List of American films of 1972
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This is a list of American films released in 1972.
Cabaret won 8 Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Actress. The Godfather won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
A–C[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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1776 | Peter H. Hunt | William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Donald Madden, Ken Howard, John Cullum, Ron Holgate, Blythe Danner | Musical | Columbia; adapted from stage musical |
Across 110th Street | Barry Shear | Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Tony Franciosa | Crime drama | United Artists |
Another Nice Mess | Bob Einstein | Rich Little, Herb Voland | Comedy | |
Avanti! | Billy Wilder | Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill | Comedy | United Artists. Based on Samuel A. Taylor play |
Bad Company | Robert Benton | Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown | Western | Paramount |
Ben | Phil Karlson | Meredith Baxter, Joseph Campanella | Horror | sequel to Willard |
Behind the Green Door | Artie Mitchell, Jim Mitchell | Marilyn Chambers, Johnnie Keyes | Adult | |
Beware! The Blob | Larry Hagman | Robert Walker Jr., Dick Van Patten | Sci-fi | |
The Big Bird Cage | Jack Hill | Pam Grier, Anitra Ford, Sid Haig | Exploitation | New World |
The Biscuit Eater | Vincent McEveety | Earl Holliman, Pat Crowley, Lew Ayres | Drama | Disney |
Black Girl | Ossie Davis | Peggy Pettitt, Brock Peters, Ruby Dee | Drama | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
Black Gunn | Robert Hartford-Davis | Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes | Thriller | Columbia |
Black Rage | Chris Robinson | Ted Cassidy, Phyllis Robinson | Drama | |
Blacula | William Crain | William Marshall, Vonetta McGee | Horror | AIP. Based on Dracula |
Blindman | Ferdinando Baldi | Tony Anthony, Ringo Starr, Lloyd Battista | Western | 20th Century Fox |
Bluebeard | Edward Dmytryk | Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Joey Heatherton, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon | Thriller | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
Bone | Larry Cohen | Yaphet Kotto, Andrew Duggan, Joyce Van Patten | Crime drama | New World |
Boxcar Bertha | Martin Scorsese | Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, John Carradine, Bernie Casey | Drama | American International |
The Bravos | Ted Post | George Peppard | Western | Made for TV |
Buck and the Preacher | Sidney Poitier | Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee | Western | Columbia |
Butterflies Are Free | Milton Katselas | Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart, Paul Michael Glaser | Comedy | Columbia. Oscar for Heckart |
Cabaret | Bob Fosse | Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York | Musical | Allied Artists; Oscars for Fosse and Minnelli; 8 total |
Cancel My Reservation | Paul Bogart | Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
The Candidate | Michael Ritchie | Robert Redford, Melvyn Douglas, Peter Boyle | Drama | Warner Bros.; Oscar for screenplay |
The Carey Treatment | Blake Edwards | James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill | Mystery | MGM. Based on novel by Michael Crichton |
Chato's Land | Michael Winner | Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Richard Basehart, Ralph Waite, Simon Oakland | Western | United Artists |
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things | Bob Clark | Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches | Horror | |
Child's Play | Sidney Lumet | James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges | Mystery | Paramount |
Cisco Pike | Bill L. Norton | Kris Kristofferson, Gene Hackman, Karen Black, Harry Dean Stanton | Drama | Sony Pictures |
Come Back, Charleston Blue | Mark Warren | Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques | Comedy | Warner Bros. Sequel to Cotton Comes to Harlem |
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | J. Lee Thompson | Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalbán, Hari Rhodes | Science fiction | 20th Century Fox. 3rd sequel to Planet of the Apes |
Cool Breeze | Barry Pollack | Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace | Crime | MGM |
Corky | Leonard Horn | Robert Blake, Charlotte Rampling, Patrick O'Neal, Christopher Connelly | Action | MGM |
The Cowboys | Mark Rydell | John Wayne, Bruce Dern, Roscoe Lee Browne, Robert Carradine, A Martinez | Western | Warner Bros.; became TV series |
Cry for Me, Billy | William Graham | Cliff Potts, Harry Dean Stanton | Western drama | Warner Bros. |
The Culpepper Cattle Co. | Dick Richards | Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins | Western | 20th Century Fox |
D–G[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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The Daughters of Joshua Cabe | Philip Leacock | Buddy Ebsen | Western | Made for TV |
Daughters of Satan | Hollingsworth Morse | Tom Selleck, Barra Grant | Horror | United Artists |
Deadhead Miles | Vernon Zimmerman | Alan Arkin, Paul Benedict | Comedy | Paramount |
Dealing | Paul Williams | Robert F. Lyons, Barbara Hershey, John Lithgow | Comedy thriller | Warner Bros. |
Deep Throat | Gerard Damiano | Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems | Adult | |
Deliverance | John Boorman | Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox | Drama | Warner Bros. James Dickey]] novel; 3 Oscar nominations |
Dirty Little Billy | Stan Dragoti | Michael J. Pollard, Richard Evans | Western | Columbia |
The Doberman Gang | Byron Chudnow | Julie Parrish, Hal Reed | Crime, Action | inspired 2 sequels |
Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Robert Fuest | Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Beryl Reid, Fiona Lewis, Terry-Thomas | Horror | A.I.P.; sequel to The Abominable Dr. Phibes |
Duck, You Sucker! | Sergio Leone | Rod Steiger, James Coburn | War, Western | United Artists |
Dynamite Chicken | Ernest Pintoff | Richard Pryor, Al Goldstein | Comedy | |
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Paul Newman | Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts | Drama | 20th Century Fox. Based on a play by Paul Zindel |
Elvis on Tour | Pierre Adidge, Robert Abel | Elvis Presley | Documentary | MGM; won Golden Globe for Best Documentary |
Endless Night | Sidney Gilliat | Hayley Mills, Britt Eklund | Mystery | based on a book by Agatha Christie |
Every Little Crook and Nanny | Cy Howard | Victor Mature, Lynn Redgrave, Maggie Blye | Comedy | MGM |
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) | Woody Allen | Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Burt Reynolds, Tony Randall, Louise Lasser, Lynn Redgrave, Heather MacRae, Lou Jacobi, Regis Philbin | Comedy | United Artists. Based on a book by David Reuben |
Fat City | John Huston | Jeff Bridges, Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell | Drama | Columbia. Based on a novel by Leonard Gardner |
Fillmore | Richard T. Heffron | Santana, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane | Documentary | Concert film |
The Final Comedown | Oscar Williams | Billy Dee Williams, | blaxploitation | |
Five Summer Stories | Greg MacGillivray | Eddie Aikau | Documentary | |
Fritz the Cat | Ralph Bakshi | Skip Hinnant | Comedy | first animated film Rated X |
Follow Me! | Carol Reed | Mia Farrow, Topol, Michael Jayston | Comedy-drama | Universal |
Four More Years | Top Value Television | Spiro Agnew, Walter Cronkite, Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, George McGovern | Documentary | |
Frogs | George McCowan | Ray Milland, Sam Elliott | Horror | AIP |
Fuzz | Richard A. Colla | Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Yul Brynner, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt | Action comedy | United Artists |
Georgia, Georgia | Stig Björkman | Dirk Benedict, Diana Sands, Stig Engström | Drama | Cinerama |
Get to Know Your Rabbit | Brian De Palma | Tom Smothers, Katharine Ross, Orson Welles | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
The Getaway | Sam Peckinpah | Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Al Lettieri, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Jack Dodson, Bo Hopkins, Dub Taylor, Slim Pickens | Crime drama | National General Pictures. Based on a novel by Jim Thompson; remade in 1994 |
Gidget Gets Married | E.W. Swackhamer | Michael Burns, Monie Ellis | Comedy | Made for TV |
Glass Houses | Alexander Singer | Bernard Barrow, Jennifer O'Neill, Deirdre Lenihan | Drama | Columbia |
The Godfather | Francis Ford Coppola | Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, John Cazale, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Richard Castellano, Richard Conte, Sterling Hayden, Al Lettieri, Gianni Russo, Abe Vigoda, John Marley, Alex Rocco, Al Martino | Crime drama | Paramount; won 3 Oscars; top-grossing film of 1972; based on novel by Mario Puzo |
Grave of the Vampire | John Hayes | William Smith, Lyn Peters | Horror | |
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Philip Kaufman | Cliff Robertson, Robert Duvall | Western | Universal |
The Great Waltz | Andrew L. Stone | Horst Buchholz, Mary Costa, Nigel Patrick | Historical | MGM |
The Groundstar Conspiracy | Lamont Johnson | George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford | Crime | Universal |
H–M[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Hammer | Bruce D. Clark | Fred Williamson, Bernie Hamilton, Vonetta McGee | Action | United Artists |
Hammersmith Is Out | Peter Ustinov | Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov | Comedy | Cinerama Corp. |
Hardcase | John Llewellyn Moxey | Clint Walker | Western | Hanna-Barbera Productions; Made for TV |
The Heartbreak Kid | Elaine May | Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Eddie Albert, Audra Lindley | Comedy | 20th Century Fox. Script by Neil Simon; 2 Oscar nominations; remade in 2007 |
Heat | Paul Morrissey | Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles | Drama | produced by Andy Warhol |
Hickey & Boggs | Robert Culp | Bill Cosby, Robert Culp | Crime | United Artists |
Hit Man | George Armitage | Bernie Casey, Pam Grier | Crime | MGM |
Home for the Holidays | John Llewellyn Moxey | Jessica Walter, Sally Field, Eleanor Parker, Julie Harris, Walter Brennan | Horror | ABC Circle Films; Made for TV; Remake of 1995 film |
The Honkers | Steve Ihnat | James Coburn, Lois Nettleton, Anne Archer | Comedy | United Artists |
The Hot Box | Joe Viola | Carmen Argenziano, Andrea Cagan, Margaret Markov | Action | New World |
The Hot Rock | Peter Yates | Robert Redford, George Segal, Zero Mostel | Crime | 20th Century Fox. William Goldman script; from book by Donald Westlake |
Images | Robert Altman | Susannah York, René Auberjonois | Thriller | Columbia |
Irish Whiskey Rebellion | Chester Erskine | William Devane, Anne Meara | Crime | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
J.W. Coop | Cliff Robertson | Cliff Robertson, Geraldine Page | Western | Columbia |
Jeremiah Johnson | Sydney Pollack | Robert Redford, Will Geer | Western | Warner Bros. |
Joe Kidd | John Sturges | Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon | Western | Universal; script by Elmore Leonard |
Journey Back to Oz | Hal Sutherland | Milton Berle, Herschel Bernardi, Margaret Hamilton | Animation | based on Oz book |
Junior Bonner | Sam Peckinpah | Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Joe Don Baker, Barbara Leigh, Ben Johnson | Western | Cinerama Releasing Corp. |
Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Hollingsworth Morse | Don Murray, R.G. Armstrong | Family western | Disney |
Kansas City Bomber | Jerrold Freedman | Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy | Drama | MGM |
The King of Marvin Gardens | Bob Rafelson | Jack Nicholson, Ellen Burstyn, Bruce Dern | Drama | Columbia |
Lady Sings the Blues | Sidney J. Furie | Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor | Biography | Paramount. Story of Billie Holiday; 5 Oscar nominations |
The Last House on the Left | Wes Craven | Sandra Cassel, David A. Hess | Horror | |
Last of the Red Hot Lovers | Gene Saks | Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Paula Prentiss | Comedy | Paramount; based on Neil Simon play |
Last Tango in Paris | Bernardo Bertolucci | Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi | Drama | United Artists |
Left Hand of Gemini | Ian McShane, Richard Egan | Sci-fi | ||
The Legend of Boggy Creek | Charles B. Pierce | William Stumpp | Mystery | |
The Legend of Nigger Charley aka Legend of Black Charley | Martin Goldman | Fred Williamson, D'Urville Martin | Western | Paramount |
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | John Huston | Paul Newman, Anthony Perkins, Victoria Principal, Jacqueline Bisset, John Huston, Ava Gardner | Western, Biography | National General Pictures. Academy Award|Oscar]], Golden Globe for Song |
Limbo | Mark Robson | Kathleen Nolan, Kate Jackson, Stuart Margolin | Drama | Universal |
Yaphet Kotto | Yaphet Kotto, Yaphet Kotto, Quinn K. Redeker, Virgil Frye | Crime | Cannon | |
Los Amigos | Paolo Cavara | Anthony Quinn, Franco Nero, Pamela Tiffin | Western | MGM |
The Magnificent Seven Ride | George McGowan | Lee Van Cleef, George Kennedy, Stefanie Powers | Western | United Artiststhird sequel to The Magnificent Seven |
The Man | Joseph Sargent | James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Barbara Rush | Drama | Paramount. Script by Rod Serling |
Man of La Mancha | Arthur Hiller | Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco | Musical | United Artists. Based on Dale Wasserman play; 2 Golden Globes |
The Mechanic | Michael Winner | Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent | Action | United Artists; remade in 2011 |
Melinda | Hugh A. Robertson | Calvin Lockhart, Vonetta McGee | Drama | MGM |
Molly and Lawless John | Gary Nelson | Vera Miles, Sam Elliott | Western |
N–S[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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Napoleon and Samantha | Bernard McEveety | Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster | Adventure | Disney |
Necromancy | Bert I. Gordon | Orson Welles, Lee Purcell, Pamela Franklin | Horror | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
The New Centurions | Richard Fleischer | George C. Scott, Stacy Keach | Crime drama | Columbia. Based on a novel by Joseph Wambaugh |
Night Call Nurses | Jonathan Kaplan | Alana Stewart, Mittie Lawrence | Thriller | New World |
Night of the Lepus | William F. Claxton | Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh | Horror | MGM |
No Drums, No Bugles | Clyde Ware | Martin Sheen, Davey Davison | War | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
No Place to Run | Delbert Mann | Herschel Bernardi, Stefanie Powers, Larry Hagman | Drama | Made for TV |
Northeast of Seoul | David Lowell Rich | Anita Ekberg, John Ireland, Victor Buono | Thriller | Cannon |
Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Robert Butler | Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn | Sci-fi, Comedy | Disney |
The Offence | Sidney Lumet | Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant | Drama | United Artists |
One Is a Lonely Number | Mel Stuart | Trish Van Devere, Monte Markham, Janet Leigh | Drama | MGM |
The Other | Robert Mulligan | Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, John Ritter | Horror | 20th Century Fox; from Tom Tryon novel |
Painters Painting | Emile de Antonio | Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning | Documentary | |
Pancho Villa | Eugenio Martin | Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors | Western | filmed in Spain |
Payday | Daryl Duke | Rip Torn, Ahna Capri | Drama | Cinerama Releasing |
Pete 'n' Tillie | Martin Ritt | Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page | Comedy, Drama | Universal; 2 Oscar nominations |
Pickup on 101 | John Florea | Jack Albertson, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Sheen | Drama | AIP |
Pink Flamingos | John Waters | Divine | Comedy | cult film |
A Place Called Today | Don Schain | Lana Wood, Cheri Caffaro | Drama | Embassy |
Play It Again, Sam | Herbert Ross | Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Susan Anspach | Comedy | Paramount; based on Allen's play |
Play It as It Lays | Frank Perry | Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Adam Roarke | Drama | Universal; from Joan Didion novel |
Pocket Money | Stuart Rosenberg | Paul Newman, Lee Marvin | Western, Comedy | National General Pictures. Terrence Malick script |
Pope Joan | Michael Anderson | Liv Ullmann, Olivia de Havilland | Drama | Columbia |
Portnoy's Complaint | Ernest Lehman | Richard Benjamin, Karen Black, Lee Grant | Comedy, Drama | Warner Bros.; from novel by Philip Roth |
The Poseidon Adventure | Ronald Neame | Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Carol Lynley, Pamela Sue Martin, Red Buttons, Jack Albertson | Disaster film, Adventure | 20th Century Fox. Based on Paul Gallico novel; won 2 Oscars |
The Possession of Joel Delaney | Waris Hussein | Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Michael Hordern | Horror | Paramount |
Prime Cut | Michael Ritchie | Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek, Angel Tompkins | Drama, Action | National General |
Private Parts | Paul Bartel | Stanley Livingston, Lucille Benson | Horror | MGM |
Rage | George C. Scott | George C. Scott, Martin Sheen | Drama | Warner Bros. |
Red Sun | Terence Young | Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress | Western | National General |
A Reflection of Fear | William A. Fraker | Robert Shaw, Sondra Locke, Sally Kellerman | Drama | Columbia |
The Revengers | Daniel Mann | William Holden, Ernest Borgnine | Western | National General |
Rivals | Krishna Shah | Joan Hackett, Robert Klein | Drama | Embassy |
Run, Cougar, Run | Jerome Courtland | Stuart Whitman, Frank Aletter, Lonny Chapman | Drama | Disney |
The Salzburg Connection | Lee H. Katzin | Barry Newman, Anna Karina, Klaus Maria Brandauer | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
Savages | James Ivory | Susan Blakely, Sam Waterston | Comedy | |
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Jud Taylor | Susan Hayward, Darren McGavin, Michael Constantine, Michele Nichols, Dane Clark, Beverly Garland, Jeanette Nolan | Drama | Made for TV |
A Separate Peace | Larry Peerce | Parker Stevenson, William Roerick | Drama | Paramount |
Shaft's Big Score | Gordon Parks | Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn | Crime drama | MGM. Sequel to Shaft |
Silent Running | Douglas Trumbull | Bruce Dern, Ron Rifkin | Sci-fi | Universal |
Sitting Target | Douglas Hickox | Oliver Reed, Jill St. John | Drama | MGM |
Skyjacked | John Guillermin | Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Jeanne Crain, Walter Pidgeon, Roosevelt Grier, Leslie Uggams | Disaster film | MGM; Crain's final film |
Slaughter | Jack Starrett | Jim Brown, Rip Torn, Stella Stevens | Crime drama | A.I.P.; followed by 1973 sequel |
Slaughterhouse-Five | George Roy Hill | Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine | Sci-fi, Drama | Universal. From Kurt Vonnegut novel |
Snoopy, Come Home | Bill Melendez | Voices of Chad Webber, Robin Kohn, Hilary Momberger, Johanna Baer | Animated | sequel to A Boy Named Charlie Brown |
Snowball Express | Norman Tokar | Nancy Olson, Dean Jones | Family | Disney |
Sounder | Martin Ritt | Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks | Drama | 20th Century Fox. 4 Oscar nominations; based on novel |
Stand Up and Be Counted | Jackie Cooper | Jacqueline Bisset, Stella Stevens, Steve Lawrence | Comedy | Columbia |
Stigma | David E. Durston | Philip Michael Thomas | Drama | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie | Jack Starrett | Bonnie Bedelia, Ken Howard | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
The Summertime Killer | Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | Olivia Hussey, Christopher Mitchum, Karl Malden | Crime drama | |
Super Fly | Gordon Parks Junior | Ron O'Neal, Julius Harris | Crime drama | Warner Bros. Curtis Mayfield score |
T–Z[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note |
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They Only Kill Their Masters | James Goldstone | James Garner. Katharine Ross | Mystery | MGM |
The Thing with Two Heads | Lee Frost | Ray Milland, Roosevelt Grier | Sci-fi | AIP |
Thumb Tripping | Quentin Masters | Bruce Dern, Meg Foster | Drama | Avco Embassy |
To Find a Man | Buzz Kulik | Pamela Sue Martin, Darren O'Connor, Tom Bosley | Drama | Columbia |
To Kill a Clown | George Bloomfield | Alan Alda, Blythe Danner | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
Tomorrow | Joseph Anthony | Robert Duvall, Peter Masterson | Drama | Horton Foote script |
Travels with My Aunt | George Cukor | Maggie Smith, Louis Gossett Jr. | Comedy | MGM. Based on novel by Graham Greene |
Treasure Island | Hal Sutherland | Richard Dawson, Davy Jones, Dal McKennon | Adventure | animated; based on the novel |
Treasure Island | John Hough | Orson Welles, Lionel Stander, Walter Slezak | Adventure | live-action; based on the novel |
Trick Baby | Larry Yust | Kiel Martin, Mel Stewart, Vernee Watson-Johnson | Crime | Universal |
Trouble Man | Ivan Dixon | Robert Hooks, Paula Kelly | Crime drama | 20th Century Fox. Marvin Gaye score |
Ulzana's Raid | Robert Aldrich | Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Richard Jaeckel | Western | Universal |
Unholy Rollers | Vernon Zimmerman | Claudia Jennings, Louis Quinn | Sports | AIP |
Up the Sandbox | Irvin Kershner | Barbra Streisand, David Selby | Comedy | National General Pictures. Based on Anne Roiphe novel |
The Valachi Papers | Terence Young | Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari | Crime drama | Columbia |
The Visitors | Elia Kazan | Patrick McVey, Patricia Joyce, James Woods | Drama | United Artists. Woods' first film |
The War Between Men and Women | Melville Shavelson | Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris | Comedy | National General |
What's Up, Doc? | Peter Bogdanovich | Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn | Comedy | Warner Bros. Kahn's first film |
When the Legends Die | Stuart Millar | Richard Widmark, Frederic Forrest | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
Where Does It Hurt? | Rod Amateau | Peter Sellers, Jo Ann Pflug, Rick Lenz | Comedy | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
Wild in the Sky | William T. Naud | Georg Stanford Brown, Brandon deWilde, Keenan Wynn | Action comedy | AIP |
Winter Soldier | Barbara Kopple | John Kerry | Documentary | |
The Woman Hunt | Eddie Romero | John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Sid Haig | Action | New World |
The Woman Hunter | Bernard L. Kowalski | Barbara Eden, Robert Vaughn | Mystery | made for TV |
The Wrath of God | Ralph Nelson | Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, Rita Hayworth | Western | MGM. Hayworth's final film |
You'll Like My Mother | Lamont Johnson | Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy | Horror | Universal |
See also[]
- 1972 in the United States
External links[]
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