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Black Girl (1972)

January 11, 2022by Eric Binford 8 Comments

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 […]

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1972

The Scientific Cardplayer (1972, aka Lo Scopone Scientifico)

January 12, 2021by Eric Binford 2 Comments

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 […]

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1972

Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)

December 25, 2020by Eric Binford 5 Comments

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, […]

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1972

The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972, TV-Movie)

November 9, 2020by Eric Binford 9 Comments

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: […]

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1972

Madame Sin (1972, TV-Movie)

September 3, 2020by Eric Binford 13 Comments

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 […]

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1972

Bad Company (1972)

December 4, 2019by Eric Binford 18 Comments

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 […]

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1972

Joe Kidd (1972)

November 22, 2019by Eric Binford 13 Comments

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 […]

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1972

Something Evil (1972, TV-Movie)

October 14, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

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 […]

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1972

Frogs (1972)

June 15, 2015by Eric Binford 3 Comments

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 […]

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1972

Ulzana’s Raid (1972)

June 4, 2014by Eric Binford 4 Comments

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. […]

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1972

One Is a Lonely Number (1972, aka Two Is a Happy Number)

April 19, 2014by Eric Binford Leave a comment

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) […]

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1972

Butterflies are Free (1972)

April 18, 2014by Eric Binford Leave a comment

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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