Director:
Seitarô Hara Tatsuo Yoshida

Casting:
Thor Bishopric,
Yûko Maruyama,
Masako Ikeda,

Japan, 1972

Kashi no ki Mokku
Animation
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola

Casting:
Marlon Brando,
Al Pacino,
James Caan,

USA, 1972

The Godfather
Crime , Drama
Director:
Richard Fleischer

Casting:
George C. Scott,
Stacy Keach,
Jane Alexander,

USA, 1972

The New Centurions
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Robert Freeman William Allen Castleman

Casting:
Douglas Frey,
Jacqueline Giroux,
Penny Boran,

France, USA, West Germany, 1972

The Sexcapades of Don Diego
Action , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Alan Wareing Henry Foster Tim O'Mara

Casting:
Lucy Pargeter,
Elizabeth Estensen,
Mark Charnock,

UK, 1972

Emmerdale
Drama
Director:
Peter Baldwin Alan Rafkin Jack Shea

Casting:
Redd Foxx,
Demond Wilson,
LaWanda Page,

USA, 1972

Sanford and Son
Comedy
Director:
Mike Vardy Douglas Camfield Tom Clegg

Casting:
Barry Foster,
Michael Latimer,
Susan Travers,

UK, 1972

Van der Valk
Action , Drama
Director:
Peter Bonerz Alan Rafkin Michael Zinberg

Casting:
Bob Newhart,
Suzanne Pleshette,
Peter Bonerz,

USA, 1972

The Bob Newhart Show
Comedy
Director:
Sam Peckinpah

Casting:
Steve McQueen,
Robert Preston,
Ida Lupino,

USA, 1972

Junior Bonner
Comedy , Drama , Western
Director:
Bernard L. Kowalski Richard T. Heffron Jack Smight

Casting:
George Peppard,
Ralph Manza,
Murray Matheson,

USA, 1972

Banacek
Crime , Drama , Mystery
Director:
Paul Annett Paul Ciappessoni Simon Langton

Casting:
Peter Barkworth,
Anna Cropper,
Bernard Brown,

UK, 1972

Dead of Night
Horror
Director:
Mike Hodges

Casting:
Michael Caine,
Mickey Rooney,
Lionel Stander,

UK, 1972

Pulp
Comedy , Crime , Drama
Director:
Ronald Neame Irwin Allen

Casting:
Gene Hackman,
Ernest Borgnine,
Red Buttons,

USA, 1972

The Poseidon Adventure
Action , Adventure
Director:
Richard Lang Jerry Thorpe Marc Daniels

Casting:
David Carradine,
Keye Luke,
Radames Pera,

USA, 1972

Kung Fu
Adventure , Drama , Western
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Casting:
Sean Connery,
Trevor Howard,
Vivien Merchant,

UK, USA, 1972

The Offence
Crime , Thriller , Drama
Director:
Paul Bartel

Casting:
Ayn Ruymen,
Lucille Benson,
John Ventantonio,

USA, 1972

Private Parts
Horror , Comedy
Director:
Adonis Kyrou

Casting:
Franco Nero,
Nathalie Delon,
Nicol Williamson,

France, Italy, West Germany, 1972

Le moine
Drama , Horror
Director:
Gordon Parks

Casting:
Richard Roundtree,
Moses Gunn,
Drew Bundini Brown,

USA, 1972

Shaft's Big Score!
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Ernest Lehman

Casting:
Richard Benjamin,
Karen Black,
Lee Grant,

USA, 1972

Portnoy's Complaint
Comedy
Director:
George C. Scott

Casting:
George C. Scott,
Richard Basehart,
Martin Sheen,

USA, 1972

Rage
Drama
Director:
George Armitage

Casting:
Bernie Casey,
Pam Grier,
Lisa Moore,

USA, 1972

Hit Man
Crime , Drama
Director:
Rod Amateau

Casting:
Peter Sellers,
Jo Ann Pflug,
Rick Lenz,

USA, 1972

Where Does It Hurt?
Comedy
Director:
Ferde Grofé Jr.

Casting:
Chuck Connors,
Aron Kincaid,
Cesar Romero,

USA, Colombia, Philippines, 1972

The Proud and Damned
Action , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Sidney Hayers

Casting:
Martin Potter,
Julia Foster,
Nicky Henson,

UK, 1972

All Coppers Are...
Drama
Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Casting:
Margit Carstensen,
Hanna Schygulla,
Katrin Schaake,

West Germany, 1972

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Drama
Director:
Richard A. Colla

Casting:
Burt Reynolds,
Jack Weston,
Tom Skerritt,

USA, 1972

Fuzz
Comedy , Crime , Drama
Director:
Eugenio Martín

Casting:
Telly Savalas,
Clint Walker,
Chuck Connors,

Spain, UK, USA, 1972

Pancho Villa
Biography , Drama , Western
Director:
Fernando Di Leo

Casting:
Mario Adorf,
Henry Silva,
Woody Strode,

Italy, West Germany, 1972

The Italian Connection
Action , Crime , Thriller
Director:
John Sturges

Casting:
Clint Eastwood,
Robert Duvall,
John Saxon,

USA, 1972

Joe Kidd
Western
Director:
Jacques Deray

Casting:
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Ann-Margret,
Roy Scheider,

Italy, France, USA, 1972

The Outside Man
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Virgil W. Vogel Walter Grauman William Hale

Casting:
Karl Malden,
Michael Douglas,
Reuben Collins,

USA, 1972

The Streets of San Francisco
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Alberto De Martino

Casting:
Telly Savalas,
Antonio Sabato,
Paola Tedesco,

Italy, 1972

Crime Boss
Crime , Drama
Director:
Daniel Mann

Casting:
William Holden,
Ernest Borgnine,
Woody Strode,

USA, Mexico, 1972

The Revengers
Western
Director:
Mark Warren

Casting:
Godfrey Cambridge,
Raymond St. Jacques,
Peter De Anda,

USA, 1972

Come Back, Charleston Blue
Action , Comedy
Director:
Federico Fellini

Casting:
Peter Gonzales Falcon,
Fiona Florence,
Britta Barnes,

Italy, France, 1972

Roma
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Maurizio Lucidi

Casting:
Bud Spencer,
Jack Palance,
Renato Cestiè,

Spain, Italy, France, 1972

Si può fare... amigo
Western , Comedy
Director:
Phil Bondelli E.W. Swackhamer Leonard Horn

Casting:
Georg Stanford Brown,
Sam Melville,
Kate Jackson,

USA, 1972

The Rookies
Crime , Drama
Director:
Jerrold Freedman

Casting:
Raquel Welch,
Kevin McCarthy,
Helena Kallianiotes,

USA, 1972

Kansas City Bomber
Drama
Director:
Umberto Lenzi

Casting:
Antonio Sabato,
Uschi Glas,
Pier Paolo Capponi,

Italy, West Germany, 1972

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Joseph Sargent

Casting:
James Earl Jones,
Martin Balsam,
Burgess Meredith,

USA, 1972

The Man
Drama
Director:
Noboru Ishiguro Fumio Kurokawa Hideo Nishimaki

Casting:
Katsuji Mori,
Isao Sasaki,
Kazuko Sugiyama,

Japan, 1972

Gatchaman
Action , Animation , Sci-Fi
Director:
Andrew Sinclair

Casting:
Richard Burton,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Peter O'Toole,

UK, 1972

Under Milk Wood
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Robert Mazoyer

Casting:
Marie-José Nat,
Jean-Claude Drouot,
Marie-France Pisier,

France, Switzerland, Canada, 1972

Les gens de Mogador
Drama
Director:
Thomas J. Schmidt

Casting:
Dianne Hull,
Michael Ontkean,
Kathleen Cody,

Canada, USA, 1972

Hot Summer Week
Comedy , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Vincent McEveety

Casting:
Earl Holliman,
Pat Crowley,
Lew Ayres,

USA, 1972

The Biscuit Eater
Drama , Family
Director:
Jean-Pierre Melville

Casting:
Alain Delon,
Richard Crenna,
Catherine Deneuve,

France, Italy, 1972

A Cop
Action , Crime , Thriller
Director:
Bill L. Norton

Casting:
Kris Kristofferson,
Karen Black,
Gene Hackman,

USA, 1972

Cisco Pike
Drama
Director:
Alastair Reid

Casting:
Peter Finch,
Shelley Winters,
Colin Blakely,

UK, 1972

Something to Hide
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director:
Charles Crichton Alan Gibson Gerry Poulson

Casting:
William Lucas,
Charlotte Mitchell,
Roderick Shaw,

UK, 1972

The Adventures of Black Beauty
Adventure , Family
Director:
Brian G. Hutton

Casting:
Elizabeth Taylor,
Michael Caine,
Susannah York,

UK, 1972

X, Y and Zee
Drama
Director:
Denys de La Patellière

Casting:
Jean Gabin,
Fabio Testi,
Uschi Glas,

Italy, France, West Germany, 1972

Killer
Crime , Drama
Director:
Aldo Lado

Casting:
George Lazenby,
Anita Strindberg,
Adolfo Celi,

Italy, West Germany, 1972

Who Saw Her Die?
Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Blake Edwards

Casting:
James Coburn,
Jennifer O'Neill,
Pat Hingle,

USA, 1972

The Carey Treatment
Crime , Mystery , Thriller
Director:
Norman Tokar

Casting:
Dean Jones,
Nancy Olson,
Harry Morgan,

USA, 1972

Snowball Express
Comedy , Family
Director:
Larry Hagman

Casting:
Robert Walker Jr.,
Gwynne Gilford,
Richard Stahl,

USA, 1972

Beware! The Blob
Comedy , Horror , Sci-Fi
Director:
Sidney J. Furie

Casting:
Diana Ross,
Billy Dee Williams,
Richard Pryor,

USA, 1972

Lady Sings the Blues
Biography , Drama , Music
Director:
William Wiard Hy Averback Terry Becker

Casting:
Yul Brynner,
Samantha Eggar,
Keye Luke,

USA, 1972

Anna and the King
Comedy , Romance
Director:
Peter Yates

Casting:
Robert Redford,
George Segal,
Ron Leibman,

USA, 1972

The Hot Rock
Action , Comedy , Crime
Director:
William Crain

Casting:
William Marshall,
Vonetta McGee,
Denise Nicholas,

USA, 1972

Blacula
Horror , Thriller
Director:
Waris Hussein

Casting:
Keith Michell,
Donald Pleasence,
Charlotte Rampling,

UK, 1972

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Drama
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