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The year 1972 in film involved several significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1972 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1972
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic rentals
1	The Godfather	Paramount Pictures	$86,300,000^[1]
2	The Poseidon Adventure	20th Century Fox	$42,000,000^[1]
3	What's Up, Doc?	Warner Bros. Pictures	$28,000,000^[1]
4	Deliverance		$22,500,000^[1]
5	Jeremiah Johnson		$21,900,000^[2]
6	Cabaret	Allied Artists	$20,250,000^[2]
7	Deep Throat	Bryanston Distributing Company	$20,000,000^[2]
8	The Getaway	National General Pictures	$18,000,000^[2]
9	Lady Sings the Blues	Paramount Pictures	$9,666,000^[2]
10	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex	United Artists	$8,828,000^[2]

Awards

Category/Organization	30th Golden Globe Awards January 28, 1973		26th BAFTA Awards February 28, 1973	45th Academy Awards March 27, 1973
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	26th BAFTA Awards February 28, 1973	45th Academy Awards March 27, 1973
Best Film	The Godfather	Cabaret		The Godfather
Best Director	Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather		Bob Fosse Cabaret
Best Actor	Marlon Brando The Godfather	Jack Lemmon Avanti!	Gene Hackman The Poseidon Adventure The French Connection	Marlon Brando The Godfather
Best Actress	Liv Ullmann The Emigrants	Liza Minnelli Cabaret
Best Supporting Actor	Joel Grey Cabaret		Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show	Joel Grey Cabaret
Best Supporting Actress	Shelley Winters The Poseidon Adventure		Cloris Leachman The Last Picture Show	Eileen Heckart Butterflies Are Free
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo The Godfather		Paddy Chayefsky The Hospital Peter Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry The Last Picture Show	Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo The Godfather
Best Screenplay, Original	Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo The Godfather			Jeremy Larner The Candidate
Best Original Score	Nino Rota The Godfather			Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell Limelight Ralph Burns Cabaret
Best Original Song	"Ben" Ben		N/A	"The Morning After" The Poseidon Adventure
Best Foreign Language Film	The Emigrants The New Land		N/A	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), directed by Elio Petri, Italy

The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France

1972 Wide-release movies

United States unless stated

January–March


Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	1	J. W. Coop	Columbia Pictures / Robertson and Associates	Cliff Robertson (director/screenplay); Gary Cartwright, Bud Shrake (screenplay); Cliff Robertson, Geraldine Page, Cristina Ferrare, R.G. Armstrong, John Crawford, Wade Crosby, Bruce Kirby, Larry Mahan, R.L. Armstrong, Marjorie Durant Dye, Paul Harper, Son Hooker, Richard Kennedy, Lowell D. Smith	Western	Live Action
	7	Glass Houses	Columbia Pictures	Alexander Singer (director/screenplay); Judith Singer (screenplay); Bernard Barrow, Jennifer O'Neill, Philip Pine, Eve McVeagh, Deirdre Lenihan, Ann Summers	Drama, Romance	Live Action
	11	The Night Stalker	ABC Circle Films / Dan Curtis Productions / Buena Vista International	John Llewellyn Moxey (director); Richard Matheson (teleplay); Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, Claude Akins, Charles McGraw, Kent Smith, Elisha Cook Jr., Stanley Adams, Larry Linville, Jordan Rhodes, Barry Atwater	Horror	Live Action
	13	The Cowboys	Warner Bros.	Mark Rydell (director); Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., William Dale Jennings (screenplay); John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Carradine, Stephen Hudis, A Martinez, Slim Pickens, Lonny Chapman, Charles Tyner, Sarah Cunningham, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Dick Farnsworth, Larry Finley, Tap Canutt, Chuck Courtney, Gary Epper, Tony Epper, Alfred Barker Jr., Nicolas Beauvy, Steve Benedict, Norman Howell Jr., Sean Kelly, Clay O'Brien, Sam O'Brien, Mike Pyeatt, Maggie Costain, Jerry Gatlin, Walter Scott, Wallace Brooks, Charise Cullin, Colette Poeppel, Norman Howell, Rita Hudis, Margaret Kelly, Larry Randles, Jim Burk, Fred Brookfield, Kent Hays, Glenn Randall Jr., Henry Wills, Joe Yrigoyen	Western	Live Action
	14	Cisco Pike	Columbia Pictures	Bill L. Norton (director/screenplay); Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton, Viva, Doug Sahm, Roscoe Lee Browne, Joy Bang, Severn Darden, Antonio Fargas, Don Sturdy, Allan Arbus, Wavy Gravy, Lorna Thayer, William Traylor, Richard Stahl, Doodles Weaver	Drama	Live Action
	20	To Find a Man	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	Buzz Kulik (director); Arnold Schulman (screenplay); Pamela Sue Martin, Darren O'Connor, Lloyd Bridges, Phyllis Newman, Tom Ewell, Tom Bosley, Miles Chapin, Schell Rasten, Antonia Rey, Vicki Sue Robinson, Rutanya Alda	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	21	Zee and Co.	Columbia Pictures / Zee Company	Brian G. Hutton (director); Edna O'Brien (screenplay); Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Margaret Leighton, John Standing, Michael Cashman, Richard O'Brien, Mary Larkin, Gino Melvazzi	Drama	Live Action
	26	The Hot Rock	20th Century Fox	Peter Yates (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, William Redfield, Topo Swope, Zero Mostel, Christopher Guest, Graham Jarvis, Charlotte Rae, Harry Bellaver, Lee Wallace, Gilbert Lewis, George Bartenieff, Ed Bernard, Albert Henderson, Robert Weil, Lynne Gordon, Fred Cook	Crime, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
F E B R U A R Y	13	Cabaret	Allied Artists / ABC Pictures	Bob Fosse (director); Jay Allen (screenplay); Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Marisa Berenson, Fritz Wepper, Joel Grey, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Helen Vita, Sigrid von Richthofen, Gerd Vespermann, Ralf Wolter, Ricky Renée, Kathryn Doby, Estrongo Nachama, Oliver Collignon, Mark Lambert	Musical, Drama	Live Action
	14	Pocket Money	National General Pictures / First Artists	Stuart Rosenberg (director); Terrence Malick (screenplay); Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Christine Belford, Kelly Jean Peters, Gregory Sierra, Fred Graham, Matt Clark, Claudio Miranda, Terrence Malick	Western, Comedy	Live Action
	26	The New Land (Sweden)	Warner Bros.	Jan Troell (director/screenplay); Bengt Forslund (screenplay); Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Hans Alfredson, Agneta Prytz, Halvar Björk, Tom C. Fouts, Peter Lindgren, Per Oscarsson, Oscar Ljung, Karin Nordström, Eva-Lena Zetterlund	Drama, Western	Live Action
M A R C H	8	Tales from the Crypt (U.K.)	Metromedia Producers Corporation / Amicus Productions	Freddie Francis (director); Milton Subotsky (screenplay); Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry, Patrick Magee, Barbara Murray, Nigel Patrick, Robin Phillips, Ralph Richardson, Martin Boddey, Chloe Franks, Oliver MacGreevy, Angela Grant, Peter Fraser, David Markham, Robert Hutton, Clifford Earl, Edward Evans, Harry Locke, Geoffrey Bayldon, Robert Rietti, John Barrard, Susan Denny, Frank Forsyth, Manning Wilson, Irene Gawne, Stafford Medhurst, George Herbert	Horror	Live Action
	10	Frogs	American International Pictures	George McCowan (director); Robert Hutchison, Robert Blees (screenplay); Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Lynn Borden, Judy Pace, Mae Mercer, Dale Willingham, Hal Hodges, David Gilliam, Nicholas Cortland, George Skaff, Hollis Irving, Lance Taylor Sr.	Horror	Live Action
		Silent Running	Universal Pictures	Douglas Trumbull (director); Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Steven Bochco (screenplay); Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Mark Persons, Cheryl Sparks, Steven Brown, Larry Whisenhunt	Sci-Fi	Live Action
		What's Up, Doc?	Warner Bros. / Saticoy Productions	Peter Bogdanovich (director); Buck Henry, David Newman, Robert Benton (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Kenneth Mars, Michael Murphy, Stefan Gierasch, Sorrell Booke, Philip Roth, Mabel Albertson, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, George Morfogen, Graham Jarvis, Randy Quaid, M. Emmet Walsh, Jack Perkins, Gil Perkins, Christa Lang, Don Bexley, John Byner, William Niven, Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	12	Godzilla vs. Gigan – (Japan)	Toho	Jun Fukuda (director); Shinichi Sekizawa (screenplay); Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tomoko Umeda, Yuriko Hishimi, Minoru Takashima, Zan Fujita, Toshiaki Nishizawa, Kunio Murai, Gen Shimizu, Kuniko Ashihara, Zeko Nakamura, Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Koetsu Omiya, Kanta Ina	Action, Adventure, Family	Live Action
	14	The Godfather	Paramount Pictures / Alfran Productions	Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Mario Puzo (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Talia Shire, Gianni Russo, John Cazale, Rudy Bond, Al Martino, Morgana King, Lenny Montana, Johnny Martino, Salvatore Corsitto, Richard Bright, Alex Rocco, Tony Giorgio, Vito Scotti, Victor Rendina, Jeannie Linero, Julie Gregg, Simonetta Stefanelli, Angelo Infanti, Corrado Gaipa, Franco Citti, Saro Urzi, Frank Albanese, Carmine Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Italia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Randy Jurgensen, Tony King, Paul Lambert, Tony Lip, Tom Rosqui, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Frank Sivero, Joe Spinell, Nick Vallelonga, Ilene Woods	Crime, Drama	Live Action
	15	Corky	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Leonard Horn (director); Eugene Price (screenplay); Robert Blake, Charlotte Rampling, Patrick O'Neal, Christopher Connelly, Pamela Payton-Wright, Ben Johnson, Laurence Luckinbill, Paul Stevens, Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Buddy Baker, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Charlie Briggs, Jack Garner, Lulu Roman, John Marriott, Glen Wood	Action, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	15	Slaughterhouse-Five	Universal Pictures / Cinema International Corporation	George Roy Hill (director); Stephen Geller (screenplay); Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine, Holly Near, Perry King, Kevin Conway, Friedrich von Ledebur, Ekkehardt Belle, Sorrell Booke, Roberts Blossom, John Dehner, Gary Waynesmith, Richard Schaal, Gilmer McCormick, Stan Gottlieb, Karl-Otto Alberty, Henry Bumstead, Lucille Benson, John Wood, Alexander Allerson, Barbara Frey, Warren Frost, Paul Hansard, Richard Stahl	Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi	Live Action
	17	Pink Flamingos	New Line Cinema / Dreamland	John Waters (director/screenplay); Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, Danny Mills, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, Channing Wilroy, Paul Swift, Susan Walsh, Linda Olgierson, Pat Moran, Steve Yeager, George Figgs, Vincent Peranio, Van Smith, Elizabeth Coffey, David E. Gluck, John Waters	Comedy, Crime	Live Action
	22	The Biscuit Eater	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Vincent McEveety (director); Lawrence Edward Watkin (screenplay); Earl Holliman, Pat Crowley, Lew Ayres, Godfrey Cambridge, Beah Richards, Clifton James, Johnny Whitaker, Mantan Moreland, George Spell, Rolph Van Wolfgang	Drama	Live Action
	22	Fist of Fury	Golden Harvest	Lo Wei (director/screenplay); Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Riki Hashimoto, Robert Baker, Tien Feng, Paul Wei, Fung Ngai, Lo Wei, Huang Tsung-hsing, Han Ying-chieh, James Tien, Maria Yi, Jun Katsumura, Lee Kwan, Jackie Chan, Corey Yuen	Action, Drama, Romance, Martial Arts	Live Action
	23	The Concert for Bangladesh	20th Century Fox / Apple Films	Saul Swimmer (director); George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Jim Keltner, Badfinger, Jesse Ed Davis, Kamala Chakravarty, Claudia Lennear, Don Nix, Don Preston, Alla Rakha, Mal Evans, Allen Klein, Phil Spector, The Hollywood Horns, Allan Beutler, Jo Green, Jeany Greene, Marlin Greene, Dolores Hall, Jacky Kelso, Ustad Aliakbar Khan, Lew McCreary, Carl Radie	Documentary, Music	Live Action
	24	The Ten Commandments (re-release)	Paramount Pictures / Motion Picture Associates	Cecil B. DeMille (director); Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Olive Deering, Douglas Dumbrille, Frank de Kova, Henry Wilcoxon, Eduard Franz, Donald Curtis, Lawrence Dobkin, H.B. Warner, Julia Faye, Joanna Merlin, Fraser Heston, John Miljan, Francis J. McDonald, Ian Keith, Paul De Rolf, Woodrow Strode, Joan Woodbury, Kathy Garver, Cecil B. DeMille, Lisa Mitchell, Noelle Williams, Pat Richard, Joyce Vanderveen, Diane Hall, Abbas El Boughdadly, Tommy Duran, Eugene Mazzola, Ramsay Hill, Esther Brown, Babette Bain	Epic, Adventure, Drama, Family	Live Action
	29	The Carey Treatment	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Geoffrey Productions	Blake Edwards (director); James P. Bonner (screenplay); James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Pat Hingle, Elizabeth Allen, John Fink, Dan O'Herlihy, James Hong, Alex Dreier, Michael Blodgett, Regis Toomey, Jennifer Edwards, John Hillerman, Robert Mandan, Robie Porter, Dick Crockett, Stephen Manley, Ed Peck, Skye Aubrey, Steve Carlson, Rosemary Edelman, Warren Parker	Crime, Mystery, Thriller	Live Action

April–June


Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L	12	Fritz the Cat	Cinemation Industries / Fritz Productions / Aurica Finance Company / Krantz Films	Ralph Bakshi (director/screenplay); Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, Phil Seuling, Ralph Bakshi, John McCurry, Judy Engles, Mary Dean, Charles Spidar	Black Comedy	Adult Animation
	16	The Culpepper Cattle Co.	20th Century Fox	Dick Richards (director/screenplay); Eric Bercovici, Gregory Prentiss (screenplay); Gary Grimes, Billy "Green" Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis, Raymond Guth, Wayne Sutherlin, Matt Clark, Anthony James, Charles Martin Smith, Gregory Sierra	Western	Live Action
	28	Buck and the Preacher	Columbia Pictures / E & R Productions / Belafonte Enterprises	Sidney Poitier (director); Ernest Kinoy (screenplay); Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell, Denny Miller, Nita Talbot, James McEachin, Clarence Muse, Enrique Lucero, Julie Robinson, Lynn Robinson	Western	Live Action
	28	Five Fingers of Death (Hong Kong)	Shaw Brothers Studio	Jeong Chang-hwa (director); Chiang Yang (screenplay); Lo Lieh, Wang Ping, Tien Feng, Wang Chin-feng, Tung Lam, Fang Mian, Ku Wen-Chung	Martial Arts, Action, Drama, Romance	Live Action
	30	Vampire Circus (U.K.)	20th Century Fox / Hammer Film Productions	Robert Young (director); Judson Kinberg (screenplay); Adrienne Corri, Laurence Payne, Thorley Walters, Lynne Frederick, John Moulder-Brown, Elizabeth Seal, Anthony Higgins, Domini Blythe, Robin Hunter, Robin Sachs, Lalla Ward, David Prowse, Mary Wimbush, David de Keyser, Richard Owens, Robert Tayman, Skip Martin, Christina Paul, Roderick Shaw, Barnaby Shaw, John Bown, Sibylla Kay, Jane Darby, Dorothy Frere, Milovan Vesnitch, Serena, Sean Hewitt	Horror	Live Action
M A Y	4	Play It Again, Sam	Paramount Pictures / APJAC Productions	Herbert Ross (director); Woody Allen (screenplay); Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Susan Anspach, Jennifer Salt, Joy Bang, Viva, Susanne Zenor, Michael Greene, Ted Markland, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Jean De Briac, Mark Goddard, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains	Comedy	Live Action
	12	The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	Universal Pictures / Robertson and Associates	Philip Kaufman (director/screenplay); Cliff Robertson, Robert Duvall, Luke Askew, R.G. Armstrong, Dana Elcar, Donald Moffat, John Pearce, Matt Clark, Robert H. Harris, Jack Manning, Elisha Cook, Royal Dano, William Callaway, Arthur Peterson, Barry Brown, Liam Dunn, Anne Barton, Valda Hansen, Wayne Sutherlin, Mary-Robin Redd, Craig Curtis, Nellie Burt, Madeleine Taylor Holmes, Herbert Nelson, Erik Holland, Marjorie Durant, Inger Stratton	Western	Live Action
	12	Hammersmith Is Out	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / J. Cornelius Crean Films Inc.	Peter Ustinov (director); Stanford Whitmore (screenplay); Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges, Leon Ames, Leon Askin, Anthony Holland, George Raft, John Schuck, Marjorie Eaton, Linda Gaye Scott	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	17	The Honkers	United Artists / Brighton Pictures / Levy-Gardner-Laven	Steve Ihnat (director/screenplay); Stephen Lodge (screenplay); James Coburn, Lois Nettleton, Slim Pickens, Anne Archer, Richard Anderson, Jim Davis, Ramon Bieri, Teddy Eccles, Mitchell Ryan, Wayne McLaren, John Harmon, Richard O'Brien, Larry Mahan, Joan Huntington, Pitt Herbert, Luther Elmore, Chuck Parkison Jr.	Action, Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	19	Carry On Matron	The Rank Organisation	Gerald Thomas (director); Talbot Rothwell (screenplay); Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth Cope, Terry Scott, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Jacki Piper, Bill Maynard, Patsy Rowlands, Derek Francis, Amelia Bayntun, Valerie Leon, Brian Osborne, Gwendolyn Watts, Valerie Shute, Margaret Nolan, Michael Nightingale, Wendy Richard, Bill Kenwright, Robin Hunter, Jack Douglas, Madeline Smith, Juliet Harmer	Comedy	Live Action
	24	The Possession of Joel Delaney	Paramount Pictures / Haworth Productions / ITC Entertainment	Waris Hussein (director); Grimes Grice, Matt Robinson (screenplay); Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Michael Hordern, Barbara Trentham, Míriam Colón, Earle Hyman, Lovelady Powell, David Elliott, Lisa Kohane, Edmundo Rivera Álvarez, Teodorina Bello, Robert Burr, Ernesto Gonzalez, Aukie Herger, Marita Lindholm	Horror	Live Action
	24	Skyjacked	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Walter Seltzer Productions, Inc.	John Guillermin (director); Stanley R. Greenberg (screenplay); Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Claude Akins, Jeanne Crain, Susan Dey, Roosevelt Grier, Mariette Hartley, Walter Pidgeon, Ken Swofford, Leslie Uggams, Ross Elliott, Nicholas Hammond, Mike Henry, John Hillerman, Maureen Connell, John Fiedler, Wesley Lau, Roy Engel, Lorna Thayer, Dan White, Natividad Vacío, Jayson William Kane, Toni Clayton, Kelley Miles, Jack Denbo, Joe Canutt, Grahame Pratt	Disaster, Action, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	25	Chato's Land	United Artists / Scimitar Films	Michael Winner (director); Gerald Wilson (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Simon Oakland, Richard Basehart, Ralph Waite, Richard Jordan, Victor French, William Watson, Roddy McMillan, Paul Young, Lee Patterson, Peter Dyneley, Hugh McDermott, Sonia Rangan, Raúl Castro, Verna Harvey	Western	Live Action
	25	Z.P.G.	Paramount Pictures / Sagittarius Productions	Michael Campus (director); Frank De Felitta, Max Ehrlich (screenplay); Oliver Reed, Geraldine Chaplin, Don Gordon, Diane Cilento, David Markham, Bill Nagy, Sheila Reid, Aubrey Woods, Birgitte Federspiel, Wayne Rodda, Ditte Maria Wiberg	Sci-Fi, Thriller	Live Action
	26	The Other	20th Century Fox	Robert Mulligan (director); Thomas Tryon (screenplay); Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Norma Connolly, Victor French, Lou Frizzell, John Ritter, Jenny Sullivan, Portia Nelson, Jack Collins, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky, Loretta Leversee, Clarence Crow	Horror, Thriller	Live Action
	31	The Final Comedown	New World Pictures	Oscar Williams (director/screenplay); Billy Dee Williams, D'Urville Martin, Celia Kaye, Edmund Cambridge, Billy Durkin, Raymond St. Jacques, R.G. Armstrong, Maidie Norman, Morris Erby, Pamela Jones	Blaxploitation, Action, Crime, Drama	Live Action
J U N E	2	The War Between Men and Women	National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films	Melville Shavelson (director/screenplay); Danny Arnold, James Thurber (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, Jason Robards, Herb Edelman, Lisa Gerritsen, Moosie Drier, Severn Darden, Lisa Eilbacher, Lucille Meredith, Ruth McDevitt, John Zaremba, Bill Hickman, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Danny Arnold	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	4	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg	Columbia Pictures / Domino	Peter Medak (director); Peter Nichols (screenplay); Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles, Sheila Gish, Joan Hickson, Murray Melvin, Fanny Carby, Constance Chapman, Elizabeth Robillard, Elizabeth Tyrell	Black Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	12	Deep Throat	Bryanston Distributing Company	Gerard Damiano (director/screenplay); Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Carol Connors, Gerard Damiano, Dolly Sharp, Bill Harrison, William Love, Bob Phillips, Ted Street, John Byron, Jack Birch, Ron Wertheim, Weston Enciso	Adult, Comedy	Live Action
	14	Fillmore	20th Century Fox	Richard T. Heffron, Eli F. Bleich (directors); Bill Graham, Santana, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Lamb, Cold Blood, The Rowan Brothers, New Riders of the Purple Sage, It's a Beautiful Day, The Elvin Bishop Group, Boz Scaggs, Papa John Creach, Mike Bloomfield	Documentary, Music	Live Action
	14	Boxcar Bertha	American International Pictures	Martin Scorsese (director); Joyce Hooper Corrington, John William Corrington (screenplay); Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, John Carradine, Victor Argo, Harry Northup, Martin Scorsese, Franklin D. Roosevelt, David Osterhout, Grahame Pratt, 'Chicken' Holleman, Ann Morell, Marianne Dole, Joe Reynolds	Romance, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	16	The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie	20th Century Fox / Palomar Pictures	Jack Starrett (director); Anthony Greville-Bell, John Kohn (screenplay); Bonnie Bedelia, Ken Howard, Anthony Zerbe	Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	19	One Is a Lonely Number	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Mel Stuart (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Trish Van Devere, Monte Markham, Janet Leigh, Melvyn Douglas, Jane Elliot, Jonathan Lippe, Paul Jenkins, A. Scott Beach, Dudley Knight, Maurice Argent, Joseph Spano, Kathleen Quinlan, Mark Bramhall, Henry Leff, Thomas McNallan, Morgan Upton, Kim Allen, Peter Fitzsimmons, Christopher Brooks	Drama	Live Action
	20	The Assassination of Trotsky (U.K.)	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica / Compagnia Internazionale Alessandra Cinematografica / Cinétel	Joseph Losey (director); Nicholas Mosley (screenplay); Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese, Luigi Vannucchi, Jean Desailly, Simone Valère, Duilio Del Prete, Jack Betts, Michael Forest, Claudio Brook, Joshua Sinclair, Giorgio Albertazzi	Historical, Drama	Live Action
	21	Shaft's Big Score!	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Gordon Parks (director); Ernest Tidyman (screenplay); Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Joe Mascolo, Wally Taylor, Julius Harris, Rosalind Miles, Joe Santos, Robert Kya-Hill, Thomas Anderson, Frank Adonis, Cihangir Ghaffari, Kathy Imrie, Don Blakely, Angelo Gnazzo, Henry Ferrentino, Melvin Green Jr., Dan Hannafin, Marilyn Hamlin, Kitty Jones, Evelyn Davis	Blaxploitation, Action, Crime, Drama	Live Action
		Beware! The Blob	Jack H. Harris Enterprises Inc.	Larry Hagman (director); Anthony Harris, Jack Woods (screenplay); Robert Walker Jr., Gwynne Gilford, Richard Stahl, Richard Webb, Marlene Clark, Gerrit Graham, J.J. Johnston, Dick Van Patten, Randy Stonehill, Cindy Williams, Larry Norman, Bill Coontz, Shelley Berman, Godfrey Cambridge, Larry Hagman, Carol Lynley, Burgess Meredith, Danny Goldman, Rockne Tarkington, Sid Haig, Del Close, Robert N. Goodman, Byron Keith, Tiger Joe Marsh, Fred Smoot, Preston Hagman, Conrad Rothmann, John Houser, Patrick McAllister, Margie Adleman	Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror	Live Action
		Frenzy	Universal Pictures	Alfred Hitchcock (director); Anthony Shaffer (screenplay); Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins, Vivien Merchant, Michael Bates, Jean Marsh, Clive Swift, Madge Ryan, Elsie Randolph, John Boxer, Jimmy Gardner, Gerald Sim, Noel Johnson, Rita Webb, Michael Sheard, Richard Stapley, Susan Travers, Joby Blanshard, John Cater, Gerry Cowper, Maxwell Craig, Charles Farrell, Harry Fielder, Drewe Henley, Alfred Hitchcock, Doreen Mantle, Margaret Nolan, Colin Spaull, Fred Wood, Martin Wyldeck	Thriller	Live Action
		The Groundstar Conspiracy	Universal Pictures / Hal Roach Studios	Lamont Johnson (director); Douglas Heyes (screenplay); George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford, Cliff Potts, James Olson, Tim O'Connor, James McEachin, Alan Oppenheimer	Neo-Noir, Action, Crime, Mystery	Live Action
		The Revengers	National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films / Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.	Daniel Mann (director); Wendell Mayes (screenplay); William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Woody Strode, Roger Hanin, Susan Hayward, René Koldehoff, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Arthur Hunnicutt, Warren Vanders, Larry Pennell, James Daughton, Scott Holden, John Kelly, Lorraine Chanel, Jorge Luke, Raúl Pérez Prieto, Carlos Amez Rocha	Western	Live Action
	23	Ben	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Bing Crosby Productions	Phil Karlson (director); Gilbert Ralston (screenplay); Lee Harcourt Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell, Rosemary Murphy, Meredith Baxter, Paul Carr, Kenneth Tobey, James Luisi, Lee Paul, Norman Alden, Scott Garrett, Ric Drasin, Bruce Davison, Kaz Garas, Richard Van Vleet, Arlen Stuart, Ben Crowe, St. Benjamin	Drama, Horror, Thriller	Live Action
	28	Prime Cut	National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films	Michael Ritchie (director); Robert Dillon (screenplay); Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Howard Platt, Les Lannom, Eddie Egan, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Clint Ellison, Therese Reinsch, Bob Wilson, Gordon Signer, Gladys Watson, Wayne Savagne	Action, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	29	The Candidate	Warner Bros.	Michael Ritchie (director); Jeremy Larner (screenplay); Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter, Allen Garfield, Karen Carlson, Quinn Redeker, Michael Lerner, Kenneth Tobey, Jenny Sullivan, Gerald Hiken, Mike Barnicle, Broderick Crawford, George McGovern, Howard K. Smith, Hubert Humphrey, Alan Cranston, John V. Tunney, Terry McGovern, Natalie Wood, Sam Yorty, Jesse M. Unruh, Bill Stout, Morgan Upton, Christopher Pray, Joe Miksak, Tom Dahlgren, Leslie Allen, Van Amberg	Drama	Live Action
	29	Come Back, Charleston Blue	Warner Bros.	Mark Warren (director); Peggy Elliott, Bontche Schweig (screenplay); Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Percy Rodriguez, Jonelle Allen, Minnie Gentry, Leonardo Cimino, Philip Michael Thomas, Peter Deanda, Maxwell Glanville, Dick Sabol, Toney Brealond, Tim Pelt, Marcia McBroom, Darryl Knibb, Joseph Ray, Adam Wade, Dorothi Fox	Action, Comedy, Crime	Live Action
	30	Conquest of the Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox / APJAC Productions	J. Lee Thompson (director); Paul Dehn (screenplay); Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalbán, Natalie Trundy, Hari Rhodes, Severn Darden, Lou Wagner, John Randolph, H.M. Wynant, Buck Kartalian, Paul Comi, Gordon Jump, Asa Maynor, David Chow, John Dennis, Dick Spangler	Action, Sci-Fi	Live Action

July–September

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J U L Y	2	Cool Breeze	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Penelope Productions	Barry Pollack (director/screenplay); Thalmus Rasulala, Jim Watkins, Judy Pace, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Sam Laws, Raymond St. Jacques, Margaret Avery, Pam Grier, Paula Kelly, Wally Taylor, Rudy Challenger, Stewart Bradley, Ed Cambridge, Royce Wallace, Stack Pierce, Biff Elliot, John Lupton	Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	5	Dr. Phibes Rises Again	American International Pictures	Robert Fuest (director/screenplay); Robert Blees (screenplay); Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Peter Jeffrey, Fiona Lewis, Hugh Griffith, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas, John Cater, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, John Thaw, Keith Buckley, Milton Reid, John Comer, Caroline Munro, Gary Owens	Comedy, Horror	Live Action
	5	Napoleon and Samantha	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Bernard McEveety (director); Stewart Raffill (screenplay); Johnny Whitaker, Jodie Foster, Michael Douglas, Will Geer, Arch Johnson, Henry Jones, Vito Scotti, John Crawford, Mary Wickes, Ellen Corby, Rex Holman, John Lupton, Zamba, James MacDonald, Claude Johnson, John Ortega, Monty Margetts	Adventure, Drama	Live Action
	6	Butterflies Are Free	Columbia Pictures	Milton Katselas (director); Leonard Gershe (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Eileen Heckart, Edward Albert, Paul Michael Glaser, Michael Warren	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	12	Now You See Him, Now You Don't	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Robert Butler (director); Joseph L. McEveety (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, Jim Backus, William Windom, Michael McGreevey, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Bakalyan, Joyce Menges, Alan Hewitt, Kelly Thordsen, Bing Russell, Edward Andrews, George O'Hanlon, John Myhers, Frank Welker, Mike Evans, Pat Delany, Robert Rothwell	Sci-Fi, Comedy	Live Action
	14	Fuzz	United Artists / Filmways / Martin Ransohoff Productions	Richard A. Colla (director); Evan Hunter (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt, Yul Brynner, Raquel Welch, James McEachin, Bert Remsen, Steve Ihnat, Peter Bonerz, Don Gordon, Dan Frazer, Norman Burton, Vince Howard, Brian Doyle-Murray, Charles Tyner, Neile Adams, Tamara Dobson, Charles Martin Smith, Robert Jaffe, Stewart Moss, James Victor, Royce D. Applegate, Britt Leach, Peter Elbling, Gary Morgan, Albert Popwell, Gino Conforti, Gerald Hiken, Martine Bartlett, Peter Brocco, Jack Perkins, Dominic Chianese, Richard Stahl, Uschi Digard, Anne Lockhart, Ron Rifkin	Action, Comedy, Crime	Live Action
		Joe Kidd	Universal Pictures / The Malpaso Company	John Sturges (director); Elmore Leonard (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia, James Wainwright, Paul Koslo, Gregory Walcott, Dick Van Patten, Lynne Marta, John Carter, Pepe Hern, Joaquín Martínez, Ron Soble, Pepe Callahan, Clint Ritchie, Chuck Hayward, Steve Eastin, Read Morgan	Western	Live Action
		The Wrath of God	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Ralph Nelson (director/screenplay); Jack Higgins (screenplay); Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, John Colicos, Victor Buono, Rita Hayworth, Ken Hutchison, Gregory Sierra, Frank Ramirez, Enrique Lucero, Chano Urueta, Aurora Clavel, Pancho Córdova, Ralph Nelson, Paula Pritchett, Jorge Russek, José Luis Parades, Victor Eberg, Guillermo Hernández	Adventure, Drama, Western	Live Action
	19	The Man	Paramount Pictures / ABC Circle Films / Lorimar	Joseph Sargent (director); Rod Serling (screenplay); James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Lew Ayres, William Windom, Barbara Rush, Georg Stanford Brown, Janet MacLachlan, Martin E. Brooks, Simon Scott, Patric Knowles, Robert DoQui, Anne Seymour, Edward Faulkner, Philip Bourneuf, Reginald Fenderson, Garry Walberg, Ted Hartley, Charles Lampkin, Lawrence Cook, Vince Howard, Leonard Stone, Howard K. Smith, Jack Benny, Curt Conway, Gilbert Green, Lew Brown, Elizabeth Ross, Barry Russo, Bill Lawrence	Drama	Live Action
	19	The Thing with Two Heads	American International Pictures	Lee Frost (director/screenplay); Wes Bishop, James Gordon White (screenplay); Ray Milland, Rosey Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry, Kathy Baumann, Chelsea Brown, John Dullaghan, Lee Frost, Rick Baker, John Bliss, Jane Kellem, Rod Steele, Wes Bishop	Blaxploitation, Sci-Fi, Comedy	Live Action
	22	The Big Bird Cage	New World Pictures	Jack Hill (director/screenplay); Pam Grier, Anitra Ford, Carol Speed, Sid Haig, Marissa Delgado, Vic Diaz, Candice Roman, Teda Bracci, Karen McKevic, Andres Centenera, Zenaida Amador	Exploitation, Action, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	26	Fat City	Columbia Pictures / Rastar	John Huston (director); Leonard Gardner (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark, Nicholas Colasanto, Art Aragon, Curtis Cokes, Al Silvani, Sixto Rodriguez, Alfred Avila, Billy Walker, Wayne Mahan, Ruben Navarro, Álvaro López	Sports, Drama	Live Action
	26	Night of the Lepus	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / A.C. Lyles Productions	William F. Claxton (director); Don Holliday, Gene R. Kearney (screenplay); Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley, Paul Fix, Melanie Fullerton, Chuck Hayward, William Elliott, Don Starr, David McCallum, Isaac Stanford Jolley, Jerry Dunphy, Chris Morrell, Henry Wills, Francesca Jarvis, Robert Hardy, Richard Jacome, Evans Thornton, Robert Gooden	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
	30	Deliverance	Warner Bros. / Elmer Enterprises	John Boorman (director); James Dickey (screenplay); Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Bill McKinney, Herbert "Cowboy" Coward, James Dickey, Billy Redden, Macon McCalman, Seamon Glass, Charley Boorman, Belinda Beatty	Adventure, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
A U G U S T	1	The Magnificent Seven Ride!	United Artists / The Mirisch Production Company	George McCowan (director); Arthur Rowe (screenplay); Lee Van Cleef, Stefanie Powers, Michael Callan, Luke Askew, Ralph Waite, Mariette Hartley, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., William Lucking, James B. Sikking, Ed Lauter, Allyn Ann McLerie, Gary Busey, Robert Jaffe, Darrell Larson, Carolyn Conwell, Jason Wingreen, Melissa Murphy, Elizabeth Thompson, Ron Stein, Rita Rogers	Action, Western	Live Action
	2	Junior Bonner	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / ABC Pictures / Joe Wizan-Booth Gardner Productions / Solar Productions	Sam Peckinpah (director); Jeb Rosebrook (screenplay); Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Joe Don Baker, Barbara Leigh, Ben Johnson, Mary Murphy, Bill McKinney, Dub Taylor, Sandra Deel, Don "Red" Barry, Charles H. Gray, Sam Peckinpah, Casey Tibbs	Western, Drama	Live Action
	2	Kansas City Bomber	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Artists Entertainment Complex / Levy-Gardner-Laven / Raquel Welch Inc.	Jerrold Freedman (director); Calvin Clements Sr., Thomas Rickman (screenplay); Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy, Helena Kallianiotes, Norman Alden, Jeanne Cooper, Martine Bartlett, William Gray Espy, Richard Lane, Russ Marin, Stephen Manley, Jodie Foster, Georgia Schmidt, Shelly Novack, Joan Darling, Bill McKinney, Katherine Pass, Cornelia Sharpe	Sports, Drama	Live Action
	3	The New Centurions	Columbia Pictures / Chartoff-Winkler Productions	Richard Fleischer (director); Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Rosalind Cash, Erik Estrada, Clifton James, James B. Sikking, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Mittie Lawrence, Isabel Sanford, Carol Speed, Burke Byrnes, William Atherton, Ed Lauter, Dolph Sweet, Stefan Gierasch, Michael Lane, Roger E. Mosley, Charles H. Gray, Read Morgan, Michael DeLano, Pepe Serna, Hilly Hicks, Lieux Dressler, Kitten Natividad, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Anne Ramsey	Action, Crime, Neo-Noir, Drama	Live Action
	4	Super Fly	Warner Bros. / Superfly Ltd.	Gordon Parks Jr. (director); Phillip Fenty (screenplay); Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Julius W. Harris, Sheila Frazier, Charles McGregor, Sig Shore, Curtis Mayfield, Master Henry Gibson, Polly Niles, Yvonne Delaine, K.C., Chris Arnett, E. Preston Reddick, Lucky Scott, Craig McMullen, Tyrone McCullough	Blaxploitation, Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	6	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)	United Artists / Jack Rollins-Charles H. Joffe Productions / Brodsky/Gould Productions	Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi, Louise Lasser, Anthony Quayle, Tony Randall, Lynn Redgrave, Burt Reynolds, Gene Wilder, Jack Barry, Elaine Giftos, Toni Holt, Robert Q. Lewis, Heather MacRae, Pamela Mason, Sidney Miller, Regis Philbin, Titos Vandis, Stanley Adams, Oscar Beregi, Alan Caillou, Don Chuy, Dort Clark, Erin Fleming, Geoffrey Holder, Baruch Lumet, Tom Mack, Jay Robinson, Ref Sanchez, Robert Walden, H.E. West, Norman Alden, William Beckley, Al Silvani	Comedy	Live Action
	9	Snoopy, Come Home	National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films / Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Productions / Sopwith Productions	Bill Melendez (director); Charles M. Schulz (screenplay); Chad Webber, Robin Kohn, Stephen Shea, Hilary Momberger, Chris De Faria, Linda Mendelson, Bill Melendez, Shelby Flint, Thurl Ravenscroft, Ray Pohlman, Don Ralke, David Carey, Johanna Baer, Linda Ercoli, Guy Pohlman	Musical, Comedy, Drama	Animation
	16	Pope Joan	Columbia Pictures	Michael Anderson (director); John Briley (screenplay); Liv Ullmann, Olivia de Havilland, Lesley-Anne Down, Trevor Howard, Jeremy Kemp, Patrick Magee, Franco Nero, Maximilian Schell, Martin Benson, Terrence Hardiman, André Morell, Derek Farr, Richard Pearson, Margareta Pogonat, Richard Bebb, John Shrapnel, Peter Arne, George Innes, Nigel Havers, Kurt Christian, Phillip Ross, Duncan Lamont, Robert Beatty, John Abineri, Lyndon Brook, Keir Dullea, Harry Fielder, Fred Wood, Natasha Nicolescu, Sharon Winter	Historical, Biography, Drama	Live Action
	22	And Now for Something Completely Different	Columbia-Warner Distributors / Playboy Productions / Kettledrum Films / Lownes Productions / Python (Monty) Pictures	Ian MacNaughton, Terry Gilliam (directors); Monty Python (screenplay); Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth, Lewis Alexander, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, Lesley Judd, Fred Wood, Artur Axmann, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, King George VI, Richard Nixon, Queen Elizabeth the 2nd	Comedy	Live Action
	23	To Kill a Clown	20th Century Fox / Palomar Pictures	George Bloomfield (director/screenplay); I.C. Rapoport (screenplay); Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Heath Lamberts, Eric Clavering	Thriller	Live Action
	25	Blacula	American International Pictures / Power Productions	William Crain (director); Joan Torres, Raymond Koenig, Richard Glouner (screenplay); William Marshall, Denise Nicholas, Vonetta McGee, Gordon Pinsent, Thalmus Rasulala, Ketty Lester, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Elisha Cook Jr., The Hues Corporation, Emily Yancy, Lance Taylor Sr., Logan Field, Ted Harris, Rick Metzler, Charles Macaulay, Eric Brotherson	Blaxploitation, Horror	Live Action
	30	The Last House on the Left	American International Pictures / Hallmark Releasing / Sean S. Cunningham Films / The Night Company / Lobster Enterprises	Wes Craven (director/screenplay); Sandra Peabody, David A. Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, Martin Kove, Steve Miner, Lucy Grantham, Marc Sheffler, Cynthia Garr, Gaylord St. James, Marshall Anker, Ada Washington	Exploitation, Horror	Live Action
S E P T E M B E R	1	Bluebeard	Cinerama Releasing Corporation / Gloria Film S.r.l. / Barnabé Productions S.a.r.l. / Geiselgasteig Film GmbH	Edward Dmytryk (director/screenplay); Ennio De Concini, Maria Pia Fusco (screenplay); Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon, Marilù Tolo, Karin Schubert, Agostina Belli, Sybil Danning, Joey Heatherton, Jean Lefebvre, Karl-Otto Alberty, Kurt Großkurth, Sándor Szabó, Dennis Burgess, Mathieu Carrière, Edward Meeks, Doka Bukova, Erica Schramm, Thomas Fischer, Peter Martin Urtel, Mag-Avril	Crime, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	9	Man of the East	United Artists / Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) / Les Productions Artistes Associés	E.B. Clucher (director/screenplay); Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Yanti Somer, Harry Carey Jr., Enzo Fiermonte, Riccardo Pizzuti, Salvatore Borghese, Steffen Zacharias, Pupo De Luca, Zach Bell, Dominic Barto, Danika La Loggia, Jean Louis, Alessandro Sperli, Luigi Casellato, Tony Burton, Rigal Suzanne Leone, Kevin Richmond	Western	Live Action
	12	Slaughter	American International Pictures	Jack Starrett (director); Don Williams, Mark Hanna (screenplay); Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Don Gordon, Marlene Clark, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Phillips, Marion Brash, Roger Cudney, Norman Alfe, Eddie LoRusso, Buddy Garion, Lance Winston, Juan Jose Laboriel, Francisca Lopez de Laboriel	Blaxploitation, Action, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	13	The Ruling Class	Embassy Pictures	Peter Medak (director); Peter Barnes (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne, Michael Bryant, Graham Crowden, Nigel Green, William Mervyn, Carolyn Seymour, James Villiers, Hugh Burden, Henry Woolf, Oliver McGreevy, Kay Walsh, Patsy Byrne, Cyril Appleton, Leslie Schofield, Joan Cooper, Declan Mulholland, James Grout, James Hazeldine, Ronald Adam, Llewellyn Rees, Kenneth Benda, Hugh Owens, Griffith Davies, Julian D'Albie	Black Comedy	Live Action
	15	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	20th Century Fox	Luis Buñuel (director/screenplay); Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay); Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Julien Bertheau, Milena Vukotic, Claude Piéplu, Muni, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Maguelon, François Maistre, Jacques Rispal, Amparo Soler Leal, Georges Douking, Maxence Mailfort, Bernard Musson, Maria Gabriella Maione, Christian Baltauss, Alix Mahieux	Comedy	Live Action
	21	Cancel My Reservation	Warner Bros.	Paul Bogart (director); Robert Fisher, Arthur Marx (screenplay); Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Forrest Tucker, Anne Archer, Keenan Wynn, Henry Darrow, Chief Dan George, Doodles Weaver, Betty Ann Carr, Herb Vigran, Pat Morita, Gordon Oliver, Richard Yniguez, Paul Bogart, Johnny Carson, Bing Crosby, John Wayne, Flip Wilson	Comedy	Live Action
	22	Another Nice Mess	Fine Films	Bob Einstein (director/screenplay); Rich Little, Herb Voland, Bruce Kirby, Stewart Bradley, Stanley Adams, Magda Harout, Billy Sands, Bob Einstein, Art Lassiter, Norman Grabowski, Hal Smith, Michael Elias, Steve Martin, Kate Murtagh, Dick Enberg, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Adolf Hitler, Richard Nixon, Diahn Williams, Ivan Naranjo, Tiger Joe Marsh, John McDonald	Comedy	Live Action
	24	Sounder	20th Century Fox / Radnitz/Mattel Productions	Martin Ritt (director); Lonne Elder III (screenplay); Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Matthews, Taj Mahal, James Best, Janet MacLachlan, Jerry Leggio, Eric Hooks, Yvonne Jarrell, Sylvia "Kuumba" Williams, Ted Airhart, Richard Durham, Spencer Bradford, Judge William Thomas Bennett, Reverend Thomas N. Phillips	Drama	Live Action
	26	Solaris	Mosfilm	Andrei Tarkovsky (director/screenplay); Fridrikh Gorenshtein (screenplay); Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Nikolai Grinko, Olga Barnet, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Sos Sargsyan, Aleksandr Misharin, Yulian Semyonov, Bagrat Oganesyan, Tamara Ogorodnikova, Tatyana Malykh, Vitalik Kerdimun, Olga Kizilova, Georgiy Teykh, Raimundas Banionis	Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery	Live Action
	28	Dracula A.D. 1972	Columbia-Warner Distributors / Hammer Film Productions	Alan Gibson (director); Don Houghton (screenplay); Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame, Marsha Hunt, Caroline Munro, Janet Key, Michael Kitchen, Lally Bowers, Flanagan, Stoneground, Michael Coles, Penny Brahms, William Ellis, Philip Miller, David Andrews, Constance Luttrell, Michael Daly, Artro Morris, Jo Richardson, Brian John Smith	Horror	Live Action

October–December


Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
O C T O B E R	4	Hickey & Boggs	United Artists / Film Guarantors	Robert Culp (director); Walter Hill (screenplay); Bill Cosby, Robert Culp, Rosalind Cash, Isabel Sanford, Robert Mandan, Michael Moriarty, Jack Colvin, Vincent Gardenia, Ed Lauter, Joe E. Tata, James Woods, Dean Smith, Bernard Nedell, Bernie Schwartz, Bill Hickman, Roger E. Mosley, Ta-Ronce Allen, Lou Frizzell, Sheila Sullivan	Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama, Thriller	Live Action
	8	Bad Company	Paramount Pictures	Robert Benton (director/screenplay); David Newman (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston, John Savage, Jerry Houser, Geoffrey Lewis, Raymond Guth, Ed Lauter, John Quade, Charles Tyner, Ted Gehring, Damon Cofer, Joshua Hill Lewis, Jean Allison, Ned Wertimer, Claudia Bryar, John Boyd	Western	Live Action
	11	Dumbo (re-release)	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Ben Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney, Samuel Armstrong (directors); Joe Grant, Dick Huemer (screenplay); Edward Brophy, Verna Felton, Cliff Edwards, Herman Bing, Sterling Holloway, The Hall Johnson Choir, Billy Bletcher, Margaret Wright, The King's Men, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, Malcolm Hutton, John McLeish	Fantasy, Adventure, Drama	Animation
	12	The King of Marvin Gardens	Columbia Pictures / BBS Productions	Bob Rafelson (director); Jacob Brackman (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Scatman Crothers, John Ryan, Sully Boyar, Josh Mostel, Tony King, Jerry Fujikawa, Conrad Yama, Julia Anne Robinson, Charles LaVine, Arnold Williams, William Pabst	Drama	Live Action
	14	Last Tango in Paris	United Artists / Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) / Les Productions Artistes Associés	Bernando Bertolucci (director/screenplay); Franco Arcalli, Agnès Varda (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Massimo Girotti, Catherine Allégret, Catherine Breillat, Darling Légitimus, Veronica Lazăr, Gitt Magrini, Luce Marquand, Dan Diament, Catherine Sola, Mauro Marchetti, Peter Schommer, Marie-Hélène Breillat, Armand Abplanalp, Rachel Kesterber, Ramón Mendizábal, Mimi Pinson, Gérard Lepennec, Stéphane Koziak	Drama	Live Action
	18	Run, Cougar, Run	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Jerome Courtland (director); Louis Pelletier (screenplay); Stuart Whitman, Frank Aletter, Lonny Chapman, Douglas Fowley, Harry Carey Jr., Alfonso Arau	Western	Live Action
	19	Play It as It Lays	Universal Pictures / F.P. Productions	Frank Perry (director); Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne (screenplay); Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke, Ruth Ford, Eddie Firestone, Diana Ewing, Paul Lambert, Chuck McCann, Severn Darden, Tony Young, Richard Anderson, Mitzi Hoag, Tyne Daly, Roger Ewing, John P. Finnegan, Darlene Conley, Arthur Knight, Elizabeth Claman, Jennifer C. Lesko, Richard Ryal, Tracy Morgan, Albert Johnson, Allan Warnick	Drama	Live Action
	19	When the Legends Die	20th Century Fox	Stuart Millar (director); Robert Dozier (screenplay); Richard Widmark, Frederic Forrest, Luana Anders, Vito Scotti, John War Eagle, Garry Walberg, Jack Mullaney, Roy Engel, Rex Holman, Herbert Nelson, John Gruber, Malcolm Curley, Mel Gallagher, Tillman Box, Sondra Pratt	Western	Live Action
	21	Lady Sings the Blues	Paramount Pictures / Motown Productions	Sidney J. Furie (director); Suzanne de Passe, Chris Clark, Terence McCloy (screenplay); Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Sid Melton, Virginia Capers, Yvonne Fair, Isabel Sanford, Jester Hairston, Lynn Hamilton, Robert Gordy, Paulene Myers, Scatman Crothers, Ned Glass, Milton Selzer, Norman Bartold, Clay Tanner, Bert Kramer, George Wyner, Larry Duran, Darlene Conley, Jayne Kennedy, Victor Morosco, Harry Caesar	Biography, Drama	Live Action
	31	Pancho Villa	Scotia International Film Distributors / Granada Films	Eugenio Martín (director); Julian Halevy (screenplay); Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors, Anne Francis, José María Prada, Ángel del Pozo, Antonio Casas, Alberto Dalbés, Luis Dávila, Mónica Randall, Walter Coy	Western	Live Action
N O V E M B E R	1	Daughters of Satan	United Artists / A & S Productions	Hollingsworth Morse (director); John C. Higgins (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie, Paraluman, Vic Silayan, Vic Díaz, Gina Laforteza, Ben Rubio, Paquito Salcedo, Chito Reyes, Bobby Greenwood	Horror	Live Action
		Dirty Little Billy	Columbia Pictures / WRG/Dragoti Productions Ltd.	Stan Dragoti (director/screenplay); Charles Moss (screenplay); Michael J. Pollard, Richard Evans, Lee Purcell, Charles Aidman, Willard Sage, Mills Watson, Ronny Graham, Josip Elic, Richard Stahl, Gary Busey, Dick Van Patten, Frank Welker, Severn Darden, Len Lesser, Ed Lauter, Nick Nolte, Dran Hamilton, Alex Wilson, Scott Walker, Rosary Nix, Craig Bovia, Henry Proach	Western	Live Action
		Trouble Man	20th Century Fox	Ivan Dixon (director); John D.F. Black (screenplay); Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers, Paula Kelly, Julius Harris, Bill Henderson, Vince Howard, Stack Pierce, Nathaniel Taylor, Lawrence Cook, Virginia Capers, Gordon Jump, Jean Bell, Wayne Storm, Akili Jones, Rick Ferrell, James "Texas Blood" Brown	Blaxploitation, Crime, Thriller	Live Action
	15	Daisy Town	United Artists / Belvision Studios / Dargaud Films	René Goscinny (director/screenplay); Morris, Pierre Tchernia (screenplay); Marcel Bozzuffi, Pierre Trabaud, Jacques Balutin, Jacques Jouanneau, Pierre Tornade, Jean Berger, Roger Carel, Jacques Legras, Nicole Croisille, Gérard Dinal, André Legal, Jacques Hilling, Denise Bosc, Jacques Fabbri, Claude Dasset, Georges Atlas, Rosy Varte, Pat Woods, Jacques Bodoin	Adventure, Comedy	Animation
	15	Ulzana's Raid	Universal Pictures / De Haven Productions / The Associates & Aldrich Company	Robert Aldrich (director); Alan Sharp (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Richard Jaeckel, Joaquín Martínez, Lloyd Bochner, Karl Swenson, Douglass Watson, John Pearce, Richard Bull, George Aguilar, Dean Smith, Jorge Luke, Dran Hamilton, Gladys Holland, Margaret Fairchild, Aimee Eccles, Otto Reichow	Western	Live Action
	17	1776	Columbia Pictures	Peter H. Hunt (director); Peter Stone (screenplay); William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, Blythe Danner, John Cullum, David Ford, Virginia Vestoff, Ron Holgate, Emory Bass, Howard Caine, John Myhers, Rex Robbins, William Hansen, Ray Middleton, James Noble, Patrick Hines, Ralston Hill, William Duell, William Bassett, Nicolas Coster, Jack De Mave, Peter Forster, John Holland, Jonathan Moore, Roy Poole, Leo Leyden, Charles Rule, Daniel Keyes, Stephen Nathan	Musical, Drama, Family, History	Live Action
		Asylum	Cinema International Corporation / Amicus Productions / Harbor Productions	Roy Ward Baker (director); Robert Bloch (screenplay); Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Robert Powell, Herbert Lom, Barry Morse, Patrick Magee, Geoffrey Bayldon, Barbara Parkins, Sylvia Syms, Richard Todd, Ann Firbank, John Franklyn-Robbins, Charlotte Rampling, James Villiers, Megs Jenkins, Frank Forsyth	Horror	Live Action
		The Mechanic	United Artists	Michael Winner (director); Lewis John Carlino (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland, Linda Ridgeway, Frank de Kova, Lindsay Crosby, Takayuki Kubota, Patrick O'Moore, Enzo Fiermonte, Celeste Yarnall, Steve Vinovich, Robert Jaffe, Ernie Orsatti	Action, Thriller	Live Action
	18	Sisters (Filmex, Los Angeles)	American International Pictures / Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation	Brian De Palma (director/screenplay); Louisa Rose (screenplay); Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, Bill Finley, Lisle Wilson, Barnard Hughes, Dolph Sweet, Olympia Dukakis, Justine Johnston, Mary Davenport, Catherine Gaffigan	Horror	Live Action
	20	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Fox-Rank Distributors / Josef Shaftel Productions	William Sterling (director/screenplay); Fiona Fullerton, Hywel Bennett, Michael Crawford, Robert Helpmann, Michael Hordern, Michael Jayston, Davy Kaye, Roy Kinnear, Spike Milligan, Dudley Moore, Dennis Price, Ralph Richardson, Flora Robson, Peter Sellers, Rodney Bewes, Ray Brooks, Richard Warwick, Dennis Waterman, Julian Chagrin, Peter Bull, Patsy Rowlands, Freddie Cox, Frank Cox, Ian Trigger, Stanley Bates, Freddie Earlie, William Ellis, Mike Elles, Peter O'Farrell, Victoria Shallard, Pippa Vickers, Ray Edwards, Melita Manger, Angela Morgan, June Kidd, Michael Reardon, Brian Tipping	Musical, Adventure, Family, Fantasy	Live Action
	20	Black Gunn	Columbia Pictures / Champion Production Company / World Arts Media / World Film Services	Robert Hartford-Davis (director); Franklin Coen, Robert Shearer (screenplay); Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Luciana Paluzzi, Vida Blue, Stephen McNally, Keefe Brasselle, Timothy Brown, William Campbell, Bruce Glover, Bernie Casey, Gary Conway, Chuck Daniel, Rick Ferrell, Gene Washington, Julian Christopher, Tony Young, Katherine Woodville, Jeannie Bell, Tony Giorgio, Tommy Davis, Toni Holt Kramer, Mark Tapscott, Don Borisenko, Gyl Roland, Lavelle Roby, Frank Bello	Neo-Noir, Action, Crime, Thriller	Live Action
	22	Rage	Warner Bros.	George C. Scott (director); Philip Friedman, Dan Kleinman (screenplay); George C. Scott, Richard Basehart, Martin Sheen, Barnard Hughes, Paul Stevens, Stephen Young, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Walden, William Jordan, Dabbs Greer, John Dierkes, Bette Henritze, Lou Frizzell, Ed Lauter, Terry Wilson, Nicolas Beauvy, Fielding Greaves	Drama, Thriller, Mystery	Live Action
	22	They Only Kill Their Masters	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	James Goldstone (director); Lane Slate (screenplay); James Garner, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook, Harry Guardino, June Allyson, Tom Ewell, Peter Lawford, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Ann Rutherford, Art Metrano, Christopher Connelly, Jason Wingreen, Robert Nichols, Norma Connolly, Royce D. Applegate, Alma Beltran, Chuck Courtney, John Davey, Larry Duran, Kim Kahana, Harry Masch, Jenifer Shaw, David Westberg, Lee Pulford	Mystery, Romance, Thriller	Live Action
D E C E M B E R	2	Brother Sun, Sister Moon	Paramount Pictures	Franco Zeffirelli (director/screenplay); Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Lina Wertmüller, Kenneth Ross (screenplay); Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Lee Montague, Valentina Cortese, Alec Guinness, Michael Feast, John Sharp, Adolfo Celi, Sandro Dori, Robin Askwith, Fortunato Arena, Carlo Hinterman, Nerina Montagnani, Carlo Pisacane, Carleton Hobbs, Massimo Foschi, John Karlsen, Marne Maitland, Robert Rietti, Nicholas Willatt, Francesco Guerrieri, Aristide Caporale, Alfredo Bianchini, Renato Terra Caizzi	Biography, Drama, History	Live Action
	3	Horror Express (U.K.)	Scotia International / Granada Films / Benmar Productions	Eugenio Martín (director); Arnaud d'Usseau, Julian Halevy (screenplay); Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tortosa, Julio Peña, Telly Savalas, George Rigaud, Helga Liné, Alice Reinheart, Ángel del Pozo, José Jaspe, Víctor Israel, Barta Barri, José Canalejas, Robert Rietti, Roger Delgado, Faith Clift, Juan Olaguivel, Hiroshi Kitatawa, Vicente Roca, José Marco, Allen Russell	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
	8	Sleuth (U.K.)	20th Century Fox / Palomar Pictures International	Joseph L. Mankiewicz (director); Anthony Shaffer (screenplay); Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, John Matthews, Eve Channing, Teddy Martin	Mystery, Comedy, Thriller	Live Action
	12	Child's Play	Paramount Pictures	Sidney Lumet (director); Leon Prochnik (screenplay); James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, David Rounds, Kate Harrington, Tom Leopold, Christopher Man, Paul O'Keefe, Ron Weyand, Charles White, Brian Chapin, Bryant Fraser	Drama, Mystery, Thriller	Live Action
		Man of La Mancha	United Artists / Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)	Arthur Hiller (director); Dale Wasserman (screenplay); Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews, John Castle, Ian Richardson, Brian Blessed, Julie Gregg, Rosalie Crutchley, Gino Conforti, Marne Maitland, Dorothy Sinclair, Miriam Acevedo	Drama, Fantasy, Musical	Live Action
		The Poseidon Adventure	20th Century Fox / Kent Productions, Ltd.	Ronald Neame (director); Stirling Silliphant, Wendell Mayes (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea, Leslie Nielsen, Fred Sadoff, Sheila Mathews, John Crawford, Bob Hastings, Charles Bateman, Dick Durock, Maurice Marsac, Ernie Orsatti, David Sharpe, Tucker Smith, Paul Stader, Tom Steele, Waddy Wachtel, Byron Webster, Jan Arvan, Erik Nelson, Bobby Porter	Disaster, Action, Adventure, Drama	Live Action
	13	The Getaway	National General Pictures / First Artists / Solar Productions / David Foster Productions / Tatiana Films	Sam Peckinpah (director); Walter Hill (screenplay); Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Sally Struthers, Slim Pickens, Richard Bright, Jack Dodson, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Roy Jenson, Dick Crockett, Hal Smith, John Bryson, Bill Hart, Tom Runyon	Heist, Action, Crime, Thriller	Live Action
	17	Avanti!	United Artists / Phalanx Productions / Jalem Productions / The Mirisch Corporation / Produzioni Europee Associati	Billy Wilder (director/screenplay); I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews, Gianfranco Barra, Franco Angrisano, Pippo Franco, Giacomo Rizzo, Antonino Faà di Bruno, Yanti Somer, Janet Agren, Ty Hardin, Sergio Bruni, Franco Acampora, Giselda Castrini, Raffaele Mottola, Harry Ray	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		The Heartbreak Kid	20th Century Fox / Palomar Pictures	Elaine May (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley, Eddie Albert, William Prince, Augusta Dabney, Doris Roberts, Erik Lee Preminger, Art Metrano, Marianne Muellerleile, Neil Simon, Mitchell Jason, Marilyn Putnam, Jack Hausman, Tim Browne, Jean Scoppa, Greg Scherick	Romance, Black Comedy	Live Action
		Pete 'n' Tillie	Universal Pictures	Martin Ritt (director); Julius J. Epstein (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson, René Auberjonois, Lee Harcourt Montgomery, Henry Jones, Kent Smith, Philip Bourneuf, Whit Bissell, Timothy Blake, Don Diamond, Angela Greene, Roberta Haynes, Kathleen Hughes, Robert Nichols, Isabel Sanford, Anne Whitfield	Comedy, Drama, Romance	Live Action
		Travels with My Aunt	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	George Cukor (director); Jay Presson Allen, Hugh Wheeler (screenplay); Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Stephens, Cindy Williams, Robert Flemyng, José Luis López Vázquez, Raymond Gérôme, Daniel Emilfork, Corinne Marchand, John Hamill, David Swift, Bernard Holley, Valerie White, Antonio Pica, Jesús Guzmán, William Layton, Julio Peña, Aldo Sambrell, Patricia Wright	Comedy	Live Action
		Daigoro vs. Goliath (Japan)	Toho / Tsuburaya Productions	Toshihiro Iijima (director); Kitao Senzoku (screenplay); Hiroshi Inuzuka, Akiji Kobayashi, Shinsuke Minami, Kazuya Kosaka, Hachiro Misumi	Action, Family, Fantasy	Live Action
	18	Images	Columbia Pictures	Robert Altman (director/screenplay); Susannah York (screenplay); Susannah York, René Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais, Cathryn Harrison, Barbara Baxley, John Morley	Drama, Horror, Mystery	Live Action
	18	The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean	National General Pictures / First Artists	John Huston (director); John Milius (screenplay); Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Tab Hunter, John Huston, Stacy Keach, Roddy McDowall, Anthony Perkins, Anthony Zerbe, Ava Gardner, Victoria Principal, Ned Beatty, Matt Clark, Billy Pearson, Bill McKinney, Steve Kanaly, Michael Sarrazin, David Sharpe, Jack Colvin, Dick Farnsworth, Roy Jenson, Fred Krone, Dean Smith, Howard Morton, Don Starr, Stan Barrett, Jeannie Epper, Bruno, Jim Burk, Mark Headley	Western, Comedy, Drama, Romance	Live Action
	19	Across 110th Street	United Artists / Film Guarantors	Barry Shear (director); Luther Davis (screenplay); Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Paul Benjamin, Ed Bernard, Richard Ward, Antonio Fargas, Norma Donaldson, Gilbert Lewis, Marlene Warfield, Nat Polen, Tim O'Connor, Gloria Hendry, Burt Young, Charles McGregor, Paul Harris, Robert Sacchi, Ric Mancini, Dick Crockett, George DiCenzo, Steve Gravers, Mel Winkler, Janet Sarno, Arnold Williams, Frank Macetta	Action, Crime, Drama	Live Action
	20	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds	20th Century Fox	Paul Newman (director); Alvin Sargent (screenplay); Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts, Judith Lowry, David Spielberg, Richard Venture, Will Hare, Jess Osuna, Roberta Wallach, Carolyn Coates, Estelle Omens, Ellen Dano, Lynne Rogers, Roger Serbagi, John Lehne, Michael Kearney, Dee Victor	Drama	Live Action
	20	Hit Man	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Penelope Productions	George Armitage (director/screenplay); Bernie Casey, Pam Grier, Don Diamond, Edmund Cambridge, Rudy Challenger, Tracy Ann-King, Roger E. Mosley, John Lupton, Carmen Argenziano, Timothy Brown, Paul Gleason, Lisa Moore, Bhetty Waldron, Sam Laws, Candy All, Bob Harris, Christopher Joy	Crime, Drama	Live Action
	21	Jeremiah Johnson	Warner Bros. / Sanford Productions (III)	Sydney Pollack (director); Edward Anhalt, John Milius (screenplay); Robert Redford, Will Geer, Stefan Gierasch, Delle Bolton, Josh Albee, Joaquín Martínez, Allyn Ann McLerie, Paul Benedict, Jack Colvin, Matt Clark, Richard Angarola, Charles Tyner, Tanya Tucker	Adventure, Drama, Western	Live Action
	22	Snowball Express	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Norman Tokar (director); Don Tait, Jim Parker, Arnold Margolin (screenplay); Dean Jones, Nancy Olson, Harry Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Johnny Whitaker, Michael McGreevey, George Lindsey, Kathleen Cody, Mary Wickes, David White, Dick Van Patten, Alice Backes, Joanna Phillips, John Myhers	Comedy	Live Action
	22	The Sword in the Stone (re-release)	Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution	Wolfgang Reitherman (director); Bill Peet (screenplay); Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Sebastian Cabot, Norman Alden, Martha Wentworth, Alan Napier, Thurl Ravenscroft, James MacDonald, Ginny Tyler, Barbara Jo Allen, Tudor Owen, Richard Reitherman, Robert Reitherman	Musical, Fantasy, Comedy	Animation
	30	Way of the Dragon	Golden Harvest / Concord Production Inc.	Bruce Lee (director/screenplay); Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Paul Wei, Huang Chung-hsin, Tony Liu, Unicorn Chan, Chuck Norris, Malisa Longo, Robert Wall, Hwang In-shik, Jon T. Benn, Anders Nelsson, Andre E. Morgan, John Derbyshire, Tommy Chen, Chin Ti, Wu Ngan, Robert Chan	Martial Arts, Action, Comedy	Live Action

Notable films released in 1972

United States unless stated

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The 14 Amazons (Shi si nu ying hao), directed by Cheng Kang, starring Lisa Lu, Lily Ho, Ivy Ling Po. (Hong Kong historical drama martial arts film)
1776, starring William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, John Cullum, Ken Howard, Blythe Danner

X

X, Y, and Zee, aka Zee and Co., starring Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York

Y

You'll Like My Mother, starring Patty Duke
Young Winston, biopic of Winston Churchill, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft – (U.K.)

Births

January 5 - Luciana Pedraza, Argentine actress and director
January 9 – Deon Cole, American actor
January 11 – Amanda Peet, American actress
January 12 - Zabryna Guevara, American actress
January 15 – Kobe Tai, Taiwanese-American adult and mainstream actress
January 20 - Adrian Martinez (actor), American actor and comedian
January 22 - Romi Park, Japanese actress and singer
January 23 - Ewen Bremner, Scottish character actor
January 26 - Cyia Batten, American dancer, model and actress
January 28 - Peter McDonald (actor), Irish actor and director
February 1 - Tego Calderón, Puerto Rican rapper, singer and actor
February 7 - Robyn Lively, American actress
February 9 – Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
February 16 - Sarah Clarke, American actress
February 20 – Gareth Unwin, English producer^[4]
February 24 - James Bachman, English comedian, actor and writer
February 26 – Keith Ferguson, American voice actor
February 27 - Richard Coyle, English actor
March 4 – Garth Jennings, English film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer
March 9
- Jean Louisa Kelly, American actress and singer
- Kerr Smith, American actor
March 13 – Common, American actor and singer
March 18 – Dane Cook, American comedian
March 23 – Judith Godrèche, French actress
March 24
- Charlie Creed-Miles, English actor and musician
- Tony Leondis, Greek-American animator, filmmaker and voice actor
March 26 – Leslie Mann, American actress
March 28 – Nick Frost, English actor, comedian, writer and producer
March 31 – Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish director, writer and soundtrack composer
April 3 - Catherine McCormack, English actress
April 5 - Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress and voice actress
April 6 - Jason Hervey, American actor and producer
April 8 - Sung Kang, American actor
April 10 - Vincent Zhao, Chinese actor and martial artist
April 15 - Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
April 17 – Jennifer Garner, American actress
April 18 - Eli Roth, American director, screenwriter, producer and actor
April 20 - Carmen Electra, American actress, singer and model
April 26 - Bronagh Gallagher, Irish actress and singer
April 28 - Gabriel Casseus, American actor ands screenwriter
April 29 – Derek Mears, American actor and stuntman
May 2 – Dwayne Johnson, American actor
May 7 - Jennifer Yuh Nelson, South Korean-born American story artist and director
May 12 - Christian Campbell, Canadian actor
May 14 - Gabriel Mann, American actor and model
May 20 - Busta Rhymes, American rapper and actor
May 22 - Max Brooks, American actor
May 25 - Karan Johar, Indian director
May 28
- Kate Ashfield, English actress
- Chiara Mastroianni, French actress
May 31 - Archie Panjabi, British actress
June 2 - Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, producer, game show host, television personality and presenter
June 7 – Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
June 19
- Jean Dujardin, French actor
- Robin Tunney, American actress
June 23 – Selma Blair, American actress
June 28 – Alessandro Nivola, American actor
July 3 - Matt Schulze, American actor and musician
July 5 – Gilles Lellouche, French actor and director
July 7 - Heather Kafka, American actress
July 10
- Christoph Hochhäusler, German film director and screenwriter
- Peter Serafinowicz, English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
- Sofia Vergara, Colombian American actress, television producer, presenter and model
- John Viener, American actor, voice actor, writer and comedian
July 11 - Michael Rosenbaum, American actor, director, producer, singer and comedian
July 12 – Nenad Jezdić, Serbian actor
July 15 – Scott Foley, American actor, director and screenwriter
July 23 - Marlon Wayans, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
July 27 – Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
July 28 – Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
July 29
- Ato Essandoh, American actor
- Wil Wheaton, American actor
August 1 - Guri Weinberg, Israeli-American actor and writer
August 2 - Jacinda Barrett, Australian-American actress
August 5 - Darren Shahlavi, English actor, martial artist and stuntman (d. 2015)
August 13 - Michael Sinterniklaas, French voice actor
August 15 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director and writer
August 30 – Cameron Diaz, American actress
September 4 - Carlos Ponce, Puerto Rican actor, musician, model and television personality
September 6
- Dylan Bruno, American actor
- Idris Elba, English actor
- Mait Malmsten, Estonian actor
- Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer
September 7 – Matthew Sleeth, Australian director
September 8
- Giovanni Frezza, Italian child actor
- Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor
September 9 – Goran Visnjic, Croatian-American actor
September 15 - John Schwab, American actor
September 16
- Mike Doyle (actor), American actor
- Alex Rice, Aboriginal-Canadian actress
September 21 - Erin Fitzgerald, Canadian voice actress
September 24 - Finty Williams, English actress
September 27 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
October 5 - Tom Hooper, British-Australian filmmaker
October 8
- Enrique Arce, Spanish actor
- Tricia Vessey, American actress, writer and producer
October 15 - Matt Keeslar, American former actor
October 17 – Eminem, American rapper and actor
October 18 - Christopher Knights, English voice actor, editor and cinematographer
October 20 - Thor Freudenthal, German director, screenwriter, animator and special effects artist
October 21 - Masakazu Morita, Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
October 22 – Saffron Burrows, English-American actress
October 23 - Kate del Castillo, Mexican-American actress
October 29 - Gabrielle Union, American actress, voice artist, activist and author
October 30
- David Wilson Barnes, American actor
- Jessica Hynes, English actress, director and writer
November 1
- Toni Collette, Australian actress, producer and singer-songwriter
- Jenny McCarthy, American actress
November 6
- Thandiwe Newton, English actress
- Rebecca Romijn, American actress
November 7
- Christopher Daniel Barnes, American actor and writer
- Jeremy and Jason London, American actors
November 9 - Eric Dane, American actor
November 10 - Trevor Devall, Canadian voice actor and podcaster
November 11 - Adam Beach, Canadian actor
November 13 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese actor, singer and radio personality
November 14 – Josh Duhamel, American actor
November 16 - Michael Irby, American actor
November 19 - Sandrine Holt, British-born Canadian actress
November 21 - Rain Phoenix, American actress, musician and singer
November 26 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
November 29 - Brian Baumgartner, American actor
December 4 - Yūko Miyamura, Japanese actress and voice actress
December 7 – Jennifer Syme, American entertainment industry employee (d. 2001)
December 14
- Jason Barry, Irish actor
- Miranda Hart, English actress, comedian and writer
December 15 – Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
December 16 - Lisa Spoonauer, American former character actress (d. 2017)
December 18 - Jason Mantzoukas, American character actor, comedian, writer and podcaster.
December 19 – Alyssa Milano, American actress
December 20 - Marc Silk, English voice actor
December 23 – Christian Potenza, Canadian actor and voice actor
December 24 – Carmen Moore, Canadian actress
December 26 – Shane Meadows, English independent film director
December 29 – Jude Law, English actor

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Maurice Chevalier	83	France	Actor, Singer	Gigi Can-Can
	8	Wesley Ruggles	82	US	Director, Producer	I'm No Angel Arizona
	17	Rochelle Hudson	55	US	Actress	Rebel Without a Cause Les Miserables
	18	George Mitchell	66	US	Actor	The Andromeda Strain Kid Galahad
	19	Richard Fraser	58	Scotland	Actor	The Picture of Dorian Gray The Fatal Witness
	22	Alec Coppel	64	Australia	Screenwriter	The Captain's Paradise Vertigo
	24	Jerome Cowan	74	US	Actor	The Maltese Falcon Miracle on 34th Street
	27	Herbert Hübner	82	Germany	Actor	Storm in a Water Glass Robert and Bertram
	29	Hugh McDermott	65	Scotland	Actor	David Livingstone Devil Girl from Mars
February	2	Jessie Royce Landis	75	US	Actress	North by Northwest To Catch a Thief
	7	Walter Lang	75	US	Director	The King and I The Little Princess
	19	John Grierson	73	Scotland	Director, Producer	The Song of Ceylon The Brave Don't Cry
	20	Walter Winchell	74	US	Commentator	Wake Up and Live Love and Hisses
	21	Bronislava Nijinska	64	Poland	Choreographer	A Midsummer Night's Dream
March	3	Harold Young	74	US	Director, Editor	The Scarlet Pimpernel The Mummy's Tomb
	19	Albert Mannheimer	59	US	Screenwriter	Born Yesterday Bloodhounds of Broadway
	20	Marilyn Maxwell	51	US	Actress	Champion The Lemon Drop Kid
	29	J. Arthur Rank	83	England	Executive	So Well Remembered Quartet
	29	Hal Roach Jr.	53	US	Director, Producer	One Million B.C.
	30	Peter Whitney	55	US	Actor	The Big Heat In the Heat of the Night
April	5	Brian Donlevy	71	Ireland	Actor	Kiss of Death Wake Island
	5	Isabel Jewell	64	US	Actress	Gone with the Wind Lost Horizon
	7	Betty Blythe	78	US	Actress	The Queen of Sheba She
	13	Dorothy Dalton	78	US	Actress	Behind Masks The Woman Who Walked Alone
	20	Jorge Mistral	51	Spain	Actor	Andalusia Express The White Sister
	25	George Sanders	65	England	Actor	All About Eve Rebecca
	25	Alfred J. Goulding	87	Australia	Director	Step Lively A Chump at Oxford
	27	Bobby Howes	76	England	Producer, Director	Sweet Devil Yes, Madam?
	28	Harry Joe Brown	81	US	Producer, Director	Captain Blood Knickerbocker Holiday
	30	Gia Scala	38	England	Actor	The Guns of Navarone Don't Go Near the Water
May	3	Bruce Cabot	68	US	Actor	King Kong Diamonds Are Forever
	5	Frank Tashlin	59	US	Director	Son of Paleface Artists and Models
	7	Henri Diamant-Berger	76	France	Director, producer, screenwriter	Les Trois Mousquetaires Monsieur Fabre
	12	Steve Ihnat	37	Czechoslovakia	Actor	Madigan Zig Zag
	13	Dan Blocker	43	US	Actor	Lady in Cement Come Blow Your Horn
	15	Nigel Green	47	South Africa	Actor	The Ipcress File Zulu
	18	Sidney Franklin	79	US	Director, Producer	Duel in the Sun The Good Earth
	21	Margaret Rutherford	80	England	Actress	The V.I.P.s Murder, She Said
	23	Richard Day	76	Canada	Art director	How Green Was My Valley On the Waterfront
	24	Asta Nielsen	90	Denmark	Actress	Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance Impossible Love
	25	Charles C. Coleman	70	US	Director	Homicide Bureau The Shadow
June	17	Jean Brochard	79	France	Actor	The Law Is the Law Les Diaboliques
	17	Gale Henry	79	US	Actress	Two-Time Mama Darkened Rooms
	20	Sidney Lanfield	74	US	Director	The Hound of the Baskervilles The Lemon Drop Kid
	22	Paul Czinner	82	Hungary	Director, screenwriter	Dreaming Lips Ariane, jeune fille russe
	25	Nicholas Hannen	74	England	Director	The Dictator Richard III
	27	Thomy Bourdelle	81	France	Actor	The Return of Don Camillo The Call of Silence
July	3	Hal Walker	76	US	Director	Sailor Beware At War with the Army
	6	Brandon deWilde	30	US	Actor	Shane Hud
	10	Emrys Jones	56	England	Actor	One of Our Aircraft Is Missing Nicholas Nickleby
	10	Harmon Jones	61	Canada	Director	Pride of St. Louis The Kid from Left Field
	19	Sally Benson	74	US	Screenwriter	Shadow of a Doubt Viva Las Vegas
	28	Helen Traubel	73	US	Actress, Singer	Deep in My Heart The Ladies Man
August	7	Joi Lansing	43	US	Actress	Touch of Evil A Hole in the Head
	7	Tom Neal	58	US	Actor	Jungle Girl Detour
	14	Oscar Levant	65	US	Actor	An American in Paris The Band Wagon
	16	Pierre Brasseur	66	France	Actor	Les Enfants du Paradis Eyes Without a Face
	19	Roger Furse	68	England	Costume and production designer	Henry V Hamlet
	24	D. Ross Lederman	77	US	Director	Key Witness The Body Disappears
	27	Gaby André	52	France	Actress	Verdi, the King of Melody Highway 301
September	11	Max Fleischer	89	US	Animator, Director, Producer	Popeye the Sailor Betty Boop for President
	12	William Boyd	77	US	Actor	Hop-Along Cassidy The Volga Boatman
	14	Lane Chandler	73	US	Actor	Open Range The Cheyenne Cyclone
	17	Akim Tamiroff	72	Russia	Actor	Touch of Evil Ocean's 11
	29	Max Nosseck	70	Germany	Director	Black Beauty Dillinger
	29	Edward Sloman	86	US	Actor	Gun Smoke The Lost Zeppelin
	30	Edgar G. Ulmer	68	Austria	Director	The Black Cat Detour
October	4	Colin Gordon	61	England	Actor	The Pink Panther Casino Royale
	9	Miriam Hopkins	69	US	Actress	Trouble in Paradise Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
	16	Leo G. Carroll	85	England	Actor	North by Northwest Strangers on a Train
	22	Jack Melford	73	England	Actor	A Shot in the Dark Lust for a Vampire
	24	Claire Windsor	80	US	Actor	The Blot Captain Lash
	28	Mitchell Leisen	74	US	Director	Midnight Kitty
November	5	Reginald Owen	85	England	Actor	Mary Poppins A Christmas Carol
	7	Tod Andrews	57	Russia	Actor	From Hell It Came Beneath the Planet of the Apes
	10	Francis Chagrin	66	Romania	Composer	The Intruder The Colditz Story
	16	Vera Karalli	83	Russia	Actress	A Woman's Revenge The King of Paris
	23	Marie Wilson	56	US	Actress	Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation My Friend Irma
	29	Eve Southern	72	US	Actress	Clothes Make the Woman Morocco (film)
	30	William P. S. Earle	89	US	Director	The Way of a Maid Love's Masquerade
December	6	Janet Munro	38	England	Actress	Swiss Family Robinson Darby O'Gill and the Little People
	9	William Dieterle	79	Germany	Director	The Life of Emile Zola The Story of Louis Pasteur
	9	Louella Parsons	91	US	Columnist, Screenwriter	Hollywood Hotel Starlift
	15	Edward Earle	90	Canada	Actor	The Law of the Yukon Spite Marriage
	19	Jacques Deval	77	France	Director, Screenwriter	Women's Club Tovaritch

Film debuts

Anne Archer – The Honkers
William Atherton – The New Centurions
Margaret Avery – Cool Breeze
Ned Beatty – Deliverance
Jerry Bruckheimer (producer) – The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Robert Carradine – The Cowboys
Dominic Chianese – Fuzz
Candy Clark – Fat City
Ronny Cox – Deliverance
Blythe Danner – To Kill a Clown
Peter Firth – Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Jodie Foster – Napoleon and Samantha
Jackie Earle Haley – The Outside Man
Bob Hoskins – Up the Front
Isabelle Huppert – Faustine et le Bel Été
Samuel L. Jackson – Together for Days
Madeline Kahn - What's Up, Doc?
Ben Kingsley – Fear Is the Key
Ed Lauter - Dirty Little Billy
John Lithgow – Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
David Margulies - Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
Steve Martin – Another Nice Mess
Frank McRae – Cool Breeze
Brian Doyle-Murray – Fuzz
Nick Nolte – Dirty Little Billy
Jürgen Prochnow – Zoff
Frank Sivero – The Godfather
Stellan Skarsgård – Strandhugg i somras
Jeffrey Tambor – The Summertime Killer
Lily Tomlin – Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
James Woods – The Visitors
George Wyner – Lady Sings the Blues

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