The UK Film Index 1908-2024

Monday, April 3, 2023

June 1978 (Game of Death)

• American Hot Wax (USA - 1977)

• Andréa (X) (Fr - 1976)

• Battle of the Giants (USA) [unidentified]
• The Best (see: Confessions of an Au Pair Girl)
• Bilitis (X) (Fr/W.Ger - 1977)

• Catherine & Co. (Catherine et Cie) (Fr/It - 1975)
• The Closet Children (Les enfants du placard) (Fr - 1977)
• Confessions of an Au Pair Girl (Ragazza alla pari) /USA: The Best (X) (It - 1976)

• Death Drive (Autostop rosso sangue) /USA: Hitch Hike (It - 1976)

• Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (Emanuelle e gli ultimi cannibali) /USA: Trap Them and Kill Them (X) (It - 1977) (scope)
• Les enfants du placard [see: Closet Children, The]

• Fantasm /USA: World of Sexual Fantasy (X) (Aus - 1976)
• Freewheelin’ (USA - 1976)
• The French Way (Le mouton enragé) /USA: Love at the Top (X) (Fr/It - 1974)

• Game of Death (USA/HK - 1978) (scope)
• Go Tell the Spartans (USA - 1977)

• High Anxiety (USA - 1977) (Dolby)
• Hitch Hike (see: Death Drive)

• I Wanna Hold Your Hand (USA - 1978)

• Katarin (Malta - 1977)

• Let’s Get Laid (X) (UK - 1977)
• Love at the Top (see: French Way, The)
• Love Crazy Women (Son premier été) (Belg/Fr - 1975)
• Love on a Horse (Το κορίτσι και τ' άλογο) /USA: Portrait of a Love Affair (X) (Greece - 1973)

• The Medusa Touch (UK/Fr - 1978)

• Opening Night (USA - 1977)

• The Peregrine Hunters (UK - 1978)
• Pin-Up Playmates (see: Swedish Massage Parlour)
• The Playbirds (X) (UK - 1978)
• Portrait of a Love Affair (see: Love on a Horse)
• Providence (Fr/Swz - 1977)

• Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (USA - 1977)

• The Sexy Schoolteacher (L’insegnante) (X) (It - 1975)
• She Knew No Other Way (Τα παιδια των λουλουδιων) (X) (Greece - 1973)
• Le Sheriff (Le juge Fayard dit Le Shériff) (Fr - 1976)
• The Shout (UK - 1978) (Dolby)
• The Stepford Wives (USA - 1974)
• Swedish Massage Parlour (Blutjunge Masseusen) /USA: Pin-Up Playmates (X) (Swz - 1972)

• Trap Them and Kill Them (see: Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals)

• Warlords of Atlantis (UK - 1978)
• World of Sexual Fantasy (see: Fantasm)

• You’re Driving Me Crazy (X) (UK - 1978)

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Jun 1978. Theatrical release dates may differ.

May 1978 (Army of Shadows)

• Alien Prey (see: Prey)
• The American Friend (Der amerikanische Freund) (W.Ger/Fr - 1977)
• Army of Shadows (L’armée des ombres) (Fr/It - 1969)

• The Betsy (USA - 1978)

• Casanova & Co. (see: Rise and Rise of Casanova, The)
• The Comeback (UK - 1977)
• Coming Home (USA - 1978)

• Edvard Munch (Nor/Swd - 1974) [BBFC]

• Get Mean (see: Vengeance of the Barbarians)
• Gray Lady Down (USA - 1978) (scope)

• Improperly Dressed (Herkulesfürdöi emlék) /USA: Strange Masquerade (Hung - 1976)
• Iphigenia (Ιφιγένεια) (Greece - 1976)

• Kingdom of the Spiders (USA - 1977)

• Magic Curse (摧花毒降頭) (Tai - 1975) (scope)
• The Mistress (La padrona è servita) /USA: The Mistress is Served (X) (It - 1976)
• The Mistress is Served (see: Mistress, The)

• A Piece of the Action (USA - 1977)
• Prey /USA: Alien Prey (UK - 1977)
• Prisoner of Passion (La orca) /USA: Snatch (X) (It - 1975)

• The Redeemer (USA - 1976)
• The Rise and Rise of Casanova (Casanova & Co.) /USA: Some Like It Cool (X) (Austria/It/Fr/W.Ger - 1977)

• Roseland (USA - 1977)

• The Search for the Evil One (USA - 1967)
• The Silent Witness (UK - 1978)
• Snatch (see: Prisoner of Passion)
• Some Like It Cool (see: Rise and Rise of Casanova, The)
• A Special Day (Una giornata particolare) (It/Can - 1977)
• The Stick Up (USA - 1977)
• Straight Time (USA - 1977)
• Strange Masquerade (see: Improperly Dressed)

• Vengeance of the Barbarians (Get Mean) (It - 1975) (scope)

• Wanted: Babysitter (La baby sitter) (It/Fr/W.Ger - 1975)

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in May 1978. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 26 Aug 2023.

Sunday, April 2, 2023

April 1978 (That Obscure Object of Desire)

• Aggro Seizeman (Guyana - 1975)

• The Devil's Advocate (Des Teufels Advokat) (W.Ger - 1977)

• The French Woman (see: Madame Claude)
• Full Circle /USA: The Haunting of Julia (UK/Can - 1976) (scope)

• The Haunting of Julia (see: Full Circle)
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (USA - 1977)
• Heroes (USA - 1977)

• MacArthur (see: MacArthur: The Rebel General)
• MacArthur: The Rebel General (MacArthur) (USA - 1977)
• Madame Claude /USA: The French Woman (X) (Fr - 1976)
• Mitchell (USA - 1975)

• No. 1 of the Secret Service (UK - 1977) (scope)

• The Outer Space Connection (USA - 1974)

• Sammy’s Super T-Shirt (UK - 1978)
• Semi-Tough (USA - 1977)
• The Stud (UK - 1978)
• Sweeney 2 (UK - 1978)

• That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) (Fr/Sp - 1977)
• Three the Hard Way (USA - 1974)
• The Turning Point (USA - 1977)

• The Uncanny (Can/UK - 1977)

• The World’s Greatest Lover (USA - 1977)

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Apr 1978. Theatrical release dates may differ.

March 1978 (Close Encounters of the Third Kind)

• The 12 Tasks of Asterix [see: Twelve Tasks of Asterix, The]

• 1900 (Novecento) (It/Fr/W.Ger - 1976)

• Adventures of a Plumber’s Mate (X) (UK - 1978)
• Ai no corrida (愛のコリーダ) /USA: In the Realm of the Senses (XX) (Jpn/Fr - 1976) [NL] ¹
• Another Man, Another Chance (Un autre homme, une autre chance) (Fr - 1977)
• Another Man Another Woman [see: Another Man, Another Chance]
• Assault on Precinct 13 (USA - 1976) (scope)

• The Bullet Train (新幹線大爆破) (Jpn - 1975) (scope)

• Cain’s Cutthroats (see: Cain's Way)
• Cain's Way (Cain’s Cutthroats) (USA - 1969)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (USA - 1977) (scope) (70mm Dolby)
• Confessions of Emanuelle (Emanuelle: Perché violenza alla donne?) /USA: Emanuelle Around the World (X) (It - 1977)

• The Devil, Probably (Le diable probablement) (Fr - 1977)

• The Double Crossers (鬼計雙雄) (HK - 1976) (scope) [UKR]

• Emanuelle Around the World (see: Confessions of Emanuelle)

• In the Realm of the Senses (see: Ai no corrida)

• Jubilee (UK - 1978)

• The Legend of Doom House (see: Malpertuis)
• Leopard in the Snow (UK/Can - 1977)

• Malpertuis /USA: The Legend of Doom House (Fr/W.Ger/Belg - 1971)
• The Man Who Loved Women (L’homme qui amait les femmes) (Fr - 1977)
• Master of the Flying Guillotine (One-Armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine) (獨臂拳王大破血滴子) (Tai - 1976) (scope)
• My Darling Slave (La schiava io ce l’ho e tu no) (It - 1973)

• One-Armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine (see: Master of the Flying Guillotine)

• Pressure (UK - 1974)

• The Rise and Fall of Ivor Dickie (UK - 1978)

• Saturday Night Fever (USA - 1977) (Dolby)
• Skateboard (USA - 1977)
• Smile Orange (Jam - 1974)
• Sweet Virgin (X) (UK - 1974)

• Target of an Assassin (see: Tigers Don't Cry)
• Telefon (USA - 1977)
• Through the Looking Glass (XXX) (USA - 1976)
• Tigers Don’t Cry /USA: Target of an Assassin (S.Africa - 1976)
• Tomorrow Never Comes (Can/UK - 1977)
• The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Les 12 travaux d’Astérix) (Fr - 1975)

• Wombling Free (UK - 1978)

• The Young Tycoon (Γυμνό Φωτομοντέλο) (X) (Greece - 1977)

¹ No BBFC certificate. Limited exhibition under licence. Issued on home video in Feb 1983 (pre-VRA). Censored version classified for cinema in Mar 1991. Uncut version classified for home video in Jul 2011.

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Mar 1978. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 19 Oct 2024.

Saturday, April 1, 2023

February 1978 (The Black Panther)

• Across the Great Divide (USA - 1977)

• The Black Panther (UK - 1977)
• The Boys in Company C (USA/HK - 1977) (scope)

• Candleshoe (USA - 1977)
• The Chosen (see: Holocaust 2000)
• Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife (La moglie di mio padre) (X) (It - 1976)
• Cruel Passion (X) (UK - 1977)

• Empire of the Ants (USA - 1977)
• Erotic Sex Games (Le cri du désir) (X) (Fr - 1976)

• The Four Feathers (UK - 1978)

• The Goodbye Girl (USA - 1977)

• Holocaust 2000 /USA: The Chosen (It/UK - 1977) (scope)

• The Incredible Melting Man (USA - 1977)
• The Innocent (L’innocente) (It/Fr - 1976) (scope)

• Justine the Virtuous (Justine och Juliette) /USA: Swedish Minx (XXX) (Swd - 1974)

• The Last Dinosaur (USA - 1977)
• Looking for Mr. Goodbar (USA - 1977)

• Mansion of the Doomed (see: Terror of Dr. Chaney, The)
• Meatcleaver Massacre (see: Revenge of the Dead)

• The New Black Emmanuelle (Emanuelle nera n. 2) (X) (It - 1976)

• Pardon mon affaire (Un éléphant ça trompe énormément) (Fr - 1976)

• Revenge of the Dead (Meatcleaver Massacre) (USA - 1977)
• Rosie Dixon: Night Nurse (X) (UK - 1978)

• The Savage Bees (TVM) (USA - 1976)
• Sex With a Smile (40 gradi all’ombra del lenzuolo) (X) (It - 1975)
• Silver Bears (UK - 1977)
• Slumber Party ’57 (USA - 1976)
• Space Battleship Yamato (see: Space Cruiser)
• Space Cruiser (宇宙戦艦ヤマト) /USA: Space Battleship Yamato (Jpn - 1977) ¹
• Spider-Man (TVM) (USA - 1977) ²
• Swedish Minx (see: Justine the Virtuous)
• Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto) (It - 1975)

• The Terror of Dr. Chaney (Mansion of the Doomed) (USA - 1975)
• That’s Carry On (UK - 1978)

• You Light Up My Life (USA - 1977)

¹ Comprised of footage from the TV series Star Blazers (宇宙戦艦ヤマト, 1974-79), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

² Pilot episode of TV series The Amazing Spider-Man (1977-79), released theatrically outside the US.

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Feb 1978. Theatrical release dates may differ.

January 1978 (Wages of Fear)

• ABBA: The Movie (Swd/Aus - 1977) (scope) (4-channel)

• The Apple Game (Hra o jablko) (Czech - 1976)
• Audrey Rose (USA - 1977)

• Blackboard Massacre (Massacre at Central High) (USA - 1976)
• Black Snake (see: Slaves)

• Candice Candy (see: French Nympho)
• Candy's Candy (see: French Nympho)
• Child Under a Leaf (see: Love Child)
• The Choirboys (USA - 1977)

• Dark Star (USA - 1974)
• Dirty Dora (Dora... la frénésie du plaisir) (X) (Fr - 1975)

• The Disappearance (UK/Can - 1977) [NL]

• East of Elephant Rock (UK - 1976)

• First Love (USA - 1977)
• Flossie (XXX) (Swd - 1974)
• French Nympho (Candice Candy) /USA: Candy’s Candy (XXX) (Fr - 1976)
• The Fruit is Ripe (Griechische Feigen) (X) (W.Ger - 1977)

• Hyenas' Sun (Soleil des hyènes) (Tun/Neth - 1977)

• Love Child (Child Under a Leaf) (Can - 1974)

• Massacre at Central High (see: Blackboard Massacre)

• Oh, God! (USA - 1977)

• Russ Meyer's Slaves [see: Slaves]

• Servant and Mistress (Servante et maîtresse) (Fr - 1976)
• Shut Down (TVM) (USA - 1978) ¹
• Slaves (Black Snake) (X) (USA - 1973) (scope)
• Smartie Pants (see: Young Bedmates)
• Sorcerer (see: Wages of Fear)
• Spartacus (Спартак) (USSR - 1975) (scope)

• Wages of Fear (Sorcerer) (USA - 1977)
• The White Buffalo (USA - 1977)

• Young Bedmates (Schulmädchen-Report 10. Teil: Irgendwann fängt jede an) /USA: Smartie Pants (X) (W.Ger - 1976)

¹ Originally screened on US TV as an episode of A.E.S. Hudson Street (1977-78).

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Jan 1978. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 26 Aug 2023.