151. Murder on the Orient Express
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Plot: Famed detective Hercule Poirot finds himself on the Orient Express when a
passenger requests his protection. Declining the offer, Poirot then finds
himself investigating a murder when the passenger is found dead the next
day. While the train is stopped due to snow, Poirot has a few hours to
figure out the passengers true identity, interview many passengers and
figure out why it all seems to lead back to a 5-year-old kidnapping case.
152. Assault on Precinct 13
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers
Plot: A police precinct in a less than desirable part of L.A. is shutting down, so there is only a skeleton crew on duty... they find themselves under siege by a gang, and must fight to survive the night.
153. Rocky II
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton
Plot: Rocky takes another shot at Apollo Creed, who will win this time?
154. The Poseidon Adventure
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ronald Neame
Actors: Gene Hackman, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Fred Sadoff, Roddy McDowall, Ernest Borgnine
Plot: A sinking ship full of vacationers try to survive with no way out as they
crawl through an upside down ship.
155. Big Jake
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: George Sherman
Actors: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot, Bobby Vinton
Plot: The McCandles ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil John Fain. They kidnap little Jacob McCandles and hold him for a million dollar ransom. There is only one man who is brave enough and smart enough to bring him back, and that man is Big Jake.
156. Bay of Blood ( Reazione a catena )
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati, Chris Avram, Leopoldo Trieste
Plot: After en elderly heiress is killed off by her husband, who wants the fortune for himself, is sets off a chain reaction as other member's of the family work to whittle down the inheritance pool - by killing off one another. A hapless group of teens camping out in one of the abandoned buildings on the property are caught in the middle.
157. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter III, Harvey Keitel, Diane Ladd, Kris Kristofferson, Jodie Foster
Plot: After the death of her husband, Alice and her 11-year-old son leave their Socorro, New Mexico home and plan to make it to Monterrey, California. Alice is a singer and, in order to fund the trip, plans to take odd jobs along the way - but she eventually finds herself as a waitress.
158. Ryan's Daughter
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lean
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills, Leo McKern, Sarah Miles
Plot: WWI seems worlds away from Ireland's Dingle peninsula. A young, conflicted British officer finds himself in the pub - the only customer - while Rosy Ryan Shaughnessy tends bar. The two have a magnetic attraction - but one night a group of Irish revolutionaries expecting a shipment of guns arrives at the pub and everything will come crashing down.
159. The Andromeda Strain
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell
Plot: A U.S. army satellite falls to the town of Piedmont, New Mexico and brings
back something alien that wipes out nearly the entire town. A team of five
scientists are brought in to solve the mystery behind the biological
terror before it spreads.
160. Helter Skelter
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Gries
Actors: Steve Railsback, George DiCenzo, Nancy Wolfe, Marilyn Burns, Christina Hart, Cathey Paine
Plot: Story of the crimes, capture and trial of the notorious Charles Manson and his "family".
