On two previous occasions I’ve reached out to you, dear readers, for help
tracking down the hardest-to-find ’70s movies—and you’ve come through for me
spectacularly. Thank you! Now that the end of daily posting for Every ’70s Movie is very near (as in a
matter of weeks), I’m throwing up one last flare after having exhausted all the
legitimate possibilities at my disposal. Although I’m aware that some of these
titles can be acquired via sketchy bootleg dealers and/or even sketchier
download sites, as a general rule I steer clear of piracy. Therefore I’m
hoping some of you might have copies of your own that you can share. Of course
if you’re aware of a link to a legitimate streaming website that’s escaped my
attention, please feel free to pass that along, as well. With that, the titles
. . .
Big Time
(1977) with Jayne Kennedy
The Bridge in the Jungle (1971) with John Huston
Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon (1972) Disney
Chicago 70
(1970) written by Herschell Gordon Lewis
A Fable
(1971) starring and directed by Al Freeman Jr.
Glass Houses (1972) with Jennifer O’Neill
Guardian of the Wilderness (1976) with Denver Pyle
How Come Nobody’s on Our Side (1975) with Larry Bishop
Hughes & Harlow: Angels in Hell (1978) directed by Larry Buchanan
The Jerusalem File (1972) with Bruce Davison
Limbo
(1972) with Kate Jackson
The Limit
(1972) with Yaphet Kotto
Memory of Us (1974) & Silence (1974)
both featuring Will Geer
Northern Lights (1978) codirected by Rob Nilsson
Nunzio
(1978) with David Proval
Once in Paris . . . (1978) with Wayne Rogers
The Only Way Home (1972) & Outside In (1972) both
directed by G.D. Spradlin
Parades
(1972) with Erik Estrada
Road Movie
(1973) with Barry Bostwick
Running Wild (1973) with Lloyd Bridges
Scream, Evelyn, Scream! (1970) with Stafford Repp
Shh
(1975) with Rita Moreno
Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) with Paul Sorvino
Welcome to the Club (1971) with Jack Warden
Who Says I Can’t Ride a Rainbow? (1971) with Jack Klugman
Why
(1973) with O.J. Simpson
Wild in the Sky a/k/a Black Jack (1972)
with Georg Sanford Brown
You’ve Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You’ll
Lose That Beat (1971) with Zalman
King
11 comments:
I can hook you up with two of these films, Peter. I'll shoot you a message.
Both Hughes and Harlow and Running Wild are both available on VHS through Amazon.
I found Once In Paris... on VHS on ebay. I'll email you.
Slow Dancing in the Big City aired on the Decades cable channel about a year ago. It's possible that they would run it again.
Limbo is available here: https://www.truetvmovies.net/store/p163/Limbo_%281972%29__Kate_Jackson%2C_Katherine_Justice%2C_Stuart_Margolin.html
Not all download sites are sketchy, I'd say it's just as legit as a copy gotten from a reader. But when you get into films this hard to find it's likely many are no longer under copyright. They would've been up for renewal at some point since then and many times the owner won't bother if the movie doesn't seem worth it.
Anyway, if you see Scream Evelyn Scream then you should definitely grab it regardless where it's from cause it's unlikely to be seen again. Despite claims otherwise the film was never released, it was cancelled at the last minute and I highly doubt it exists anymore.
Also, about 35-40 of the 'ABC Wide World of Mystery' TV movies seem to be lost as well and many are missing from this site. I sorted out the series here:
https://letterboxd.com/campnightmare/list/abc-wide-world-of-mystery-complete-film-list/detail/
Slow Dancing In the Big City is avaliable in full on YouTube. Not sure if that's taboo for your site.
Hello,
Guardians of the Wilderness and Wild in the Sky are on YouTube and probably more if you search for them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thzXqxbHUGc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rQjlKVQzNs
Quality... it is what it is... but you just have to take what you get.
I could also find some obscure movies on TubiTV (free and legal with ads), like for example The Black Bird (1975, with George Segal). I don't have Netflix and the like.
https://tubitv.com/
Are you familiar with "Connecting Rooms," a 1970 film starring Bette Davis and Michael Redgrave? Curious why it's not included in your site.
The main focus of the blog is American productions (or co-productions), and "Connecting Rooms" is a British production. I've included occasional foreign-made films here, but they're not priorities.
Gotha. If you've not seen it, you might want to check it out. It does have Bette Davis in it, so a strong American connection. Love your site!
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