41. Ludwig
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luchino Visconti
Actors: Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe, John Moulder-Brown, Umberto Orsini
42. Coffy
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jack Hill
Actors: Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Sid Haig, Robert DoQui, William Elliott, Allan Arbus
43. Charley Varrick
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Don Siegel
Actors: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson, Sheree North, Jacqueline Scott
Plot: An unlucky crop-dusting pilot robs a bank, only to find that the bank is used by the Mafia to launder money.
44. Farewell, Friend aka Honor Among Thieves ( Adieu l'ami )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Herman
Actors: Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Olga Georges-Picot, Brigitte Fossey, Bernard Fresson, Marianna Falk
Plot: After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways only to be reunited by an extraordinary coincidence in bank vault.
45. Five on the Black Hand Side
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Oscar Williams
Actors: Clarice Taylor, Leonard Jackson, Virginia Capers, Glynn Turman, D'Urville Martin, Carl Franklin
Plot: Mr. Brooks is the overbearing head of his middle-class, black family. Mrs. Brooks has always put up with him, but when she joins their three children in protesting his controlling behavior he is forced to examine his attitude.
46. King Boxer aka Five Fingers of Death ( Tian xia di yi quan )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chang-hwa Jeong
Actors: Lieh Lo, Ping Wang, Hsiung Chiao, Chin-Feng Wang, Mien Fang, Feng Tien
Plot: A young student struggles to make a place for himself in the world of kung fu. But when he begins to develop his skills in the Iron Palm technique to win a tournament, his rivals break his hands. Too bad for his enemies that a couple of damaged fingers aren't enough to keep the young master from victory and revenge.
47. Breezy
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: William Holden, Kay Lenz, Roger C. Carmel, Marj Dusay, Joan Hotchkis, Shelley Morrison
Plot: A young, free-spirited hippie chick falls in love with a reluctant middle-aged businessman.
48. Jesus Christ Superstar
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Norman Jewison
Actors: Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Bob Bingham, Larry Marshall
Plot: A rock opera based on the last six days in the life of Jesus Christ as told through the eyes of Judas Iscariot.
49. The Way We Were
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles, Patrick O'Neal, Viveca Lindfors
Plot: A love story that focuses on two people who are basically polar opposites. They meet in college in the '30s, and their relationship spans a twenty-year period.
50. The Offence
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, Ian Bannen, Peter Bowles, Derek Newark
Plot: A seasoned police officer violently interrogates a suspected child
molester.
