Movies from 1971

10 Rillington Place (1971)

106 mins     Biography, Crime, Drama      

Does the name John Christie mean anything to you? It meant nothing to me before I decided to watch "10 Rillington Place" but it is a name I will never forget. You see John Christie was a serial killer who during the 1940s and...

The Anderson Tapes (1971)

99 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

The Anderson Tapes: Sean Connery stars as Anderson who shortly after being released from prison is planning to rob the apartments where his girlfriend lives...

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

131 mins     Sci-Fi, Thriller      

"The Andromeda Strain" is serious sci-fi, it is the dramatization of "faux" actual events surrounding an alien virus hitting the planet. What does that mean? Well firstly it means that if your attention span is short and stru...

Archer of Fire (1971)

103 mins     Adventure      

Here is the honest truth, I watched "Archer of Fire", which also goes by the names of "L'arciere di fuoco" and "The Scalawag Bunch", hoping it would be a bad movie. Sound harsh but when you have a 1970's Italian movie about R...

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

117 mins     Adventure , Family, Fantasy      

Here's a question for you, if "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" had been released in 1964 and "Mary Poppins" in 1971 which one do you think would be most fondly cherished? I ask the question because as it stands "Mary Poppins" is mo...

The Beguiled (1971)

105 mins     Drama, Romance, War      

Maybe because when I received "The Beguiled" on DVD it was packaged with a couple of Clint Eastwood westerns or that with it being set during the American Civil war that I had preconceptions as to what the movie would be like...

Big Jake (1971)

110 mins     Western      

Whilst not John Wayne's last western there is something about "Big Jake" which feels like a last hoorah, as if Wayne himself felt that he wouldn't make many more westerns and so do one more with the old gang. By the old gang ...

Black Beauty (1971)

106 mins     Drama, Family      

As a child I never read much nor was I read to much as both my parents worked, I say this not in search of pity but to explain that I have never read Anna Sewell's classic "Black Beauty". And whilst I know the name my only re...

The Black Pirate (1971)

99 mins     Action , Adventure , Comedy      

With Terence Hill and Bud Spencer starring as pirates you might be tempted to call "The Black Pirate" a spaghetti swashbuckler but that would be over generous as in reality it is just a 1970s movie which sees two stars of Ita...

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)

94 mins     Horror      

For just a minute I want you to ignore "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" as a movie and think of the storyline which sees a woman possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian Queen who seeks revenge on those who desecrated her sacred t...

The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)

97 mins     Horror      

The Blood on Satan's Claw: when an old skeleton and then a skull is unearthed in a field it causes the young in a village to act strangely...

Brother Outlaw (1971)

84 mins     Western      

As "Brother Outlaw" which is also known as "Rimase uno solo e fu la morte per tutti!" started two things happened. Firstly I was shocked because the DVD I had been given said it was Randolph Scott in "the Cariboo Trail" and t...

Captain Apache (1971)

89 mins     Action , Crime, Mystery, Western      

Have you ever heard Lee Van Cleef sing, just watch the opening credits to "Captain Apache" and you will hear him singing the title music, although in truth coolly reading the lyrics seem a more apt description. But whilst you...

Carry on at Your Convenience (1971)

90 mins     Comedy      

I've always said that during the late 60s and early 70s the "Carry On" movies took a turn for the worse and started to be little more than a series of set piece jokes without a storyline. And "Carry on at Your Convenience" fr...

Carry on Henry (1971)

89 mins     Comedy      

It would be fair to say that there were good "Carry on" movies and bad "Carry on" movies, very few were in between. The good were clever, full of double entendres and amusing characters where as the bad basically went too far...

City Beneath the Sea (1971)

98 mins     Action , Sci-Fi, TV Movie      

I guess I am just an old movie soul as whilst I enjoy modern movies which create the impossible with the aid of CGI I love the old sci-fi movies which have props full of bells and whistles to make them look high tech. I also ...

Columbo: Dead Weight (1971)

76 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

"Columbo: Dead Weight" is a bit of curious episode of Columbo as it seems to be unsure what sort of episode it is. For those who are familiar with "Columbo" will know what I mean because some episodes were all about the cover...

Columbo: Death Lends a Hand (1971)

76 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

"Columbo: Death Lends a Hand" is one of the episodes from Season 1 from back in 1971 and it was the 1st of 4 episodes which director Bernard L. Kowalski made over the years. Like other episodes from the first series Kowalski ...

Columbo: Lady in Waiting (1971)

75 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Columbo: Lady in Waiting (1971) Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) becomes suspicious that the accidental death of a businessman (Richard Anderson) wasn't an accident and begins to suspect that the man's sister (Susan Clark) might have...

Columbo: Murder by the Book (1971)

76 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Season 1, episode 1 and not only does "Columbo" have the wonderful Peter Falk and Jack Cassidy giving it a big dose of snide but look who is in the director's chair, yes a young Steven Spielberg who is yet to really leap to t...