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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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Thumb Tripping (1972)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bruce Dern, Meg Foster, Marianna Hill, Michael Burns, Burke Byrnes, Michael Conrad
Adventuerous hitchhikers decide to accept every ride their offered and end up with more than they bargained for.
Doomwatch (1972)
, 1h32Directed by Peter Sasdy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Environmental films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul, Simon Oates, George Sanders, Percy Herbert
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
, 1h47Directed by Enzo Barboni
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Yanti Somer, Harry Carey, Jr., Benito Stefanelli, Enzo Fiermonte
The film begins with Bambino (Bud Spencer) walking through the desert carrying his saddle. He sees smoke from a campfire, and goes to investigate. There he finds four escaped Denver convicts, and steals their beans and horses, after knocking one convict out with a single blow to the top of his head. When the guy awakens, he has become addlepated (becoming a running gag throughout the film).
They Call Me Trinity (1970)
, 1h53Directed by Enzo Barboni
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Farley Granger, Luciano Rossi, Gisela Hahn, Ugo Sasso
Trinity (Terence Hill) comes into view accompanied by the movie's theme song, being dragged around in a travois by his horse. He is filthy, yet seems perfectly content as the horse drags him across the desert and through water crossings. When the horse stops near a dwelling, Trinity gets up, pulls on his boots, gets stung by a scorpion hiding in the boot (but is clearly insusceptible to the venom), drags his Colt 45 in holster, feeds some hay to his horse, then walks inside.
Rider on the Rain (1970)
, 2hDirected by René Clément
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Rape and revenge films, Auto-justice
Actors Marlène Jobert, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Corinne Marchand, Ellen Bahl, Jean Piat
In a god-forsaken, off-season French seaside town we meet "Mellie" (Marlène Jobert), who watches a mysterious stranger step down from the bus into the pouring rain. He follows and eventually rapes her, while her husband (an airline navigator) is away from home.
Road to Salina (1970)
, 1h36Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Robert Walker Jr., Mimsy Farmer, Rita Hayworth, Marc Porel, Ed Begley, Ivano Staccioli
Jonas, a young drifter, is wandering in a deserted area on the road to Salina. He stops to drink some water at a desolate roadside service station when Mara, the owner, identifies him as her son Rocky, who disappeared four years ago. Jonas is overwhelmed by the awkward situation, but tired and hungry, accepts Mara’s offer of room and board. Feeling sorry for Mara, he pretends to be her beloved son and soon comfortably assume Rocky’s identity. Initially, he believes that Mara is simply delusional, but when Mara’s old friend and neighbor Warren arrives for a visit, surprisingly, he also acts as if Jonas were Rocky.
Soldier Blue (1970)
, 1h52Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, Dana Elcar, Jorge Rivero, John Anderson
A young woman, Cresta Lee (Bergen), and young U.S. private Honus Gent (Strauss) are joined together by fate when they are the only two survivors after their group is massacred by the Cheyenne. Gent is devoted to his country and duty; Lee, who has lived with the Cheyenne for two years, declares that in this conflict she sympathizes more with them. The two must now try to make it to Fort Reunion, the army base camp, where Cresta's fiance, an army officer, waits for her. As they travel through the desert with very low supplies, hiding from the Indians, they are spotted by a group of Kiowa horsemen. Under pressure from Cresta, Honus fights and seriously wounds the group's chief. Honus finds himself unable to kill the chief, and the chief's own men stab him for his defeat and leave Honus and Cresta alone.
C.C. and Company (1970)
, 1h34Directed by Seymour Robbie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Ann-Margret, William Smith, Sid Haig, Ned Wertimer, Jennifer Billingsley, Greg Mullavey
C.C. Ryder falls in with a biker gang in the desert, and then rescues Ann from trouble with the same gang. There next occurs a motocross race tied in with a fashion shoot. The Heads disrupt the event, but C.C. Ryder enters the race to gain Ann's favor. This puts him in conflict with Moon. When Ryder wins the race and leaves with his award money the gang kidnaps Ann, and Ryder must ride back to save her.
, 1h29Directed by John Krish
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Actors Rod Taylor, Carol White (actrice anglaise), James Booth, Charles Korvin, Alexandra Stewart, Keith Barron
The People Next Door (1970)
, 1h33Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eli Wallach, Julie Harris, Deborah Winters, Stephen McHattie, Hal Holbrook, Cloris Leachman
A married couple, Arthur and Gerrie Mason (Eli Wallach and Julie Harris) struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and rehabilitate their teenage daughter (Deborah Winters) from having been led into a life of drug addiction and ultimate committal to a mental ward. A son, Artie, is played by Stephen McHattie.
Promise at Dawn (1970)
, 1h39Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan (אסי דיין), Déspo Diamantídou, Didier Haudepin, Jean Martin, Jacqueline Porel
The film follows author Romain Gary as he recalls his growing up with his Russian-born mother. The two leave Russia for France, where they settle in Paris. As twenty years pass, they encounter social change, age, different convictions, poverty and the slow approach of World War II.
Twelve Plus One (1969)
, 1h30Directed by Nicolas Gessner
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Sharon Tate, Vittorio Gassman, Mylène Demongeot, Orson Welles, Vittorio De Sica, Terry-Thomas
Mario Beretti (Vittorio Gassman) is a young Italian-American Barber. He runs a Barber Shop by a construction site that boasts few customers. His life reaches a turning point when he is notified of the death of his aunt living in England, who named him her sole heir.
Baby Love (1969)
, 1h33Directed by Alastair Reid, Alastair Reid
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Keith Barron, Linda Hayden, Ann Lynn, Diana Dors, Dick Emery, Sheila Steafel
Luci (Linda Hayden) lives alone with her promiscuous, alcoholic mother (a strange, mute, cameo by Diana Dors) in a poor suburb of London. Coming home from school one day Luci discovers her mother's body in the bathtub, her mother has slit her wrists.
A Nice Girl Like Me (1969)
, 1h30Directed by Desmond Davis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Barbara Ferris, Harry Andrews, Miriam Margolyes, Gladys Cooper, Bill Hinnant, James Villiers
Don't Drink the Water (1969)
, 1h40Directed by Howard Morris
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons, Ted Bessell, Michael Constantine, Richard Libertini, Howard St. John
Walter Hollander, a caterer, is on vacation with his wife Marion and daughter Susan. While flying to Athens, their plane is hijacked to Vulgaria, behind the Iron Curtain. While waiting for the plane to be cleared to take off again, Marion insists they go outside and take a few pictures. Unfortunately they are in a restricted area so the secret police suspect them of being spies. Inspector Krojak sends a squad of soldiers with machine guns to arrest them, and the Hollanders flee to the car of the American ambassador which is parked nearby.