fait évader et les deux hommes font la connaissance de la jolie Mary O'Donnell. Cette journaliste veut faire de Lozoya un révolutionnaire pour écrire un article sensationnel. Bientôt ils se retrouvent pourchassés par un shérif qui est le cousin d'Orlovsky puis par un général mexicain...
Fear in the Night
Fear in the Night (1972) on 1 october 1974
, 1h34
Directed by Jimmy Sangster
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Bates, James Cossins, Brian Grellis
Rating59% 2.950672.950672.950672.950672.95067
Peggy (Judy Geeson), an unassuming twenty-two year old caregiver, has recently married Robert Heller (Ralph Bates), and is scheduled to move with him to a secluded boys' boarding school south of London for his work. The night before she is to meet Robert to leave the city, she is attacked in her home by a one-armed man with a prosthetic hand who strangles her until she falls unconscious. Rattled by the attack, she leaves with Robert the following morning to the boarding school, which is run by headmaster Michael Carmichael (Peter Cushing).
The Gambler
The Gambler (1974) on 2 october 1974
, 1h51
Directed by Karel Reisz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Burt Young, Morris Carnovsky, Jacqueline Brookes
Rating70% 3.545573.545573.545573.545573.54557
Axel Freed is a New York City Harvard University–educated English professor and author with a gambling addiction that begins to spiral out of control. In the classroom, Freed inspires his college students with his interpretations of Fyodor Dostoevsky's work. In his personal life, Axel has the affection of the beautiful Billie and the admiration of his family, including his mother Naomi, who is a doctor, and his grandfather, a wealthy businessman.
The Ultimate Thrill
The Ultimate Thrill (1974) on 1 october 1974
, 1h50
Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Barry Brown, Eric Braeden, Britt Ekland, John Davis Chandler, Michael Blodgett, Carol Adams
Rating59% 2.9575852.9575852.9575852.9575852.957585
Dans une station de ski du Colorado, la paranoïa d'un homme jaloux entraîne un meurtre.
Closed Mondays
Closed Mondays (1974) on 1 october 1974
, 8minutes
Directed by Bob Gardiner, Will Vinton
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Rating65% 3.2881253.2881253.2881253.2881253.288125
The film opens with the words "Closed Mondays", written in white against a black background, filling the screen. Using a pull back shot, the camera then shows the viewer that the words are part of a sign that reads:
Hangup
Hangup (1974) on 1 october 1974
, 1h34
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Cliff Potts, Marki Bey, Barbara Baldavin, William Bramley, Bob Delegall, Midori
Rating56% 2.829952.829952.829952.829952.82995
Honeybaby, Honeybaby
Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974) on 1 october 1974
, 1h29
Directed by Michael Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Diana Sands, Calvin Lockhart, Ada "Bricktop" Smith
Rating45% 2.2773152.2773152.2773152.2773152.277315
The House on Skull Mountain
The House on Skull Mountain (1974) on 4 october 1974
, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Victor French, Mike Evans, Janee Michelle, Dennis Lehane
Rating47% 2.3643652.3643652.3643652.3643652.364365
In her home on Skull Mountain, elderly Pauline Christophe receives last rites as her butler, Thomas and his wife Louette, stand by. Pauline gives the priest four letters, instructing him to send them without allowing anyone to read them. She then pulls out a box filled with voodoo dolls and dies.
Girls for Rent
Girls for Rent (1974) on 1 october 1974
, 1h32
Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Georgina Spelvin, Kent Taylor, Rosalind Miles, Robert Livingston, Addison Randall, Regina Carrol
Rating44% 2.2279552.2279552.2279552.2279552.227955
Donna Taylor is a young prostitute recruited by a criminal organization known as "The Syndicate" to help blackmail their latest target, a politician. She agrees to carry out their plan of meeting him in his hotel room, drugging his drink, and having pictures taken of him while he is unconscious. She soon finds out the drug she administered was not a simple sedative as she had been told by Sandra and Erica, the two members of the Syndicate accompanying her, but a lethal poison. They threaten to kill Donna if she does not stay silent about the murder. After they depart to dispose of the body, Donna arranges to use the friend's place in Mexico to hide out. Unknown to her, the Syndicate is monitoring the hotel room.
John Muir's High Sierra
John Muir's High Sierra (1974) on 1 october 1974
, 22minutes
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about nature
Rating20% 1.045911.045911.045911.045911.04591
The Stranger Within
The Stranger Within (1974) on 1 october 1974
, 1h14
Directed by Lee Philips
Genres Science fiction, Crime
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Barbara Eden, George Grizzard, Joyce Van Patten, David Doyle, Nehemiah Persoff
Rating61% 3.0536453.0536453.0536453.0536453.053645
Ann Collins (Barbara Eden), a painter, and her husband David Collins (George Grizzard) are expecting a baby. What confuses the couple is that David has had a vasectomy, and Ann is not supposed to be pregnant. Even though David suspects that Ann has been unfaithful to him, he stays with her. Because Ann has had pregnancy troubles in the past that has put her health at risk, David wants Ann to get an abortion, but every time the two try to go to get the procedure done, Ann experiences extreme labor pains and can never go through with the procedure.
Un amour de pluie
Un amour de pluie (1974) on 1 october 1974

Directed by Jean-Claude Brialy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Romy Schneider, Nino Castelnuovo, Mehdi El Glaoui, Suzanne Flon, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Claude Brialy
Rating60% 3.0382353.0382353.0382353.0382353.038235
Une mère et sa fille de 15 ans partent en cure pour leurs vacances. La mère tombe sous le charme d'un Italien, Giovanni, tandis que sa fille s'amourache du cuisinier de l'hôtel, Georges.