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Foundation date 1 january 1942
Embassy Pictures Corporation (later known as Avco Embassy Pictures and later Embassy Films Associates) was an independent studio and distributor responsible for such films as The Graduate, The Lion in Winter, Carnal Knowledge, This Is Spinal Tap and Escape from New York.
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(1981)Filmography of Embassy Pictures (163 films)
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Shatter (1974)
, 1h29Directed by Monte Hellman, Michael Carreras
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Stuart Whitman, Ti Lung, Lily Li Li-li, Peter Cushing, Anton Diffring, Lau Kar Wing
Monsieur Fracasse (Stuart Whitman), le héros éponyme, un tueur à gages professionnel, est chargé de la neutralisation d'un dirigeant africain. Une fois son contrat rempli et s'étant rendu à Hong Kong pour percevoir ses émoluments, il est à son tour la victime de diverses voies de fait, ses employeurs ayant décidé de le liquider. Il est heureusement pris en charge par deux locaux, un professeur d'arts martiaux (Ti Lung), et une demoiselle travaillant dans le domaine du service à la personne (Lily Li). Ensemble, ils vont affronter leurs adversaires, dont un homme âgé (Peter Cushing).
The Driver's Seat (1974)
, 1h45Directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Ian Bannen, Mona Washbourne, Guido Mannari, Maxence Mailfort, Andy Warhol
Elizabeth Taylor interprète une femme perturbée qui est assassinée par un psychotique.
Jock Petersen (1974)
, 1h47Directed by Tim Burstall
Genres Drama
Actors Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Wendy Hughes, Belinda Giblin, Arthur Dignam, Bud Tingwell
Tony Petersen is an electrical tradesman and former football star who is studying arts at the University of Melbourne, and majoring in English. Despite being married to adoring wife Susie, he is having an affair with his lecturer, Trish Kent, and has a fling with student Moira as part of a protest. Trish's husband Charles fails Petersen in his exams and Trish leaves for Oxford. Petersen rapes Trish and returns to his old life.
And Then There Were None (1974)
, 1h32Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime, Politic
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Charles Aznavour, Stéphane Audran, Elke Sommer, Gert Fröbe, Adolfo Celi, Alberto de Mendoza
A group of 10 people, strangers to one another, have all traveled to a hotel located deep in the deserts of Iran. Upon arrival they discover that their host is mysteriously absent. They are accused via a tape recording by the host, U.N. Owen ("unknown"), someone none of them has ever met, of having committed various crimes in the past which went unpunished by the law.
The Tamarind Seed (1974)
, 1h59Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Dan O'Herlihy, Sylvia Syms, Oskar Homolka
An attractive British Home Office assistant named Judith Farrow (Julie Andrews) is on vacation on the Caribbean island of Barbados after ending a failed love affair with married group captain Richard Paterson (David Baron), an important British minister. She meets Feodor Sverdlov (Omar Sharif), a Soviet military attaché who is also on vacation staying in an adjacent bungalow. The two spend time together exploring the island, visiting museums, and going out to dinner. When British intelligence learns that Sverdlov is spending time with the mistress of a British minister, they begin monitoring their actions. Judith and Sverdlov share details about their private lives—about her husband who died in a car crash, her recent unhappy affair, his unhappy marriage, and his disillusion with the Soviet Union. During one of their outings, Judith becomes fascinated by the story of a slave who was hanged from a tamarind tree and how that tree has since borne seeds in the shape of a human head. The skeptical Sverdlov thinks the story is a mere fairy tale. On her way back to London, she opens an envelope he gave her and finds a tamarind seed.
Lucky Luciano (1973)
, 1h45Directed by Francesco Rosi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Biography, Mob film, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Gian Maria Volonté, Vincent Gardenia, Rod Steiger, Charles Cioffi, Larry Gates, Silverio Blasi
Le film retrace la biographie de la figure mythique de la mafia italo-américaine, Salvatore Lucania, alias Lucky Luciano. Après la guerre des Castellammarese et l'élimination d'une quarantaine d'adversaires, il devient l'indiscuté capo di tutti capi de la Commission en 1931.
Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30 (1973)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Danny DeVito, Susan Peretz
The film follows a Brooklyn man (John Lefkowitz) who begins to suffer a severe identity crisis as he is about to turn 30. As his birthday approaches, he is forced to come to terms with his lack of success — in business, in love, and in general. Desperate to make his life a success, he tries to commit himself to a serious relationship and do the things 30 year olds are supposed to do based on the standards of society.
Interval (1973)
, 1h24Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Robert Wolders, Russ Conway, Claudio Brook, Britt Leach
Night Watch (1973)
, 1h39Directed by Brian G. Hutton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Linda Hayden, Robert Lang, Tony Britton
Based on a play by Lucille Fletcher, Night Watch is a suspense thriller about a woman named Ellen Wheeler (Elizabeth Taylor), who one night, during a raging thunderstorm, frantically tells her husband John (Laurence Harvey) that from the living room window she has seen a murder being committed in the large old deserted house next door. John calls the police, but a search of the old house turns up nothing.
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
, 1h44Directed by Mike Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Cétacé, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino, Edward Herrmann, Jon Korkes, Fritz Weaver
A brilliant and driven scientist, Jake Terrell, and his young and beautiful wife, Maggie, train dolphins to communicate with humans. This is done by teaching the dolphins to speak English in dolphin-like voices. Two of his dolphins, Alpha ("Fa") and Beta ("Bea"), are stolen by officials of the shadowy Franklin Foundation headed by Harold DeMilo (Fritz Weaver), the supportive backer of the Terrells' research. After the dolphins are kidnapped, an investigation by an undercover government agent for hire, Curtis Mahoney (Paul Sorvino), reveals that the Institute is planning to further train the dolphins to carry out a political assassination by having them place a magnetic limpet mine on the hull of the yacht of the President of the United States.
Carnal Knowledge (1972)
, 1h37Directed by Mike Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Candice Bergen, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane
The film follows the sexual exploits of two Amherst College roommates over a 25 year period, from the late 1940s to the early 1970. Sandy (Art Garfunkel) is gentle and passive, while Jonathan Fuerst (Jack Nicholson) is tough and aggressive. Sandy idolizes women, while Jonathan objectifies women. Neither are able to sustain a relationship with a woman.
The Nightcomers (1972)
, 1h36Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Dame Thora Hird, Harry Andrews, Anna Palk
Recently orphaned, Flora and Miles are abandoned by their new guardian (Harry Andrews) and entrusted to the care of housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Thora Hird), governess Miss Jessel (Stephanie Beacham), and Peter Quint (Brando), the former valet and now gardener. With only these three adults for company, the children live an isolated life in the sprawling country manor estate. The children are particularly fascinated by Peter Quint due to his eclectic knowledge and engaging stories, and willingness to entertain them. With this captive audience, Quint doses out his strange philosophies on love and death. The governess, Miss Jessel, also falls under Peter's spell, and despite her repulsion the two embark on a sadomasochistic love affair. Flora and Miles become fascinated with this relationship, and help Quint and Jessel to escape the interference of disapproving Mrs.
The Fury of the Wolf Man (1972)
, 1h30Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Paul Naschy, Perla Cristal, Mark Stevens
College professor Waldemar Daninsky travels to Tibet and is bitten by a yeti, which causes him to become a werewolf. He is accidentally killed while trying to escape after murdering his cheating wife and her lover, but he is later revived by a female scientist, Dr. Ilona Ehrmann, who uses him in her mind control experiments. Daninsky later discovers her underground asylum populated by the bizarre subjects of her failed experiments. The crazed scientist revives Waldemar's murdered ex-wife, who also becomes a werewolf from being fatally bitten by Daninsky, and forces the two werewolves to fight. Waldemar kills his wife once again, and is in turn shot to death by the doctor's assistant, a woman who loves him enough to end his torment.
The Ruling Class (1972)
, 2h34Directed by Peter Medak
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Michael Bryant, William Mervyn
Following the death from accidental asphyxiation of Ralph Gurney, the 13th Earl of Gurney (Andrews), Jack Gurney (O'Toole) becomes the 14th Earl of Gurney. Jack, a paranoid schizophrenic, thinks he is Jesus Christ and shocks his family and friends with his talk of returning to the world to bring it love and charity, not to mention his penchant for breaking out into song and dance routines and sleeping upright on a cross. When faced with unpalatable facts (such as his identity as the 14th Earl), Jack puts them in his "galvanized pressure cooker" and they disappear. His unscrupulous uncle, Sir Charles (Mervyn), marries him to his mistress, Grace (Seymour), in hopes of producing an heir and putting his nephew in an institution; the plan fails, however, when Grace falls in love with Jack. Jack gains another ally in Sir Charles' wife, Lady Claire (Browne), who hates her husband and befriends Jack just to spite him. She also begins sleeping with Jack's psychiatrist, Dr. Herder (Michael Bryant), to persuade him to cure Jack quickly.
What the Peeper Saw (1972)
, 1h35Directed by Andrea Bianchi
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger, Lilli Palmer, Harry Andrews, Conchita Montes
Marcus is a twelve-year-old schoolboy whose mother recently died, leaving it up to his wealthy father Paul to look after him. He takes a sexual interest in his stepmother Elise. She notices his abnormal behaviour and investigates by visiting his school after discovering a torn-up letter from his headmaster. Elise is shocked by her findings. She becomes increasingly disturbed and wonders if Marcus is to blame for his mother's death. She enlists the help of psychiatrist, Dr Viorne to find answers.