1971

ROBERT SELLERS was born in Leeds in 1965. Following graduation from drama school, he dreamt of a career on stage and screen. Alas, despite a few walk-on roles, the world has been spared his acting, which is perhaps all for the best. Instead, he turned to film journalism - why not write about the medium he loves if he couldn't appear in it. Since the early 90s, he has written numerous biographies, books on film and TV and popular culture including the bestselling Hellraisers (Preface, 2009).

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• TitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction100 Films 1 Performance2 Murphy’s War3 The Music Lovers4 The Last Valley5 10 Rillington Place6 Little Murders7 The House That Dripped Blood8 Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia)9 The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)10 When Eight Bells Toll/Puppet on a Chain11 Get Carter12 THX 113813 Lawman14 Dad’s Army15 Vanishing Point16 The Andromeda Strain17 The Beguiled18 Just Before Nightfall (Juste Avant La Nuit)19 Taking Off20 Melody21 Trafic22 Summer of ’4223 Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song24 Bananas25 Murmur of the Heart (Le Souffle au coeur)26 Billy Jack27 WR: Mysteries of the Organism28 Blue Water, White Death29 The Abominable Dr. Phibes30 Escape from the Planet of the Apes31 Big Jake32 Daughters of Darkness33 Carry On Henry34 The Ceremony (Gishiki)35 The Anderson Tapes36 Willard37 Klute38 Wild Rovers39 Le Mans40 McCabe and Mrs Miller41 Shaft42 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory43 Drive, He Said44 Carnal Knowledge45 Walkabout46 Sunday Bloody Sunday47 Two-Lane Blacktop48 The Panic in Needle Park49 Blood on Satan’s Claw50 Godzilla vs. Hedorah51 The Devils52 Johnny Got His Gun53 The Hired Hand54 Villain55 The Omega Man56 The Decameron57 Let’s Scare Jessica to Death58 The Touch59 Beware of a Holy Whore (Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte)60 The Big Doll House61 A Bay of Blood62 Out 163 The Go-Between64 Company Limited65 Monty Python’s And Now for Something Completely Different66 The Last Movie67 Kotch68 The Last Picture Show69 Blanche70 The French Connection71 Wake in Fright72 Punishment Park73 Twins of Evil74 Hands of the Ripper75 Play Misty for Me76 The Big Boss (Táng Shān Dà Xiōng)77 A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker!)78 Fiddler on the Roof79 Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde80 Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb81 200 Motels82 Bedknobs and Broomsticks83 Mon Oncle Antoine (My Uncle Antoine)84 Duel85 Two English Girls (Les Deux Anglaises et le continent)86 A Touch of Zen (Xia Nu)87 Straw Dogs88 Man in the Wilderness89 Nicholas and Alexandra90 Bleak Moments91 Family Life92 Gumshoe93 The Hospital94 Macbeth95 Four Flies on Grey Velvet96 A Clockwork Orange97 Harold and Maude98 Mary, Queen of Scots99 Dirty Harry100 Diamonds Are Forever The Good, the Bad and the Weird: The Best of the RestNotesSelect BibliographyPicture Section