British TV & Films 1972 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2

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1. Adult Fun (1972)

102 min | Thriller

Spy thriller in which a stockbroker for a mysterious organization spies on another company. Godard, Hitchcock and Graham Greene all together.

Director: James Scott | Stars: Peter Marinker, Deborah Norton, Judy Liebert, Anne Foster

Votes: 14

3. Along the Way (1972)

57 min | Musical

A young singer from Wales becomes a pop star but soon tires of his success and returns home.

Directors: T.S. Lyndon-Haynes, John Reeve | Stars: Peter Oliver, George Woodbridge, Nelly Griffiths, Max Bacon

4. And So Ends (1972)

Documentary, History

Uses recollection of octogenarian Robert Cushman Murphy to provide a historical view of whaling and to present a plea for preservation of whale.

Directors: Dick Young, Robert Young | Star: Jack Palance

Votes: 10

5. Anoop and the Elephant (1972)

55 min | Comedy, Family

Two English kids meet their friend Anoop Singh and his baby elephant Ranee. The nasty circus owner wants the elephant for his circus and the children decide that they must prevent this.

Director: David Eady | Stars: Anoop Singh, Linda Robson, Phil Daniels, Rachel Brennock

Votes: 51

6. Antony and Cleopatra (1972)

Not Rated | 160 min | Drama, History

After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.

Director: Charlton Heston | Stars: Charlton Heston, Hildegard Neil, Eric Porter, John Castle

Votes: 1,202

7. Asylum (I) (1972)

PG | 88 min | Horror

65 Metascore

In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Richard Todd, Sylvia Syms, Peter Cushing

Votes: 8,177

8. Bartleby (II) (1970)

PG | 78 min | Drama

An asocial and enigmatic office clerk refuses to do his work, leaving it up to his boss to decide what should be done with him.

Director: Anthony Friedman | Stars: Paul Scofield, John McEnery, Thorley Walters, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 414

10. Black Gunn (1972)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A black militant group robs a Mafia bookie joint and also steals the incriminating ledgers which, in turn, prompts retaliation from the mob.

Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Luciana Paluzzi

Votes: 874 | Gross: $1.10M

11. Blinker's Spy-Spotter (1972)

58 min | Family, Thriller

An inventor's son uses a variety of gadgets to thwart an attempt to steal his father's latest invention.

Director: Jack Stephens | Stars: David Spooner, Sally Anne Marlowe, Brent Oldfield, David Howe

Votes: 13

15. Cranford (1972– )

45 min | Drama

Filled with the heartwarming humor and gentle pathos of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel, this original four-part BBC dramatization of Cranford is set in the early 1840s in a fictional ... See full summary »

Stars: Gabrielle Hamilton, Fabia Drake, Helen Christie, Ann Penfold

Votes: 35

16. Cup Glory (1972)

84 min | Documentary, News, Sport

Football documentary highlighting 100 years of the F A Cup.

Director: Tony Maylam | Star: Richard Attenborough

Votes: 9

17. Danny Jones (1972)

R | 91 min | Drama

In the early 70s in the quiet calm of the Welsh foothills, Danny Jones reaches the age of 17 with a desire to break away from the strict influence of his father, encouraged by his girlfriend who shakes up his small world for the better.

Director: Jules Bricken | Stars: Frank Finlay, Jane Carr, Len Jones, Jenny Hanley

Votes: 20

19. Disciple of Death (1972)

84 min | Horror

A henchman of Satan poses as a priest in order to get closer to young virgins he needs for human sacrifice.

Director: Tom Parkinson | Stars: Mike Raven, Ronald Lacey, Stephen Bradley, Marguerite Hardiman

Votes: 153

20. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

PG | 96 min | Horror

In 1972 London - a century after his final battle with Professor Van Helsing - Count Dracula is resurrected by occultist Johnny Alucard, and goes after his archenemy's descendants.

Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame

Votes: 7,438

22. The Public Eye (1972)

G | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

When a strait-laced British accountant marries a free-spirited American, he starts trying to change her. His wife doesn't keep regular hours, so he suspects an affair and hires a detective ... See full summary »

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Mia Farrow, Topol, Michael Jayston, Margaret Rawlings

Votes: 861

23. Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)

R | 85 min | Comedy

Hans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Tristan Rogers, Karen Boyes, Alan Curtis, Robin Askwith

Votes: 267

24. Foursome (1971)

R | 79 min | Comedy

Tough Guy Ted searches for his sister Joan in Soho Clubland, and finds himself bedded down with an assortment of characters as a result.

Director: Anthony Sloman | Stars: Robert Case, Quinn O'Hara, Susanne Rogers, Rose Alba

Votes: 23

26. Double Take (1972)

90 min | Comedy

Two crooks on the run take refuge in a film studio, where they are mistaken for actors.

Director: Harry Booth | Stars: Reg Varney, Norman Rossington, Patrick Newell, Anouska Hempel

Votes: 101

27. Harriet's Back in Town (1972–1973)

30 min | Drama

Daytime drama series from Thames Television followed newly divorced Harriet Preston "Pauline Yates" and her big plans for her new life.

Stars: Pauline Yates, William Russell, Edwin Richfield, Miranda Bell

Votes: 10

28. His Lordship Entertains (1972)

30 min | Comedy

As another continuation from the anthology 'Hark at Barker' first broadcast on the BBC. Chrome Hall owned by Lord Rustless, had been opened as a hotel, but various obstacles had to be overcome to make it a success.

Stars: Ronnie Barker, Josephine Tewson, David Jason, Mary Baxter

Votes: 16

29. Holly (1972– )

60 min | Drama

Holly is a graduate; husband David tries hard to keep up. As they celebrate their anniversary with Holly's university friend Gordon, an intruder threatens their marriage and their lives.

Stars: Brigit Forsyth, David Burke, Paul Moriarty, William Gaunt

30. Home and Away (1972– )

60 min

Brenda leads a conventional domestic life, but after 21 years of marriage she starts to take small steps away from her settled existence.

Stars: Gillian Raine, George Sewell, Tony Melody, Rosalind Ayres

Votes: 10

31. I Want What I Want (1972)

R | 91 min | Drama

A 20-something son of a military officer feels like a woman trapped in a man's body. When he can hide it no longer, he falls out with his ladies'-man father and leaves home. Now what?

Director: John Dexter | Stars: Anne Heywood, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, Paul Rogers

Votes: 163 | Gross: $0.36M

32. Images (1972)

R | 104 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Whilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be real

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais

Votes: 7,749

33. Blood Suckers (1971)

R | 82 min | Horror

A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that, wherever he has been, certain unsolved murders ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Peter Cushing, Alexander Davion, Johnny Sekka

Votes: 726

34. Innocent Bystanders (1972)

PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Experienced British spy must retrieve a defecting Soviet scientist from Turkey. When a pretty female innocent bystander gets kidnapped by mistake by his enemies, he feels responsible and decides to help her as well.

Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Stanley Baker, Geraldine Chaplin, Donald Pleasence, Dana Andrews

Votes: 343 | Gross: $0.31M

35. Jackanory Playhouse (1972–1985)

30 min | Drama, Family

A spin-off series from "Jackanory", was "Jackanory Playhouse" (1972-85), which was a series of thirty-minute dramatisations.

Stars: Peter Settelen, Maurice Denham, Patsy Smart, George Innes

Votes: 18

37. Leeds (1972–1974)

30 min | Comedy

An irregular series of comedies satirizing the TV industry.

Stars: John Bird, John Wells

39. Love in Our Time (1968)

87 min

Pseudo-documentary which "examines the British public's most intimate sexual relations and the modern-day permissive society".

Director: Elkan Allan | Stars: Elkan Allan, Katie Allan, Ian Anderson, Declan Cuffe

40. Love Thy Neighbour (1972–1976)

30 min | Comedy

A white working-class socialist has his world turned upside down when an educated black man moves in next door.

Stars: Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper, Kate Williams

Votes: 782

41. Made (1972)

R | 101 min | Drama

The story of the relationship between a young single mother and an insecure rock star.

Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Carol White, Roy Harper, John Castle, Margery Mason

Votes: 171

42. Mandog (1972)

25 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi

A trio of present-day children become involved in a conflict between a band of renegades and secret police from the 26th century.

Stars: Carol Hazell, Jane Anthony, Adrian Shergold, Ian Sharp

Votes: 13

44. Mistress of Hardwick (1972– )

25 min | Drama

The story of Elizabeth, known as Bess of Hardwick, a wealthy and influential figure in Elizabethan England.

Stars: Hilary Mason, Gary Watson, Anna Cropper, Preston Lockwood

46. What the Peeper Saw (1972)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year-old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.

Directors: James Kelley, Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger, Lilli Palmer

Votes: 1,691

48. No Exit (1972– )

50 min | Drama

Anthology series of plays dealing with the themes of fear and entrapment.

Stars: Simon Ward, John Carson, Nigel Stock, Lee Montague

49. Pancho Villa (1972)

PG | 92 min | Action, Biography, Comedy

A double-cross in an arms deal prompts Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to raid a US Army weapons depot in Columbus, New Mexico.

Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors, Anne Francis

Votes: 716

51. Pope Joan (1972)

PG | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History

In medieval Europe, a pious young woman becomes a scholar of theology, disguises herself as a man, rises through the Catholic Church hierarchy and is elected Pope.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp, Natasa Nicolescu, Sharon Winter

Votes: 396

52. Raising the Roof (1972)

54 min | Comedy

Ordinary English family visits Safari Park and, through a series of mishsps, meets Duke of Bedford.

Director: Michael Forlong | Stars: Michael Gould, Patricia Davis, Ian Allis, Kay Skinner

Votes: 8

53. Rangi's Catch (1973)

128 min | Family

Four children living on a sheep station help to catch escaped convicts.

Director: Michael Forlong | Stars: Andrew Kerr, Temuera Morrison, Kate Forlong, Vernon Hill

Votes: 15

54. Running Scared (1972)

98 min | Drama

When an undergraduate commits suicide, his best friend Tom Betancourt is sent down from university because he did nothing to prevent the death, which he felt was a choice his friend had a right to make.

Director: David Hemmings | Stars: Robert Powell, Gayle Hunnicutt, Barry Morse, Stephanie Bidmead

Votes: 37

56. Savage Messiah (1972)

R | 97 min | Biography, Drama

Biographical movie of the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Dorothy Tutin, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren, Lindsay Kemp

Votes: 1,666

58. Sitting Target (1972)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, Ian McShane, Edward Woodward

Votes: 1,532

59. Six Faces (1972– )

45 min | Drama

Drama series about a businessman who can present a different personality to everyone he meets. The story is told from the viewpoints of six people who come into contact with him.

Stars: Kenneth More, Zena Walker, Kika Markham, Eve Pearce

61. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1972)

72 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Strange things start to happen when Mr Dark's Pandemonium Carnival arrives in Greentown.

Director: Colin Finbow | Stars: Ben Clennell, Mark Ashman, Tony Collins, Jenny Clennell

Votes: 54

62. Spy Trap (1972–1975)

45 min | Drama

The escapades of a group of spies at the Department, a Fictional espionage agency tasked by the British government with protecting national security.

Stars: Paul Daneman, Prentis Hancock, Julian Glover, Michael Gwynn

Votes: 16

63. Suburban Wives (1972)

R | 87 min | Comedy

Seven stories of marital infidelity, told from the women's point of view.

Director: Derek Ford | Stars: Eva Whishaw, Peter May, Maggie Wright, Barry Linehan

Votes: 56

64. Tales from the Lazy Acre (1972– )

30 min | Comedy

Like its predeccessor, the popular BBC sitcom 'Me Mammy', the short British anthology series 'Tales from the Lazy Acre' was written by Irish dramatist Hugh Leonard, and starred co-starred ... See full synopsis »

Stars: David Kelly, Milo O'Shea, Eddie Byrne, James Greene

65. That's Your Funeral (1972)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy

The animosity between two rival undertakers is amplified when drug traffickers attempt to use coffins and hearses to smuggle their wares.

Director: John Robins | Stars: Bill Fraser, Raymond Huntley, David Battley, Dennis Price

Votes: 184

66. The Alf Garnett Saga (1972)

90 min | Comedy

Based on the BBC television series, and a sequel to 'Till Death Us Do Part (1968)', it tells of the family relationship between Alf Garnett, his wife, daughter and son-in-law, all living in a council flat.

Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Adrienne Posta, Paul Angelis

Votes: 173

67. The Befrienders (1972– )

50 min | Drama

Drama series about the work of the Samaritans and the issues faced by the people who seek their help.

Stars: Megs Jenkins, Michael Culver, Peter Armitage, Jane Wellow

68. The Challengers (1972– )

60 min

Drama series about local party politicians, their election campaigns, rivalries and scandals.

Stars: Colin Blakely, Michael Gambon, Richard Hampton, William Gaunt

69. The Darwin Adventure (1972)

G | 91 min | Biography, Drama

Victorian naturalist Charles Darwin sails on the HMS Beagle and returns with a shocking theory of evolution.

Director: Jack Couffer | Stars: Nicholas Clay, Susan Macready, Ian Richardson, Christopher Martin

Votes: 46

71. The Fast Kill (1972)

94 min | Crime, Drama

Having successfully set-up and accomplished a diamond robbery a whole gang is killed through a chain of double crossing and vengeance.

Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Tom Adams, Susie Hampton, Michael Culver, Peter Halliday

Votes: 67

72. The Frighteners (1972–1973)

26 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The Frighteners was a British psychological suspense anthology series that ran for 1 series consisting of 13 self contained episodes.

Stars: Ian Holm, Tom Bell, Rudolph Walker, Ian Hendry

Votes: 71

75. The Long Chase (1972– )

Adventure, Drama

Tom Corby and his son John are bird watching, by the cliffs, when he spots a number of strangers. John goes to help a girl cut off from land. When he returns his dad has vanished.

Stars: Glyn Houston, Simon Fisher-Turner, Jan Francis, Brian Peck

Votes: 49

76. The Man from Haven (1972)

60 min | Drama

An embittered man discovers the secret tax haven of some very rich people and contemplates blackmail.

Stars: Ian Holm, Julian Holloway, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Prunella Ransome

Votes: 10

77. The Man Outside (1972)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Baker (Rupert Davies) introduces extraordinary stories about life's loners. The people who live on the outside of society but have story to tell.

Stars: Rupert Davies, Anthony Hopkins, Siân Phillips, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 20

78. The Pied Piper (1972)

G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical

In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.

Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Keith Buckley, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Paul Hennen

Votes: 909

80. The Regiment (1972– )

50 min | Drama, History, War

Following the career of Richard Gaunt, (Christopher Cazenove), of the Cotswolds Regiment, from leaving the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst as a Lieutenant, through the Boer War to service as a Captain on the North West Frontier.

Stars: Christopher Cazenove, Denis Lill, Wendy Allnutt, Bernard Brown

Votes: 11

81. The Sextet (1972)

75 min | Drama

An anthology series of BBC television dramas on sexual themes. The same cast was featured in each production.

Stars: Denholm Elliott, Billie Whitelaw, Richard Vernon, Dennis Waterman

83. The Triple Echo (1972)

R | 90 min | Drama, War

During World War II, a deserting soldier dresses as a woman to escape detection, hiding at a farm run by a POW's wife, but is soon hit-on by a lusty sergeant.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian Deacon, Anthony May

Votes: 934

84. The Trouble with 2B (1972)

103 min | Drama, Family

It isn't really the fault of the children in 2B that their efforts to be helpful end in disaster.

Director: Peter Smith | Stars: Peggy Aitchison, John Barrow, John Blundell, Roger Booth

85. Birds in the Bush (1972)

30 min | Comedy

Hugh arrives in Australia to take possession of his inheritance, which is a "farm" in the Australian Outback which is being run by numerous beautiful women. He is aided and abetted by his half-brother Ron.

Stars: Hugh Lloyd, Ron Frazer, Alistair Duncan, Kate Fitzpatrick

Votes: 16

87. Thursday's Child (1972–1973)

30 min | Drama

In the early 20th century, three children try to escape from an oppressive orphanage.

Stars: Gillian Bailey, Simon Gipps-Kent, Clare Walker, David Tully

Votes: 21

88. Tightrope (1972)

30 min | Adventure, Family

Sixth-former Martin Clifford is plunged into the world of espionage and sabotage when he and his class see schools programmes from "The Voice of Truth". Forrester, an Intelligence officer, ... See full summary »

Stars: John Savident, Spencer Banks, David Munro, Marian Diamond

Votes: 20

89. Top Gear (1972)

50 min

A look at the many forms of transport today, and the various skills needed to operate the vehicles.

Director: Arnold L. Miller | Stars: David Hamilton, Graham Hill, Anna Karen, Frank Williams

Votes: 61

90. Treasure Over the Water (1972– )

Adventure, Family

Over a summer holiday, two boys follow clues to find a treasure hidden centuries ago. But they are not the only ones looking and a perilous race against time ensues.

Stars: Andrew Balcombe, Justin Swan, Dorothy Gordon, Michael Raghan

91. Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour (1972)

30 min | Comedy

Pentagon Television, the smallest and newest company on the network, is in trouble. But there is always some self-sacrificing fool who steps forward to help - or hinder - the situation.Such a man is Major Clifford Turnbull (Retd).

Stars: Michael Bates, Liz Fraser, Jonathan Lynn, Roddy Maude-Roxby

93. Ways of Seeing (1972)

30 min | Documentary, Family

John Berger presents his insights on how people see. Through examples of Art History Berger shows how our very sense of sight has been transformed. By discovering why this is so, according ... See full summary »

Stars: John Berger, Anya Bostock, Eva Figes, Jane Kenrick

Votes: 619

94. What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)

PG | 93 min | Horror

In order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother by convincing her that she's become the target of youth supremacists who want to enact a genocide on the elderly.

Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Vanessa Howard, Mona Washbourne, Paul Nicholas, George Benson

Votes: 220

96. Whicker's Orient (1972)

TV's most travelled man is making landfall in Asia. Whicker takes a look at Thailand's more extreme sporting activities, and considers the dominant role of women in the Thai business world;... See full summary »

Star: Alan Whicker

98. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)

PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson

Votes: 2,533

99. Wreck Raisers (1972)

56 min | Adventure, Drama

Four children save money to buy a boat but are accused of boat stealing. When the boat is wrecked, they have to raise the wreck to prove their innocence.

Director: Harold Orton | Stars: Paul Hennen, Sally Anne Marlowe, Oswald Lindsay, Martin Reynolds

Votes: 9

100. Z.P.G. (1972)

PG | 97 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Concerned with population over-growth, the Earth government bans, under the penalty of death, all pregnancies but one couple decides to risk having a real baby rather than legally adopt a cyborg child.

Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Oliver Reed, Geraldine Chaplin, Don Gordon, Diane Cilento

Votes: 1,578



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