The year 1970 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

* January 9 -

Larry Fine Louis Feinberg (October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975), known professionally as Larry Fine, was an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges. Early life Fine was born to a Russian Je ...

, the second member of

The Three Stooges The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeared ...

, suffers a massive stroke, effectively ending his career. * February 11 - '' The Magic Christian'', starring

Peter Sellers Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series ''The Goon Show'', featured on a number of hit comic songs ...

and

Ringo Starr Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the ...

, premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including

Badfinger Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea, who were active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham (vocals, guitar), Mike Gibbins (drums), Tom Evans (bass), and Joey Molland (guitar). They are rec ...

's "Come and Get It" (written and produced by

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

), is released on

Apple Records Apple Records is a record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Ma ...

. * March 12 - Film debut of

Ornella Muti Ornella Muti (born Francesca Romana Rivelli; 9 March 1955) is an Italian actress. She made her film debut as Francesca Cimarosa in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella.'' Early life Muti was born in Rome to a Neapolitan journalist father and ...

in ''

La moglie più bella ''The Most Beautiful Wife'' ( it, La moglie più bella) is a 1970 Italian film directed by Damiano Damiani, based on the 1965 case of Franca Viola, who challenged the still frequent southern Italian custom of kidnapping and raping a prospective ...

'' (The Most Beautiful Wife) 3 days after her 15th birthday.IMDB * March 17 - The controversial film '' The Boys in the Band'', directed by

William Friedkin William "Billy" Friedkin (born August 29, 1935)Biskind, p. 200. is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the " New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in ...

and based on

Mart Crowley Edward Martino Crowley (August 21, 1935 – March 7, 2020) was an American playwright best known for his 1968 play '' The Boys in the Band''. Biography Crowley was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. After graduating from The Catholic University of ...

's hit off-Broadway play, opens in theaters. * October 24 -

Joan Crawford Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, ncertain year from 1904 to 1908was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway theatre, Broadway. Crawford was si ...

's final film, the low-budget horror picture ''

Trog ''Trog'' is a 1970 British science fiction horror film directed by Freddie Francis, and starring Joan Crawford in a story about the discovery of a troglodyte (or Ice Age "caveman") in twentieth-century United Kingdom. The screenplay was writte ...

'', opens in theaters. * December 1 - ''

Yousuf Khan Sher Bano ''Yousuf Khan Sher Bano'' was the first-ever Pashto film released in Pakistan. It was released on 1 December 1970.Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...

film released. * December 14 -

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

and

Yoko Ono Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up i ...

film ''

Up Your Legs Forever ''Up Your Legs Forever'' is a 1971 film by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The film was made on 14 December 1970 on West 61st Street in Manhattan, New York City, though the couple did not have permits to work in the United States at that time. The fi ...

'' with 367 participants in New York City. * The IMAX motion picture projection system premieres at the Fuji Pavilion, at

Expo '70 The or Expo 70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as . It was the first world's fair ...

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. * In Culver City, California,

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begins selling off its studio back lot property and movie props.

Awards

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'', directed by Robert Altman, United States

Notable films released in 1970

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*'' The Act of the Heart'', starring

Geneviève Bujold Geneviève Bujold (; born July 1, 1942) is a Canadian actress. For her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the period drama film ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969), Bujold received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film cre ...

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Donald Sutherland Donald McNichol Sutherland (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans over six decades. He has been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films '' Citizen X'' (1995) a ...

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) *'' The Adventurers'', starring

Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom ''Murphy Brown'' (1988–1998, 2018). She is also kno ...

Bekim Fehmiu Bekim Fehmiu (; ; 1 June 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Yugoslavian theater and film actor of Albanian ethnicity. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War. Biography Early life Fehmiu was born in S ...

Olivia de Havilland Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British-American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her time. ...

Ernest Borgnine Ernest Borgnine (; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular perfor ...

*'' The Adventures of Gerard'', starring

Peter McEnery Peter Robert McEnery (born 21 February 1940) is a retired English stage and film actor. Early life McEnery was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, to Charles and Ada Mary (née Brinson) McEnery. He was educated at Ellesmere College, Shropshire. H ...

Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. She has starred in some of the most iconic European films of the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English. Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...

Eli Wallach Eli Herschel Wallach (; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. From his 1945 Broadway debut to his last film appearance, Wallach's entertainment career spanned 65 years. Origina ...

Jack Hawkins John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 – 18 July 1973) was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. One of the most popular British film stars of the 1950s, he was known for his portrayal of mil ...

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'', directed by George Seaton, starring

Burt Lancaster Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-yea ...

Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool". M ...

Jean Seberg Jean Dorothy Seberg (; ; November 13, 1938August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half of her life in France. Her performance in Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 film ''Breathless'' immortalized her as an icon of French New Wave cinema. Seb ...

Jacqueline Bisset Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset ( ; born 13 September 1944) is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and first came to prominence in 1968 with roles in '' The Detective'', ''Bullitt'', and ''The Sweet Ride'', for which she rec ...

Van Heflin Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American theatre, radio and film actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man. H ...

, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes,

Maureen Stapleton Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress. She received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, in addition to ...

Barry Nelson Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen; April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond. Early life Nelson was born in San Francisco, the son of Norwegian imm ...

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Alex in Wonderland ''Alex in Wonderland'' is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Paul Mazursky, written with his partner Larry Tucker, starring Donald Sutherland and Ellen Burstyn. Sutherland plays Alex Morrison, a director agonizing over the choice of ...

'', directed by

Paul Mazursky Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky (April 25, 1930 – June 30, 2014) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards: three t ...

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The American Soldier ''The American Soldier'' (german: Der amerikanische Soldat) is a 1970 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Karl Scheydt as Ricky, a German-American Vietnam veteran, who takes a job as a hired assassin ...

'' (''Der amerikanische Soldat''), directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder's main ...

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) *'' And Soon the Darkness'', starring

Pamela Franklin Pamela Franklin (born 3 February 1950) is a British former actress. She is best known for her role in the film '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (1969), for which she won a NBR Award and received a BAFTA Award nomination. Franklin made her a ...

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Ann and Eve ''Ann and Eve'' ( sv, Ann och Eve - de erotiska, lit=Ann and Eve - the erotic ones) is a 1970 Swedish-Yugoslav erotic drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Gio Petré and Marie Liljedahl as the title characters. The film also stars F ...

'', starring

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, Marie Liljedahl and

Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Raba ...

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The Angel Levine ''The Angel Levine'' is a 1970 American drama film directed by Ján Kadár and starring Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kamińska, Milo O'Shea, and Gloria Foster. It is based on a short story by Bernard Malamud about Morris Mishkin, an elderly, ...

'', starring Zero Mostel and

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The Aristocats ''The Aristocats'' is a 1970 American animated romantic musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. The 20th Disney animated feature film, the film is based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom R ...

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film. Directed by

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, starring

Phil Harris Wonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American actor, comedian, musician and songwriter. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with ''The Jack Benny Program'', then in '' The Phil Harr ...

Eva Gabor Eva Gabor ( ; February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungarian-American actress, businesswoman, singer, and socialite. She voiced Duchess and Miss Bianca in the animated Disney Classics, '' The Aristocats'' (1970), '' The Rescuers'' (1977), ...

Hermione Baddeley Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley (13 November 1906 – 19 August 1986) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She typically played brash, vulgar characters, often referred to as "brassy" or "blowsy".Folkart, Burt, "Noted ...

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Sterling Holloway Sterling Price Holloway Jr. (January 4, 1905 – November 22, 1992) was an American actor and voice actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He did voice acting for The Walt Disney Company, playing Mr. Stork in ''Dumbo'', Ad ...

Roddy Maude-Roxby Roderick A. Maude-Roxby (born 2 April 1930) is a retired English actor. He has appeared in numerous films, such as Walt Disney's ''The Aristocats'', where he voiced the greedy butler Edgar Balthazar (his only voice role); ''Unconditional Love''; ...

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The Baby Maker ''The Baby Maker'' is a 1970 American drama film that was directed and co-written by James Bridges and released by National General Pictures. Plot Tish Gray is a flower child who is hired to have the baby of a middle-class couple, Suzanne and ...

'', starring

Barbara Hershey Barbara Lynn Herzstein, better known as Barbara Hershey (born February 5, 1948), is an American actress. In a career spanning more than 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema in several genres, including weste ...

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Sam Groom Samuel J. Groom is an American actor noted for his work on television. Groom was born in Columbus, Ohio. Groom portrayed Tom Eldridge in the CBS drama ''Our Private World'' (1965),. Following the cancellation of that prime-time serial, he rep ...

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The Ballad of Cable Hogue ''The Ballad of Cable Hogue'' is a 1970 American Technicolor Western comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens and David Warner. Set in the Arizona desert during a period when the frontier was closing, t ...

'', directed by

Sam Peckinpah David Samuel Peckinpah (; February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director and screenwriter. His 1969 Western epic '' The Wild Bunch'' received an Academy Award nomination and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institut ...

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Jason Robards Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill, Robards received two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes ...

and

Stella Stevens Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston; October 1, 1938) is a American former actress. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular films as '' Girls! Girls! Girls!'' (1962), '' The Nutty Professor'' (1963), ''The Courtship of ...

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Bartleby "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of '' Putnam's Magazine'' and reprinted with minor tex ...

'', starring

Paul Scofield David Paul Scofield (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was a British actor. During a six-decade career, Scofield achieved the US Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, Emmy, and Tony for his work. He won the three awards in a seve ...

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The Bear and the Doll ''The Bear and the Doll'' (french: L'Ours et la Poupée) is a 1970 French romantic comedy film directed by Michel Deville, starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean-Pierre Cassel. Premise Felicia, a high-spirited woman, crashes her car into that of a Ga ...

'' (L'ours et la poupée), starring

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Jean-Pierre Cassel Jean-Pierre Cassel (born Jean-Pierre Crochon; 27 October 1932 – 19 April 2007) was a French actor. Early life Cassel was born Jean-Pierre Crochon in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, the son of Louise-Marguerite (née Fabrègue), an opera sin ...

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Beneath the Planet of the Apes ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes'' is a 1970 American science fiction film directed by Ted Post and written by Paul Dehn. It is the second of five films in the original ''Planet of the Apes'' series produced by Arthur P. Jacobs. The film stars Ja ...

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James Franciscus James Grover Franciscus (January 31, 1934 – July 8, 1991) was an American actor, known for his roles in feature films and in six television series: '' Mr. Novak'', '' The Naked City'', '' The Investigators'', '' Longstreet'', '' Doc Elliot'', ...

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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' is a 1970 American satirical musical melodrama film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, Phyllis Davis, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, and David Gurian. The film was directed by Russ Meyer and ...

'', directed by

Russ Meyer Russell Albion Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. He is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful sexploitation films that fea ...

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Dolly Read Dolly Martin (born Dolly Read on 13 September 1944 in Bristol, England) is an English pinup model and actress. She is best remembered for her appearance in ''Playboy'' magazine and as the lead character in ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls''. She ...

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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage ''The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'' () is a 1970 giallo film directed by Dario Argento, in his directorial debut. The film has been credited with popularizing giallo, an Italian genre of thriller developed in the 1960s. It is the first in what ...

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) *'' Black Brigade'', starring

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Richard Pryor Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is widely regarded as on ...

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Bloody Mama ''Bloody Mama'' is a 1970 American exploitation crime film directed by Roger Corman and starring Shelley Winters in the title role, with Bruce Dern, Don Stroud, Robert Walden, Alex Nicol, and Robert De Niro in supporting roles. It was very lo ...

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Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades. She appeared in numerous films. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ''A Patch o ...

, Pat Hingle,

Don Stroud Donald Lee Stroud (born September 1, 1943) is an American actor, musician, and surfer. Stroud has appeared in over 100 films and 200 television shows. Early years Stroud was the son of vaudeville actor Clarence Stroud (of "The Stroud Twins" team ...

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The Boatniks ''The Boatniks'' is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Norman Tokar and starring Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Don Ameche and Phil Silvers. It was made by Walt Disney Productions, released by Buena Vista Distribution. Young and awkward, ...

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, Stefanie Powers and

Phil Silvers Phil Silvers (born Phillip Silver; May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly sixty years. Silvers achieved major popu ...

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El bosque del lobo ''The Ancines Woods'' ( es, El Bosque del Lobo, lit=The Forest of the Wolf also known as ''The Wolf's Forest'') is a 1970 Spanish drama/ horror film co-written, produced, and directed by Pedro Olea. It is based on the novel by Carlos Martínez-B ...

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Brewster McCloud ''Brewster McCloud'' is a 1970 American black comedy film directed by Robert Altman. The film follows a young recluse (Bud Cort, as the title character) who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome, where he is building a pair of wing ...

'', directed by Robert Altman, starring

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Sally Kellerman Sally Clare Kellerman (June 2, 1937 – February 24, 2022) was an American actress and singer whose acting career spanned 60 years. Her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film '' M*A*S*H'' (1970) earned her an Oscar n ...

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Shelley Duvall Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an American actress and producer who is known for her portrayals of distinct, often eccentric characters. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Peab ...

*'' The Brotherhood of the Bell'', starring

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- (France)

C

*''

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'', starring George Peppard *''Carry On Up the Jungle'', starring Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Frankie Howerd - (

) *''Case for a Rookie Hangman'' *''Catch-22 (film), Catch-22'', directed by Mike Nichols, starring Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Richard Benjamin, Bob Newhart, Charles Grodin, Orson Welles, Art Garfunkel *''C.C. and Company'', starring Joe Namath, Ann-Margret and William Smith (actor), William Smith *''Le Cercle Rouge (''The Red Circle'')'', directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, starring Alain Delon, Bourvil, Yves Montand, Gian Maria Volonté - (

) *''Chariots of the Gods (film), Chariots of the Gods'' (Erinnerungen an die Zukunft), documentary - (

) *''The Cheyenne Social Club'', directed by Gene Kelly, starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda *''Chisum'', starring John Wayne, Ben Johnson (actor), Ben Johnson, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Glenn Corbett *''Claire's Knee'' (Le genou de Claire), directed by Éric Rohmer - (

) *''Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County'', starring Dan Blocker and Nanette Fabray *''Colossus: The Forbin Project'', starring Eric Braeden and Susan Clark *''Compañeros (film), Compañeros'', starring Franco Nero and Jack Palance - (Italy) *''The Confession (1970 film), The Confession'' (L'Aveu), directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret - (France/

) *''The Conformist (film), The Conformist'' (Il conformista), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Stefania Sandrelli - (Italy/

) *''Connecting Rooms'', starring Bette Davis and Michael Redgrave - (U.K.) *''Cotton Comes to Harlem'', starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Redd Foxx *''Count Dracula (1970 film), Count Dracula'', starring Christopher Lee, Klaus Kinski and Herbert Lom- (Italy) *''Country Dance (film), Country Dance'', starring Peter O'Toole *''Crescendo (1970 film), Crescendo'', starring Stefanie Powers *''Crime and Punishment (1970 film), Crime and Punishment'' (Prestuplenie i nakazanie) - (Soviet films of 1970, U.S.S.R.) *''Crimes of the Future (1970 film), Crimes of the Future'', directed by David Cronenberg - (

) *''Cromwell (film), Cromwell'', directed by Ken Hughes, starring Richard Harris and Alec Guinness - (

) *''The Cross and the Switchblade'', starring Pat Boone and Erik Estrada

D

*''Darker than Amber (film), Darker than Amber'', starring Rod Taylor and Jane Russell *''Darling Lili'', directed by Blake Edwards, starring Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson *''Days and Nights in the Forest'' (Aranyer Din Ratri), directed by Satyajit Ray - (Bengali films of 1970, India) *''Deep End (film), Deep End'', directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Jane Asher - (

) *''The Delta Factor (film), The Delta Factor'', starring Yvette Mimieux and Christopher George *''The Demise of Father Mouret'', directed by Georges Franju - (France) *''Diary of a Mad Housewife'', directed by Frank Perry, starring Carrie Snodgress (Golden Globe winner), Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella *''Dionysus in '69'', directed by Brian De Palma *''Dirty Dingus Magee'', starring Frank Sinatra *''Dodes'ka-den'', directed by Akira Kurosawa - (Japanese films of 1970, Japan) *''The Dunwich Horror (film), The Dunwich Horror'', starring Dean Stockwell and Sandra Dee

E

*''Eden and After'' (L'Eden et après / Eden a potom), directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet - (

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) *''El Condor (film), El Condor'', starring Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef *''El Topo'' (The Mole) - (Mexican films of 1970, Mexico) *''Elise, or Real Life'' (Élise ou la vraie vie) - (France) *''End of the Road (1970 film), End of the Road'', starring Stacy Keach, Harris Yulin, James Earl Jones *''Entertaining Mr Sloane (film), Entertaining Mr Sloane'', starring Beryl Reid and Harry Andrews - (U.K.) *''Equinox (1970 film), Equinox'', starring Frank Bonner *''Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion'', starring Marie Liljedahl, Maria Rohm and Christopher Lee - (

) *''Even Dwarfs Started Small'' (Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen), directed by Werner Herzog - (

)

F

*''Figures in a Landscape (film), Figures in a Landscape'', directed by Joseph Losey, starring Robert Shaw (British actor), Robert Shaw - (

) *''Five Easy Pieces'', directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jack Nicholson, Susan Anspach and Karen Black *''The Flight (1970 film), The Flight'' (Beg) - (Soviet films of 1970, U.S.S.R.) *''Four Murders Are Enough, Darling'' (Čtyři vraždy stačí, drahoušku) - (

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) *''Fragment of Fear'', starring David Hemmings and Gayle Hunnicutt - (U.K.) *''Fruit of Paradise'' (Ovoce stromů rajských jíme) - (Czechoslovakia)

G

*''Gamera vs. Jiger'' - (Japanese films of 1970, Japan) *''The Games (film), The Games'', directed by Michael Winner, starring Michael Crawford, Ryan O'Neal, Charles Aznavour - (

) *''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film), The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'', directed by Vittorio De Sica - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1971 and Golden Bear winner - (

) *''Getting Straight'', starring Elliott Gould and

*''Gimme Shelter (1970 film), Gimme Shelter'', a documentary featuring The Rolling Stones *''Gods of the Plague'' (''Götter der Pest''), directed by

- (

) *''Goodbye Gemini'', starring Judy Geeson, Martin Potter (actor), Martin Potter, Michael Redgrave and Alexis Kanner- (

) *''Goin' Down the Road'' - (

) *''The Great White Hope (film)'', directed by Martin Ritt, starring James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander *''The Green Wall'' (La muralla verde) - (List of Peruvian films#1970s, Peru)

H

*''Halls of Anger '', starring Calvin Lockhart and Jeff Bridges *''The Hawaiians (film), The Hawaiians'', starring Charlton Heston *''Hello-Goodbye'', starring Michael Crawford *''Hercules in New York'', starring Arnold Schwarzenegger *''Hi, Mom!'', directed by Brian De Palma, starring Robert De Niro *''History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess'' (Nippon Sengoshi – ), directed by Shohei Imamura - (Japanese films of 1970, Japan) *''Hoffman (film), Hoffman'', starring

and Sinéad Cusack - (

) *''The Honeymoon Killers'', starring Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco *''Hornets’ Nest'', starring Rock Hudson *''The Horror of Frankenstein'', starring Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara and Veronica Carlson- (

) *''Horton Hears a Who! (TV special), Horton Hears a Who!'', TV animated film *''House of Dark Shadows'', directed by Dan Curtis, starring Jonathan Frid and Grayson Hall *''How Do I Love Thee?'', starring Jackie Gleason and Maureen O'Hara *''Husbands (film), Husbands'', directed by and starring John Cassavetes, with Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk

I

*''I Love My Wife (film), I Love My Wife'', directed by Mel Stuart, starring Elliott Gould, Brenda Vaccaro, Angel Tompkins *''I Never Sang for My Father'', directed by Gilbert Cates, starring Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Melvyn Douglas *''The Intruders (1970 film), The Intruders'', starring Don Murray (actor), Don Murray, John Saxon and Anne Francis *''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'', directed by Elio Petri, starring Gian Maria Volonté - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1970 - (

) *''The Invincible Six'', directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Stuart Whitman and Elke Sommer *''I Walk the Line (film), I Walk the Line'', directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld

J

*''El jardín de las delicias'' (The Garden of Delights), directed by Carlos Saura - (

) *''Jenny (1970 film), Jenny'', starring Marlo Thomas and Alan Alda *''Joe (1970 film), Joe'', directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Peter Boyle and Susan Sarandon *''Julius Caesar (1970 film), Julius Caesar'', directed by Stuart Burge, starring Charlton Heston,

, John Gielgud - (

)

K

*''Kati Patang'', starring Rajesh Khanna - (Bollywood films of 1970, India) *''Kazoku (film), Kazoku'' - (Japanese films of 1970, Japan) *''Kelly's Heroes'', starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Carroll O'Connor,

, Don Rickles *''Khilona (1970 film), Khilona'' (Toy) - (Bollywood films of 1970, India) *''King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis'', a documentary about Martin Luther King Jr., directed by Sidney Lumet *''The Kremlin Letter'', directed by John Huston, starring Patrick O'Neal (actor), Patrick O'Neal, Barbara Parkins, Bibi Andersson, Nigel Green, Orson Welles

L

*''The Landlord'', directed by Hal Ashby, starring Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr. *''Landscape After the Battle'' (Krajobraz po bitwie), directed by Andrzej Wajda - (List of Polish films of the 1970s, Poland) *''The Last Grenade'', directed by Gordon Flemyng, starring Stanley Baker, Honor Blackman, Richard Attenborough, Alex Cord *''Last of the Mobile Hot Shots'', starring James Coburn *''The Last Warrior (1970 film), The Last Warrior'', aka ''Flap'', starring Anthony Quinn,

, Tony Bill *''Leo the Last'', directed by John Boorman, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Billie Whitelaw - (U.K.) *''Let It Be (1970 film), Let It Be'' - documentary film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and featuring The Beatles - (

) *''The Liberation of L.B. Jones'', directed by William Wyler, starring Roscoe Lee Browne, Anthony Zerbe, Lee J. Cobb, Lola Falana,

*''Little Big Man (film), Little Big Man'', directed by Arthur Penn, starring Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George *''Little Fauss and Big Halsy'', starring Robert Redford and Michael J. Pollard *''The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir'', a TV film - (France/Italy/

) *''Loot (1970 film), Loot'', directed by Silvio Narizzano, starring Richard Attenborough, Lee Remick, Hywel Bennett - (

) *''Lost in the Desert'' (a.k.a. Dirkie), directed by Jamie Uys - (List of South African films#1970s, South Africa) *''Love Story (1970 film), Love Story'', directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal - winner of 5 Golden Globes including best picture and best director *''Lovers and Other Strangers'', starring Cloris Leachman, Beatrice Arthur, Richard Castellano, Diane Keaton *''Loving (1970 film), Loving'', starring George Segal and Eva Marie Saint

M

*''M*A*S*H (film), M*A*S*H'', directed by Robert Altman, starring

, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Robert Duvall,

, Rene Auberjonois, Jo Ann Pflug *''Macho Callahan'', starring

, David Janssen, Lee J. Cobb *''Maidstone (film), Maidstone'', written, directed by and starring Norman Mailer *''A Man Called Horse (1970 film), A Man Called Horse'', starring Richard Harris *''The Man Who Haunted Himself'', starring Roger Moore, Anton Rodgers and Hildegarde Neil - (

) *''Metello'' - (

) *''Mihai Viteazul (film), Michael the Brave'' (Mihai Viteazul) - (List of Romanian films, Romania) *''The Molly Maguires (film), The Molly Maguires'', directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris *''Monte Walsh (1970 film), Monte Walsh'', starring Lee Marvin, Jack Palance, Jeanne Moreau *''The Moonshine War'', starring Alan Alda, Richard Widmark, Patrick McGoohan *''Move (1970 film), Move'', starring Paula Prentiss and Elliott Gould *''The Music Lovers'', directed by Ken Russell, starring Richard Chamberlain and Glenda Jackson - (

) *''Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly'', starring Michael Bryant (actor), Michael Bryant, Ursula Howells, Pat Heywood and Vanessa Howard- (

) *''Myra Breckinridge (film), Myra Breckinridge'', starring

, Mae West, John Huston, Farrah Fawcett, Rex Reed *''My Husband's Wife'', starring Salah Zulfikar, Naglaa Fathi and Nelly (Egyptian entertainer), Nelly - (List of Egyptian films of 1970, Egypt)

N

*''The Nameless Knight'' - (List of Turkish films of the 1970s, Turkey) *''Ned Kelly (1970 film), Ned Kelly'', starring Mick Jagger - (

) *''Norwood (film), Norwood'', starring Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Joe Namath

O

*''o.k. (film), o.k.'', directed by Michael Verhoeven - (

) *''Of Gods and the Undead'' (Os Deuses e os Mortos) - (

) *''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (film), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'', directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Barbra Streisand and Yves Montand, songs by Alan Jay Lerner *''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (film), One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'', starring Tom Courtenay - (

/Norwegian films of the 1970s, Norway) *''One More Time (1970 film), One More Time'', directed by Jerry Lewis, starring Sammy Davis, Jr. and Peter Lawford *''One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away'' (Tko pjeva zlo ne misli) - (List of Croatian films of the 1970s, Yugoslavia) * ''On the Comet'' *''The Out-of-Towners (1970 film), The Out-of-Towners'', directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis *''The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again'', starring Walter Brennan, Chill Wills, Fred Astaire *''The Owl and the Pussycat (film), The Owl and the Pussycat'', directed by Herbert Ross, starring Barbra Streisand and George Segal

P

*''The Palace of Angels'' (O Palácio dos Anjos) - (

) *''The Past-Master (film), The Past-Master'' (Bash Maystorat), directed by Petar B. Vasilev, starring Kiril Gospodinov and Yuriy Yakovlev (Bulgarian actor), Yuriy Yakovlev - (Bulgarian films of the 1970s, Bulgaria) *''Patton (film), Patton'', directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring George C. Scott - winner of 7 Academy Awards for 1971 including best picture, director and actor *''Peace in the Fields'' (Paix sur les champs) - (

) *''Peau d'Âne'' (Donkey Skin), directed by Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean Marais - (

) *''The People Next Door (1970 film), The People Next Door'', starring

and Julie Harris (American actress), Julie Harris *''Perfect Friday'', starring Ursula Andress and Stanley Baker *''Performance (film), Performance'' (filmed in 1968), directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, starring James Fox and Mick Jagger - (

) *''The Phantom Tollbooth (film), The Phantom Tollbooth'' *''The Pizza Triangle'' (Dramma della gelosia), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Monica Vitti - (

) *''The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'', directed by Billy Wilder, starring Robert Stephens, Geneviève Page, Colin Blakely - (U.K.) *''Pufnstuf (film), Pufnstuf'' (AKA ''Pufnstuf Zaps the World'') starring Van Snowden and Jack Wild *''Purab Aur Paschim'' (East and West), starring Ashok Kumar - (Bollywood films of 1970, India) *''Puzzle of a Downfall Child'', starring Faye Dunaway

Q

*''Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx'', starring Gene Wilder and Margot Kidder - (List of Irish films, Ireland) *''¡Qué hacer!'' (What to Do?) - (List of Chilean films#1070s, Chile)

R

*''Rabbit, Run (film), Rabbit, Run'', directed by Jack Smight, starring James Caan *''The Railway Children (1970 film), The Railway Children'', directed by Lionel Jeffries, starring Jenny Agutter - (

) *''The Rebel Rousers'', starring Jack Nicholson *''The Revolutionary (1970 film), The Revolutionary'', starring Jon Voight *''Rio Lobo'', directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam, Sherry Lansing *''The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer'', starring Peter Cook, Denholm Elliott, Arthur Lowe - (U.K.) *''R. P. M.'', directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Anthony Quinn and Ann-Margret *''Reza Motorcyclist'' ''(Reza Motori)'' (1970) - directed by Masoud Kimiai (Iran) *''Ryan's Daughter'', directed by David Lean, starring Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, John Mills (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Oscar winner) - (

)

S

*''Salt of the Black Earth'' (Sól ziemi czarnej) - (List of Polish films of the 1970s, Poland) *''Scars of Dracula'', starring Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman and Jenny Hanley - (

) *''Scream and Scream Again'', starring Vincent Price, Alfred Marks and Christopher Lee- (

) *''Scrooge (1970 film), Scrooge'', directed by Ronald Neame, with Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans - (U.K.) *''Skullduggery (1970 film), Skullduggery'', starring Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark *''Soldier Blue'', directed by Ralph Nelson, starring

and Peter Strauss *''Something for Everyone (1970 film), Something for Everyone'', directed by Harold Prince, starring Angela Lansbury and Michael York (actor), Michael York *''Space Amoeba'', directed by Ishirō Honda - (Japanese films of 1970, Japan) *''The Spider's Stratagem'' (Strategia del ragno), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci - (

) *''Spring and Port Wine'', starring James Mason and Susan George (actress), Susan George - (

) *''Start the Revolution Without Me'', directed by Bud Yorkin, starring Gene Wilder,

, Hugh Griffith *''Strange Holiday (1970 film), Strange Holiday'' *''The Strawberry Statement (film), The Strawberry Statement'', starring Bruce Davison, Kim Darby,

*''Street Scenes'', directed by Martin Scorsese (documentary) * ''Strogoff'' *''Sunflower (1970 film), Sunflower'' (I girasoli), directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren - (

) *''Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came'', starring Brian Keith, Don Ameche, Tony Curtis, Suzanne Pleshette *''A Swedish Love Story'' (En kärlekshistoria) - (Swedish films of the 1970s, Sweden)

T

*''Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (film), Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy'' (Zhi qu wei hu shan) - (Chinese films of the 1970s, China) *''Taste the Blood of Dracula'', starring Christopher Lee - (

) *''Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon'', directed by Otto Preminger, starring Liza Minnelli *''There's a Girl in My Soup'', starring

and Goldie Hawn - (

) *''There Was a Crooked Man...'', starring Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda *''They Call Me Trinity'' (Lo chiamavano Trinità), starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer - (

) *''The Things of Life'' (Les choses de la vie) - (

) *''Three Sisters (1970 Olivier film), Three Sisters'', by Laurence Olivier, starring Joan Plowright and Olivier - (

) *''...tick...tick...tick...'', starring Jim Brown and George Kennedy (actor), George Kennedy *''Too Late the Hero (film), Too Late the Hero'', directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda - (U.K./U.S.) *''Tora! Tora! Tora!'', co-directed by Richard Fleischer and Kinji Fukasaku, starring Martin Balsam and Takahiro Tamura - (U.S./Japanese films of 1970, Japan) *''Trash (1970 film), Trash'', produced by Andy Warhol, directed by Paul Morrissey *''The Traveling Executioner'', starring Stacy Keach,

*''Tristana (film), Tristana'', directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero - (

) *''The Twelve Chairs (1970 film), The Twelve Chairs'', directed by Mel Brooks, starring Frank Langella, Ron Moody, Dom DeLuise *''Two Mules for Sister Sara'', directed by Don Siegel, starring Shirley MacLaine and Clint Eastwood

U

*''Ucho'' (The Ear) - (

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) *''La última aventura del Zorro'' *''Up in the Cellar'', starring Joan Collins and Larry Hagman

V

*''Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (film), Valerie and Her Week of Wonders'' (Valerie a týden divů) - (

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) *''The Vampire Lovers'', starring Peter Cushing - (

) *''Borj El-Athraa (film), Virgo'', directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar, Starring Salah Zulfikar, Nahed Sherif, Adel Emam - (List of Egyptian films of 1970, Egypt) *''Vengeance (1970 film), Vengeance'' (Bao chou) - (Hong Kong films of 1970, Hong Kong)

W

*''A Walk in the Spring Rain'', starring Anthony Quinn and Ingrid Bergman *''The Wandering Swordsman'' (You xia er), directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong films of 1970, Hong Kong) *''Waterloo (1970 film), Waterloo'', directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, starring Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles - (Soviet films of 1970, U.S.S.R./

) *''Weekend With the Babysitter'' starring George E Carey and Susan Romen *''Where's Poppa?'', directed by Carl Reiner, starring George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman *''Which Way to the Front?'', directed by and starring Jerry Lewis *''White Sun of the Desert'' (Beloye solntse pustyni) - (List of Soviet films of 1970, USSR) *''Whale (film), Whale'' (Kit), directed by Petar B. Vasilev, starring Georgi Kaloyanchev, Dimitar Panov, Georgi Partsalev - (Bulgarian films of the 1970s, Bulgaria) *''The Window (1970 film), The Window'' - starring Behrouz Vossoughi and Googoosh - Iran *''Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?'' (Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?), directed by

- (

) *''The Wild Child'' (L'Enfant sauvage), directed by François Truffaut - (

) *''Wood Pigeon (1970 film), Wood Pigeon'' ''(Toghi)'' - directed by Ali Hatami (Iran) *''Woodstock (film), Woodstock'', a musical documentary featuring Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Santana (band), Santana and others *''WUSA (film), WUSA'', starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

Z

*''Zabriskie Point (film), Zabriskie Point'', directed by Michelangelo Antonioni *''Zig Zag (1970 film), Zig Zag'', starring George Kennedy,

, Anne Jackson

1970 Wide-release movies

January–March

*January 1970 *''Scream and Scream Again'' **2 January ***''Jenny (1970 film), Jenny'' **6 January ***'' The Adventures of Gerard'' **9 January ***''...tick...tick...tick...'' **14 January ***''Last of the Mobile Hot Shots'' ***''The Dunwich Horror (film), The Dunwich Horror'' **16 January ***''Aranyer Din Ratri, Days and Nights in the Forest'' (List of Bollywood films of 1970, India) **21 January ***''The Only Game in Town (film), The Only Game in Town'' ***''Rider on the Rain'' (List of French films of 1970, France) **25 January ***''

'' **27 January ***''Carter's Army'' **28 January ***''The Molly Maguires (film), The Molly Maguires'' *February 1970 **1 February ***''The Kremlin Letter'' **4 February ***''The Honeymoon Killers'' ***''Start the Revolution Without Me'' **5 February ***''Patton (film), Patton'' **9 February ***''Zabriskie Point (film), Zabriskie Point'' **10 February ***''End of the Road (1970 film), End of the Road'' ***''The Party at Kitty and Stud's'' **11 February ***''King of the Grizzlies'' **12 February ***''Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly'' **19 February ***''

'' (List of Italian films of 1970, Italy) **25 February ***''Hercules in New York'' **27 February ***''Le Boucher'' (List of French films of 1970, France) *March 1970 **4 March ***''Loving (1970 film), Loving'' **5 March ***''

'' **6 March ***''Skullduggery (1970 film), Skullduggery'' **17 March ***'' The Boys in the Band'' **18 March ***''

'' ***''The Liberation of L.B. Jones'' **20 March ***''Carry On Up the Jungle'' (British films of 1970, United Kingdom) **21 March ***''Gamera vs. Jiger'' (Japanese films of 1970, Japan) **24 March ***''

'' ***''King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis'' **25 March ***'' The Adventurers'' **26 March ***''Woodstock (film), Woodstock'' **27 ***''Young Flying Hero'' (Taiwanese films of 1970, Taiwan) **31 March ***''Waterloo (1970 film), Waterloo''

April–June

*April 1970 **3 April ***''Count Dracula (1970 film), Count Dracula'' (List of Italian films of 1970, Italy) **4 April ***''Gods of the Plague'' (German films of 1970, West Germany) **8 April ***''Colossus: The Forbin Project'' ***''The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County'' **9 April ***''Halls of Anger'' **22 April ***''Country Dance (film), Country Dance'' **26 April ***''Chariots of the Gods (film), Chariots of the Gods'' (German films of 1970, West Germany) ***''A Swedish Love Story'' (List of Swedish films of the 1970s, Sweden) **27 April ***''Hi, Mom!'' ***''Zig Zag (1970 film), Zig Zag'' **28 April ***''A Man Called Horse (film), A Man Called Horse'' **29 April ***''The Confession (1970 film), The Confession'' (List of French films of 1970, France) / (List of Italian films of 1970, Italy) *May 1970 ***''The Grasshopper (1970 film), The Grasshopper'' **6 May ***''Equinox (1970 film), Equinox'' **7 May ***''Taste the Blood of Dracula'' **11 May ***''Leo the Last'' ***''Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon'' **13 May ***''Connecting Rooms'' (British films of 1970, United Kingdom) ***''Getting Straight'' ***''Let It Be (1970 film), Let It Be'' ***''My Lover, My Son'' **15 May ***''The Delta Factor (film), The Delta Factor'' **20 May ***''

'' (List of French films of 1970, France) ***''The Landlord'' ***''One More Time (1970 film), One More Time'' ***''Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came'' ***''Too Late the Hero (film), Too Late the Hero'' **21 May ***''Norwood (film), Norwood'' **26 May ***''

'' ***''Cotton Comes to Harlem'' ***''The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart'' ***''Pufnstuf (film), Pufnstuf'' **27 May ***''The Out-of-Towners (1970 film), The Out-of-Towners'' ***''Watermelon Man (film), Watermelon Man'' **28 May ***''Two Mules for Sister Sara'' *June 1970 **3 June ***''The Executioner (1970 film), The Executioner'' **4 June ***''Julius Caesar (1970 film), Julius Caesar'' ***''The Vampire Doll'' (List of Japanese films of 1970, Japan) **10 June ***''Crimes of the Future (1970 film), Crimes of the Future'' ***''The Invincible Six'' **12 June ***''The Cheyenne Social Club'' **15 June ***''The Strawberry Statement (film), The Strawberry Statement'' **17 June ***''

'' ***''The Hawaiians (film), The Hawaiians'' ***''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (film), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' ***''A Walk in the Spring Rain'' **19 June ***''A Bullet for Pretty Boy'' **21 June ***''Catch-22 (film), Catch-22'' **23 June ***''Kelly's Heroes'' **24 June ***''Myra Breckinridge (film), Myra Breckinridge'' ***''Darling Lili''

July–September

*July 1970 **1 July ***''

'' ***''Lost Flight'' ***''Ned Kelly (1970 film), Ned Kelly'' (British films of 1970, United Kingdom / List of Australian films of 1970, Australia) **2 July ***''Goin' Down the Road'' ***''The Moonshine War'' **4 July ***'' And Soon the Darkness'' (British films of 1970, United Kingdom) **9 July ***''The Games (film), The Games'' ***''Which Way to the Front?'' **12 July ***''Hello-Goodbye'' **13 July ***''Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx'' **15 July ***''Joe (1970 film), Joe'' ***''The Revolutionary (1970 film), The Revolutionary'' **16 July ***''Cromwell (film), Cromwell'' (British films of 1970, United Kingdom) **18 July ***''The Man Who Haunted Himself'' **22 July ***''Something for Everyone'' **29 July ***''Chisum'' **31 July ***''Move (1970 film), Move'' *August 1970 **1 August ***''The Rebel Rousers'' ***''Space Amoeba'' (Japanese films of 1970, Japan) **3 August ***''

'' (List of Swedish films of the 1970s, Sweden) ***''Case for a Rookie Hangman'' (List of Czech films of the 1970s, Czechoslovakia) ***''Performance (film), Performance'' **6 August ***''Goodbye Gemini'' **10 August ***''Diary of a Mad Housewife'' **12 August ***''Lovers and Other Strangers'' ***''Soldier Blue'' **12 August ***''WUSA (film), WUSA'' **24 August ***''House of Dark Shadows'' **26 August ***''The Breach (film), The Breach'' (List of French films of 1970, France) / (List of Italian films of 1970, Italy) ***''The People Next Door (1970 film), The People Next Door'' *September 1970 **1 September ***''Deep End (film), Deep End'' (British films of 1970, United Kingdom) / (German films of 1970, West Germany) **2 September ***''Angel Unchained'' **3 September ***''Fragment of Fear'' **9 September ***'' Bed and Board'' (List of French films of 1970, France) **12 September ***''Five Easy Pieces'' **16 September ***''R. P. M.'' **17 September ***'' The Brotherhood of the Bell'' **21 September ***''Crime and Punishment (1970 film), Crime and Punishment'' (List of Soviet films of 1970, U.S.S.R) **22 September ***''Adam at 6 A.M.'' **23 September ***''Tora! Tora! Tora!''

October–December

*October 1970 **1 October ***''

'' ***''Cover Me Babe'' ***''How Do I Love Thee?'' ***''The Traveling Executioner'' **4 October ***''Trash (1970 film), Trash'' ***''The Vampire Lovers'' **7 October ***''Monte Walsh (1970 film), Monte Walsh'' **9 October ***''

'' (German films of 1970, West Germany) **11 October ***''The Great White Hope (film), The Great White Hope'' **12 October ***''The Mind of Mr. Soames'' ***''Girls for Mercenaries'' (List of Spanish films of 1970, Spain) **14 October ***''C.C. and Company'' **18 October ***''I Never Sang for My Father'' **20 October ***''Le Cercle Rouge'' (List of French films of 1970, France) ***''Rabbit, Run (film), Rabbit, Run'' **21 October ***''Little Fauss and Big Halsy'' **22 October ***''The Conformist (1970 film), The Conformist'' (List of Italian films of 1970, Italy) / (List of French films of 1970, France) / (German films of 1970, West Germany) **23 October ***''No Blade of Grass (film), No Blade of Grass'' **24 October ***''

'' **25 October ***''When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth'' (List of British films of 1970, U.K.) **28 October ***''House of Dark Shadows'' ***''The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'' ***''The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker'' ***''The Twelve Chairs (1970 film), The Twelve Chairs'' **31 October ***''Dodes'ka-den'' (Japanese films of 1970, Japan) *November 1970 **2 November ***''Three Sisters (1970 film), Three Sisters'' **3 November ***''The Owl and the Pussycat (film), The Owl and the Pussycat'' **5 November ***''Scrooge (1970 film), Scrooge'' **7 November ***''The Phantom Tollbooth (film), The Phantom Tollbooth'' **8 November ***''Scars of Dracula'' ***''The Horror of Frankenstein'' **9 November ***''Ryan's Daughter'' **10 November ***''Perfect Friday'' ***''Where's Poppa?'' **17 November ***''The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again'' **18 November ***''

'' (British films of 1970, United Kingdom) ***''Dirty Dingus Magee'' ***''I Walk the Line (film), I Walk the Line'' **24 November ***'' The Act of the Heart'' *December 1970 **1 December ***''

Yousuf Khan Sher Bano ''Yousuf Khan Sher Bano'' was the first-ever Pashto film released in Pakistan. It was released on 1 December 1970.Brewster McCloud ''Brewster McCloud'' is a 1970 American black comedy film directed by Robert Altman. The film follows a young recluse (Bud Cort, as the title character) who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome, where he is building a pair of wing ...

'' **6 December ***''Gimme Shelter (1970 film), Gimme Shelter'' **8 December ***''Husbands (film), Husbands'' **11 December ***''

'' ***''Claire's Knee'' (List of French films of 1970, France) **15 December ***''Compañeros (film), Compañeros'' (List of Italian films of 1970, Italy) ***''There's a Girl in My Soup'' ***''The Wild Country'' **16 December ***''Puzzle of a Downfall Child'' ***''Love Story (1970 film), Love Story'' **17 December ***''

'' ***''Rio Lobo'' **20 December ***''Donkey Skin (film), Donkey Skin'' (List of French films of 1970, France) **21 December ***''I Love My Wife (film), I Love My Wife'' **23 December ***''Little Big Man (film), Little Big Man'' **25 December ***''There Was a Crooked Man...'' **31 December ***''Loot (1970 film), Loot''

Short film series

* ''The Ant and the Aardvark'' (1969–71) * ''Roland and Rattfink'' (1968–71) * ''Tijuana Toads'' (1969–72) * ''Woody Woodpecker'' (1941–49, 1951–72) * ''Chilly Willy'' (1955–72) * ''The Beary Family'' (1962–72)

Births

* January 7 - Doug E. Doug, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director * January 17 - Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor and storyboard artist * January 19 **Essie Davis, Australian actress and singer **Kipp Marcus, American actor, screenwriter and producer * January 20 – Skeet Ulrich, American actor * January 21 - Ken Leung, American actor * January 24 – Matthew Lillard, American actor, voice actor, director and producer * January 29 - Heather Graham, American actress * January 31 - Minnie Driver, English actress * February 3 - Warwick Davis, English actor * February 14 - Simon Pegg, English actor * February 18 - Susan Egan, American actress, voice actress, singer and dancer * February 25 - Heather Simms, American actress * March 2 - Alexander Armstrong, English actor, comedian, television personality, television presenter and singer * March 3 - Julie Bowen, American actress * March 4 **Sergio Basáñez, Mexican actor **Angela V. Shelton, American actress and comedian * March 5 - Rimantė Valiukaitė, Lithuanian actress * March 6 - Dan Põldroos, Estonian actor (d. 2007) * March 7 - Rachel Weisz, English actress * March 8 **Meredith Scott Lynn, American actress, producer and director **Jed Rees, Canadian actor * March 13 - Tim Story, American filmmaker * March 18 - Queen Latifah, American actress and rapper * March 20 **Linda Larkin, American actress and voice actress **Michael Rapaport, American actor and comedian * March 24 **Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress and producer **Taizo Harada, Japanese actor and comedian * March 28 - Vince Vaughn, American actor, writer and producer * March 31 - Damon Herriman, Australian actor * April 4 - Barry Pepper, Canadian actor * April 12 - Retta, American stand-up comedian and actress * April 13 - Ricky Schroder, American actor * April 20 - Shemar Moore, American actor * April 21 **Rob Riggle, American actor, comedian, and marine **Nicole Sullivan, American actress, voice artist and comedian * April 25 **Jonathan Brugh, New Zealand comedian, actor and musician **Jason Lee (actor), Jason Lee, American actor, comedian, and professional skateboarder * April 29 - Uma Thurman, American actress * May 3 - Bobby Cannavale, American actor * May 4 - Will Arnett, Canadian actor * May 9 - Helen Hill, American animator (d. 2007) * May 10 - Dallas Roberts, American actor * May 12 **Samantha Mathis, American actress **Larry Rickles, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011) * May 18 - Tina Fey, American actress and comedian * May 20 - Sally Phillips, English actress, television presenter and comedian * May 22 **Naomi Campbell, English model and actress **Ayberk Pekcan, Turkish actor (d. 2022) * May 23 - Nanette Burstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter * May 25 **Jamie Kennedy, American actor, screenwriter, stand-up comedian and television producer **Octavia Spencer, American actress * May 26 - John Hamburg, American writer and director * May 27 - Joseph Fiennes, English actor * May 28 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002) * June 1 - Paula Malcolmson, North Irish actress * June 4 - Izabella Scorupco, Polish-Swedish actress and singer * June 15 - Justin Fletcher, English comedian, children's television presenter * June 16 - Clifton Collins Jr., American actor * June 24 - Andres Raag, Estonian actor * June 15 - Leah Remini, American actress, author and activist * June 26 **Sean Hayes (actor), Sean Hayes, American actor and comedian **Chris O'Donnell, American actor **Nick Offerman, American actor, writer, comedian, producer and woodworker * July 3 **Audra McDonald, American actress and singer **Benedict Wong, British actor * July 4 - Lewis MacLeod (actor), Lewis MacLeod, Scottish actor and voice actor * July 14 **Mike McFarland, American voice actor **Nina Siemaszko, American actress * July 16 - Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director * July 30 - Christopher Nolan, English-American film director, producer and writer * August 2 - Kevin Smith, American filmmaker, actor and comedian * August 4 - Ron Lester, American actor (d. 2016) * August 6 - M. Night Shyamalan, American film director, writer, producer and actor * August 9 - Thomas Lennon, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director * August 15 **Anthony Anderson, American actor **Maddie Corman, American actress * August 16 **Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor **Kaili Närep, Estonian actress * August 17 - Rupert Degas, British-Australian actor * August 18 - Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor * August 21 - Marc Evan Jackson, American comedian and actor * August 23 **Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian **River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993 in film, 1993) * August 24 - Jonathan Ward (actor), Jonathan Ward, American actor * August 25 - Claudia Schiffer, German model and actress * August 26 - Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian and film producer * August 31 - Zack Ward, Canadian actor * September 3 - Maria Bamford, American stand-up comedian, actress and voice actress * September 4 - Ione Skye, British-born American actress * September 7 **Tom Everett Scott, American actor **Monique Gabriela Curnen, American actress * September 11 - Taraji P. Henson, American actress * September 22 - Rupert Penry-Jones, British actor * September 29 - Emily Lloyd, English actress * September 30 - Tony Hale, American actor * October 2 **Kelly Ripa, American actress and television host **Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress * October 7 - Nicole Ari Parker, American actress and model * October 8 **Matt Damon, American actor **Anne-Marie Duff, English actress and narrator * October 12 **Cody Cameron, American voice actor and director **Kirk Cameron, American actor * October 15 - Zak Orth, American actor * October 18 - Mike Mitchell (director), American director, writer, producer, actor and animator * October 19 - Chris Kattan, American actor and comedian * October 22 - Amy Redford, American actress, director and producer * October 24 - Raul Esparza, American actor * October 25 - Adam Goldberg, American character actor, filmmaker and musician * October 26 - Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress * October 28 - Greg Eagles, American actor, producer and writer * October 30 - Nia Long, American actress * October 31 - Nolan North, American actor and voice actor * November 1 - Merle Palmiste, Estonian actress * November 6 - Ethan Hawke, American actor * November 10 - Vince Vieluf, American actor * November 12 - Aitor Iturrioz, Mexican actor * November 13 - José María Yazpik, Mexican actor * November 16 - Martha Plimpton, American actress * November 18 **Mike Epps, American stand-up comedian, producer and actor **Peta Wilson, Australian actress and model * November 24 - Madis Milling, Estonian actor and presenter (d. 2022) * December 1 - Sarah Silverman, American stand-up comedian, actress, singer and writer * December 2 - Joe Lo Truglio, American actor, comedian, writer and producer * December 5 - Adam Levy (actor), British actor * December 12 **Jennifer Connelly, American actress **Regina Hall, American actress * December 13 - Bart Johnson, American actor * December 17 - Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor * December 23 - Anatole Taubman, Swiss actor

Deaths

* January 7 - Jack Natteford, 75, American screenwriter, ''1,000 Dollars a Minute'', ''Black Bart (1948 film), Black Bart'' * January 19 - Hal March, 49, American actor, ''Hear Me Good'', ''Send Me No Flowers'' * January 23 - Nell Shipman, 77, Canadian actress, writer, producer, ''Back to God's Country (1919 film), Back to God's Country'', ''The Grub-Stake'' * January 25 - Eiji Tsuburaya, 68, Japanese film director and special effects designer, ''Godzilla (1954 film), Godzilla'', ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'' * January 27 - Rocco D'Assunta, 65, Italian actor, comedian and playwright * February 6 - Roscoe Karns, 76, American actor, ''It Happened One Night'', ''Alibi Ike'' * February 19 - Jules Munshin, 54, American actor, ''On the Town (film), On the Town'', ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film), Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' * February 24 - Conrad Nagel, 72, American actor, ''All That Heaven Allows'', ''The Divorcee'' * March 4 - Peter Godfrey (director), Peter Godfrey, 70, British director, ''Christmas in Connecticut'', ''The Two Mrs. Carrolls'' * March 6 - William Hopper, 55, American actor, ''Rebel Without a Cause'', ''Track of the Cat'' * March 23 - Del Lord, 75, Canadian pioneer Hollywood director, ''A Plumbing We Will Go'', ''All the World's a Stooge'' * March 25 - Virginia Van Upp, 68, American producer and screenwriter, ''Gilda'', ''Cover Girl (film), Cover Girl'' * March 26 - Patricia Ellis, 51, American actress, ''A Night at the Ritz'', ''Rhythm in the Clouds'' * April 9 - Cobina Wright, 82, American singer and actress, ''The Razor's Edge (1946 film), The Razor's Edge'', ''Footlight Serenade'' * April 11 - Cathy O'Donnell, 46, American actress, ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur'', ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' * April 18 **Gay Seabrook, 69, American actress, ''Bedtime Worries'', ''Wild Poses'' **Glenn Tryon, 71, American actor and director, ''Lonesome (1928 film), Lonesome'', ''Miss Mink of 1949'' * April 19 - George Blair (director), George Blair, 64, American director, ''Duke of Chicago'', ''Streets of San Francisco (film), Streets of San Francisco'' * April 21 - Jose Corazon de Jesus Jr., 45, Filipino actor, ''Garrison 13'', ''Higit Sa Lahat'' * April 25 - Anita Louise, 55, American actress, ''The Little Princess (1939 film), The Little Princess'', ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'' * April 26 - Gypsy Rose Lee, 59, American burlesque performer and actress, ''Screaming Mimi (film), Screaming Mimi'', ''Belle of the Yukon'' * April 28 - Ed Begley, 69, American actor, ''12 Angry Men (1957 film), 12 Angry Men'', ''Patterns (film), Patterns'' * April 30 - Inger Stevens, 35, Swedish actress, ''Hang 'Em High'', ''A Guide for the Married Man'' * May 10 - Mari Blanchard, 43, American actress, ''Destry (film), Destry'', ''She Devil (1957 film), She-Devil'' * May 14 - Billie Burke, 85, American actress, ''The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), The Wizard of Oz'', ''Father's Little Dividend'' * May 17 - Nigel Balchin, 61, British screenwriter, ''The Man Who Never Was'', ''23 Paces to Baker Street'' * May 21 - Vinton Hayworth, 63, American actor, playwright, screenwriter, ''Danger on Wheels, Enemy Agent'' * May 22 - Mahmoud Zulfikar, 56, Egyptian director, ''Aghla Min Hayati, Soft Hands (film), Soft Hands'' * May 23 - Nydia Westman, 68, American actress, ''Ladies Should Listen'', ''Dressed to Thrill'' * June 4 - Sonny Tufts, 58, American actor, ''The Virginian (1946 film), The Virginian'', ''Government Girl'' * June 14 - William Daniels (cinematographer), William Daniels, 68, American cinematographer, ''Camille (1936 film), Camille'', ''Ninotchka'' * July 6 - Marjorie Rambeau, 80, American actress, ''A Man Called Peter'', ''Tobacco Road (film), Tobacco Road'' * July 9 - Sigrid Holmquist, 71, Swedish actress, ''Just Around the Corner (1921 film), Just Around the Corner'', ''Meddling Women '' * July 14 - Preston Foster, 69, American actor, ''The Informer (1935 film), The Informer'', ''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' * July 22 - Fritz Kortner, 78, German director, ''Pandora's Box (1929 film), Pandora's Box'', ''The Razor's Edge'' * July 24 - Frank Silvera, 55, Jamaican actor, ''Viva Zapata!'', ''Hombre (film), Hombre'' * August 1 - Frances Farmer, 56, American actress, ''Come and Get It (1936 film), Come and Get It'', ''The Toast of New York'' * September 3 - Vasil Gendov, 78, Bulgarian film director, actor and screenwriter, ''Bulgaran is Gallant'' * September 11 - Chester Morris, 69, American actor, ''Meet Boston Blackie'', ''Five Came Back'' * September 18 - Jimi Hendrix, 27, American musician, ''Almost Famous'', ''Wayne's World (film), Wayne's World'' * September 29 - Edward Everett Horton, 84, American actor, ''Arsenic and Old Lace (film), Arsenic and Old Lace'', ''Top Hat (film), Top Hat'' * October 4 - Janis Joplin, 27, American singer, ''Watchmen (film), Watchmen'', ''Three Kings (1999 film), Three Kings'' * October 10 - Grethe Weiser, 67, German actress, ''My Friend Barbara'', ''Lemke's Widow (1957 film), Lemke's Widow'' * October 17 - Vola Vale, 73, American actress, ''The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film), The Phantom of the Opera'' * October 20 - Patrick Wymark, 44, British actor, ''Battle of Britain (film), Battle of Britain'', ''Where Eagles Dare'' * October 21 - Ernest Haller, 74, American cinematographer, ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'', ''Mildred Pierce (film), Mildred Pierce'' * November 2 - Fernand Gravey, 64, French actor, ''The King and the Chorus Girl'', ''The Great Waltz (1938 film), The Great Waltz'' * November 17 - Naunton Wayne, 69, British actor, ''Crook's Tour'', ''Dead of Night'' * November 25 - Louise Glaum, 82, American actress, ''Greater Than Love'', ''Sex (1920 film), Sex'' * December 2 - Pat Flaherty (actor), Pat Flaherty, 73, American actor, ''Convict's Code'', ''The Cobra Strikes (1948 film), The Cobra Strikes'' * December 12 **Carolyn Craig, 36, American actress, ''House on Haunted Hill'', ''Portland Exposé'' **George Terwilliger, 88, American director and screenwriter, ''The Fatal Hour (1920 film), The Fatal Hour'', ''Bride's Play'' * December 23 - Charles Ruggles, 84, American actor, ''Bringing Up Baby'', ''The Parent Trap (1961 film), The Parent Trap'' * December 30 - Lenore Ulric, 78, American actress, ''Notorious (1946 film), Notorious'', ''Camille (1936 film), Camille'' * December 31 - Suzanne Dalbert, 43, French actress, ''Mark of the Gorilla'', ''The 49th Man''

Film debuts

*Jane Alexander - ''The Great White Hope (film), The Great White Hope'' *Carmen Argenziano - ''Cover Me Babe'' *Linda Blair - ''The Way We Live Now (film), The Way We Live Now'' *Brian Blessed - ''Country Dance (film), Country Dance'' *Sean S. Cunningham - ''The Art of Marriage'' *Danny DeVito - ''Dreams of Glass'' *Robert Downey, Jr. - ''Pound (film), Pound'' *

- ''

'' *Erik Estrada - ''The Cross and the Switchblade (film), The Cross and the Switchblade'' *Scott Glenn - ''

'' *Pam Grier - ''

'' *Philip Baker Hall - ''Cowards (film), Cowards'' *Dan Hedaya - ''Myra Breckinridge (film), Myra Breckinridge'' *Peter Jason - ''Rio Lobo'' *Don Johnson - ''The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart'' *Jeffrey Jones - ''The Revolutionary (1970 film), The Revolutionary'' *Tommy Lee Jones - ''Love Story (1970 film), Love Story'' *Diane Keaton - ''Lovers and Other Strangers'' *Frank Langella - ''Diary of a Mad Housewife'' *Michael Lerner (actor), Michael Lerner - ''

'' *Stephen McHattie - ''The People Next Door (1970 film), The People Next Door'' *Anne Meara - ''The Out-of-Towners (1970 film), The Out-of-Towners'' *

- ''The Most Beautiful Wife'' *Stephen Rea - ''Cry of the Banshee'' *Susan Sarandon - ''Joe (1970 film), Joe'' *Tom Selleck - ''Myra Breckinridge'' *Pepe Serna – ''The Student Nurses'' *Paul Sorvino - ''Where's Poppa?'' *Sissy Spacek - ''Trash (1970 film), Trash'' *Sylvester Stallone - ''The Party at Kitty and Stud's'' *Burt Young - ''Carnival of Blood''

References

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