Universal Pictures Films of 1970
by LuminousCarcass | created - 20 Jul 2013 | updated - 03 Dec 2013 | PublicThis list contains the films produced and distributed by Universal Pictures in 1970. List in order of when films were released in the United States.
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1. A Time in the Sun (1966)
R | 104 min | Drama
The journalist Gunnar meets the cancer-patient Seija and love arises. Seija has only a short time left to live. The doctors advice her not to become pregnant, because radiotherapy could ... See full summary »
Director: Åke Falck | Stars: Grynet Molvig, Lars Passgård, Monica Nielsen, Birgitta Valberg
Votes: 27
Released in U.S. January 27, 1970
2. Story of a Woman (1970)
R | 90 min | Drama
Karin studies music in Rome and falls in love with Bruno. She learns that he is married and therefore returns to Sweden. She meets David. They marry and have a daughter. David is sent to Rome. Karin meets Bruno again.
Director: Leonardo Bercovici | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Robert Stack, James Farentino, Annie Girardot
Votes: 122
3. Airport (1970)
G | 137 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Directors: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg
Votes: 21,687 | Gross: $100.49M
Budget: $10.2 million; Box office: $100,489,151
4. Skullduggery (1970)
PG | 105 min | Adventure
The missing-link is found on a safari in New Guinea. Is it human or animal?
Directors: Gordon Douglas, Richard Wilson | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark, Roger C. Carmel, Paul Hubschmid
Votes: 506
5. Encrucijada para una monja (1967)
M/PG | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
During an uprising in the Belgian Congo, a convent of nuns are besieged and the Reverend Mother is killed and Sister Maria is raped. Returning to Belgium, Sister Maria finds out to her ... See full summary »
Director: Julio Buchs | Stars: Rosanna Schiaffino, John Richardson, Mara Cruz, Ángel Picazo
Votes: 27
Released in U.S. March 1970
6. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
M | 100 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Thinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert
Votes: 10,156
7. The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
G | 99 min | Comedy, Western
When the town's sole blacksmith vows to leave because he was stood up by his mail-order bride from the East, the panicked townsfolk scramble to find him a surrogate wife.
Directors: Anton Leader, Ranald MacDougall | Stars: Dan Blocker, Nanette Fabray, Jim Backus, Wally Cox
Votes: 528
8. In Search of Gregory (1969)
M/PG | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Young Catherine Morelli (Julie Christie), who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a nearly nymphomaniacal pursuit of a mystery-fantasy man called Gregory (Michael Sarrazin).
Director: Peter Wood | Stars: Julie Christie, John Hurt, Michael Sarrazin, Paola Pitagora
Votes: 286
Released in U.S. May 6, 1970
9. Pufnstuf (1970)
G | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
From the Land of the Lost producers comes a family comedy filled with mirth, magic and music about a little boy named Jimmy and his fantastic adventures with the dragon H. R. Pufnstuf.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye, Cass Elliot
Votes: 1,234 | Gross: $0.30M
10. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
GP | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
When a former Civil War soldier saves a nun from a gang of bandits, they team up to help the Mexicans in their war against the French.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manolo Fábregas, Alberto Morin
Votes: 30,571 | Gross: $11.50M
Budget: $4 million; Box office: $4.7 million
11. Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella, Carrie Snodgress, Lorraine Cullen
Votes: 2,160 | Gross: $2.78M
12. Dreams of Glass (1970)
GP | 83 min | Drama
Ann is from a prominent Japanese-American family, owners of a famous nursery and greenhouse. Tom is from a blue-collar family of self-employed fishermen. Tom and Ann develop a playful, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: John Denos, Caroline Barrett, Joe Lo Presti, Paul Micale
Votes: 56
13. Act of the Heart (1970)
GP | 103 min | Drama
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
Director: Paul Almond | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Donald Sutherland, Monique Leyrac, Sharon Acker
Votes: 241
Budget: $450,000 (Canadian)
14. Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
R | 105 min | Drama
Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressful workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus, Viveca Lindfors, Barry Morse
Votes: 922
15. I Love My Wife (1970)
R | 98 min | Comedy
A successful young surgeon who has so much in life becomes bored with his wife and family; feeling empty, he goes through a series of brief, meaningless affairs with attractive women.
Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: Elliott Gould, Brenda Vaccaro, Angel Tompkins, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 186 | Gross: $1.26M
16. A Very Curious Girl (1969)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
An oppressed and exploited young woman (Marie) begins charging for her sexual favors and completely disrupts the smug patriarchal capitalist society of the village of Tellier.
Director: Nelly Kaplan | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Georges Géret, Henri Czarniak, Claire Maurier
Votes: 989
Released in U.S. December 30, 1970
17. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
PG | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A family of fiercely independent Oregon loggers struggle to keep the family business alive amidst changing times.
Director: Paul Newman | Stars: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin
Votes: 4,495 | Gross: $9.20M
Story by Ken Kesey; Starring Paul Newman; Rentals: $4 million (US / Canada)
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