Black Girl (1972)
Synopsis: A single African-American mother (Louise Stubbs, The Landlord) and her three daughters battle each other and the elements. Reaction & Thoughts: “If she makes nothing out of it, it […]
Category Archives: 1972
The Scientific Cardplayer (1972, aka Lo Scopone Scientifico)
Synopsis: Once a year, a wealthy American (Bette Davis) comes to a poverty-stricken Italian village to play cards with a penniless married couple (Alberto Sordi, The White Sheik, and Silvana […]
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
Synopsis: In 1950, a wealthy man dies under mysterious circumstances and leaves his sprawling mansion to his estranged grandson (James Patterson, In the Heat of the Night). Twenty years later, […]
The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: An eccentric ex-judge (Bette Davis) and a cynical parolee (Doug McClure, The Land That Time Forgot) join forces to solve the murder of a wealthy man. Reaction & Thoughts: […]
Madame Sin (1972, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: A mysterious and elusive criminal named Madame Sin (Bette Davis) manipulates a disgruntled ex-CIA agent (Robert Wagner, The Pink Panther) into assisting her with an elaborate plan to steal […]
Bad Company (1972)
Synopsis: During the American Civil War, a pious young man (Barry Brown, Daisy Miller) dodges the draft by fleeing west. He joins a gang of young thieves led by a […]
Joe Kidd (1972)
Synopsis: A corrupt and ruthless land baron (Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies) hires a gunslinger (Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry) to hunt down a Mexican bandido (John Saxon, A Nightmare on Elm […]
Something Evil (1972, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: A family buys a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania unaware that the property houses an evil supernatural entity. Reaction & Thoughts: An early TV production by then on-the-rise young filmmaker […]
Frogs (1972)
Synopsis: While investigating the effects of pollution in the Florida swamps, an environmental photographer, Pickett Smith (Sam Elliott, Road House), is invited to the birthday party of a crippled millionaire, Jason […]
Ulzana’s Raid (1972)
Synopsis: In post-Civil War Arizona, a charismatic Apache named Ulzana (Joaquín Martínez, Jeremiah Johnson) escapes from an “Indian” Reservation. He begins killing local settlers, to the dismay of government officials. […]
One Is a Lonely Number (1972, aka Two Is a Happy Number)
Synopsis: Trish Van Devere (The Changeling and The Hearse) plays Amy, a twenty-seven-year-old housewife who falls into deep depression when her husband (Paul Jenkins, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) […]
Butterflies are Free (1972)
Synopsis: Against the wishes of his domineering mother (Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed), a blind young man, Don (Edward Albert, 40 Carats), leases an apartment in downtown San Francisco. He […]
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