Movies from 1972

A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die (1972)

79 mins Western

"A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die" or "Una ragione per vivere e una per morire" as it is also known is rather an amusing movie. It's amusing not because it's a comedy, it isn't, but because it blatantly draws on "The Dirty D...

A War of Children (1972)

83 mins Drama, TV Movie

Have you ever stumbled across an old, forgotten movie which when you go looking for information find it is rated as high as some recognized classics and it makes you wonder why. It is how I came to watch "A War of Children" w...

Asylum (1972)

88 mins Horror

Asylum: a doctor attends a job interview at an asylum where he must interview and assess the stories of four patients...

Bless This House (1972)

87 mins Comedy

Movie Review - Bless This House - Sidney James stars as Sid Abbot who only wants a quiet life but between his wife, children and new neighbours he isn't going to get one....

Buck and the Preacher (1972)

102 mins Western

Buck and the Preacher: Sidney Poitier & Harry Belafonte star as Buck and the Preacher who help former slaves head West and a way from Bounty Hunters...

Cabaret (1972)

124 mins Drama, Musical

"Cabaret" won 8 out of the 10 Academy Awards it was nominated for including Best Actor in a supporting role, Best Actress in a leading role and Best Director but it didn't win either the Best Picture or Best Writing award and...

The Call of the Wild (1972)

101 mins Adventure , Family

"The Call of the Wild" is a strange movie, it seriously alienated me within the first 20 minutes and I was quite disgusted by what I watched, it struggled to win me back during the middle section but by the end I had strangel...

Carry on Abroad (1972)

88 mins Comedy

If you want to watch a typical "Carry On" movie then "Carry on Abroad" is a typical as you can get, or at least typical of "Carry On" movies form the 70s. Right from the opening scenes with its innuendo filled dialogue betwee...

Carry on Matron (1972)

87 mins Comedy

Whilst I enjoy the earlier "Carry On" movies I've always found those which came around the start of the 70s to be weak and all very samey with their reliance on sexual innuendo more than a story. But I have to say that "Carry...

Columbo: Blueprint for Murder (1972)

75 mins Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

The more episodes of "Columbo" I watch the more I am impressed by them especially considering that even those from back from the first series in 1971 are as entertaining now as they have always been with some really standing ...

Columbo: Dagger of the Mind (1972)

98 mins Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

Columbo: Dagger of the Mind (1972) Columbo whilst in London finds himself investigating a death in theatre land...

Columbo: Étude in Black (1972)

97 mins Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

Let me start with a brief side note in this review of "Columbo: �tude in Black"; Blythe Danner was pregnant with Gwyneth Paltrow at the time of filming this and at times you do a double take as the then Blythe Danner looks so...

Columbo: Short Fuse (1972)

75 mins Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

I've mow watched the majority of "Columbo" and for me it went on a sort of journey being serious crime dramas in the 70s, slightly amusing when it came back in the 90s and by the turn of the century were more comedy than crim...

Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle (1972)

72 mins Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle (1972) Peter Falk as Colmbo is on the case of a kidnapping involving an orchid collector and his missing nephew...

Columbo: The Most Crucial Game (1972)

74 mins Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

They say a good singer could take a phonebook, sing it and make it sound beautiful, well I reckon that Peter Falk and the team who made "Columbo" could have done the equivalent as despite working to a formula these shows, or ...

The Cowboys (1972)

131 mins Drama, Western

"The Cowboys" although set in the west and featuring John Wayne in one of his more touching performances is not really a western, well not in the traditional sense of the genre. Whilst there are those aspects to the movie tha...

The Cry of the Black Wolves (1972)

89 mins Adventure

If you fancy a laugh and enjoy bad movies then "The Cry of the Black Wolves" is likely to amuse you, unfortunately if it doesn't amuse you it will do your head in. Here is a movie which is a low budget German made western whi...

The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)

92 mins Western

Movie Review - The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) a teenager looking for excitement joins Frank Culpepper and his men as they drive cattle across county but discovers being a cowboy is not as exciting as he thought...

Fear in the Night (1972)

94 mins Horror, Thriller

Fear in the Night: Judy Geeson stars as recently wed Peggy who thinks someone with a prosthetic arm is trying to kill her or trying to make her have another break down...

Five Fingers of Death (1972)

104 mins Action , Drama, Foreign

I've said it before; there are some movies that you needed to see when they were released to understand why they are rated so highly. Oh you can read what Bob in Oklahoma thinks of a movie and how back in such and such a deca...