A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1972 (see 1972 in film):
Feature films
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Keep the films in alphabetical order, ignoring leading articles (The, A or An).
Please keep number of cast members down to 3 or 4.
Entries in the 'Notes' column should be outstanding details about this film in relation to other films in the same period. Anything about the film itself can be discovered by following the link to the film. 1972The Alf Garnett SagaBob KellettWarren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Adrienne PostaComedy Spin-off from TV series Till Death Us Do PartAlice's Adventures in WonderlandWilliam SterlingFiona Fullerton, Michael Crawford, Peter SellersMusicalAll Coppers Are...Sidney HayersMartin Potter, Julia Foster, Nicky HensonCrime dramaThe Amazing Mr Blunden Lionel Jeffries Laurence Naismith, Lynne Frederick, Diana Dors Family Antony and CleopatraCharlton HestonCharlton Heston, Eric Porter, John CastleHistorical dramaThe Asphyx Peter Newbrook Robert Stephens, Robert Powell, Jane Lapotaire Horror The Assassination of TrotskyJoseph Losey Richard Burton, Romy Schneider, Alain Delon Historical drama Co-production with France & ItalyAsylumRoy Ward BakerPeter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert LomPortmanteau horror Au Pair GirlsVal GuestAstrid Frank, Gabrielle Drake, Richard O'SullivanSex comedyBless This HouseGerald ThomasSid James, Terry Scott, Sally GeesonComedy Spin-off of Bless This HouseBrother Sun, Sister MoonFranco ZeffirelliGraham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh LawsonBiopic Co-production with ItalyBurke & HareVernon Sewell Derren Nesbitt, Harry Andrews, Glynn Edwards Horror The Call of the WildKen AnnakinCharlton Heston, Michèle Mercier, Raimund HarmstorfAdventureCarry On Abroad Gerald ThomasSid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey ComedyCarry On MatronGerald Thomas Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Barbara WindsorComedy Danny JonesJules BrickenFrank Finlay, Jane Carr, Len JonesDramaThe Darwin AdventureJack CoufferNicholas Clay, Ian Richardson, Robert FlemyngBiopicA Day in the Death of Joe EggPeter MedakAlan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter BowlesComedy dramaDeath LineGary Sherman Donald Pleasence, David Ladd, Norman RossingtonHorror Demons of the Mind Peter Sykes Gillian Hills, Shane Briant, Robert Hardy Horror DoomwatchPeter SasdyIan Bannen, Judy Geeson, George SandersSci-fi mysteryTV series spin-offDracula AD 1972Alan Gibson Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham Horror EmbassyGordon HesslerRichard Roundtree, Chuck Connors, Ray MillandThrillerEndless NightSidney Gilliat Hayley Mills, Britt Ekland, Hywel Bennett MysteryThe Fast KillLindsay ShonteffTom Adams, Michael Culver, Peter HallidayThriller Fear in the Night Jimmy Sangster Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing Thriller The FiendRobert Hartford-DavisAnn Todd, Tony Beckley, Patrick MageeHorrorThe Flesh and Blood ShowPete WalkerRay Brooks, Jenny Hanley, Robin AskwithHorror With 3-D sequenceFollow Me!Carol ReedMia Farrow, Chaim Topol, Michael Jayston ComedyFor the Love of AdaRonnie BaxterIrene Handl, Wilfred Pickles, Jack Smethurst Comedy Spin-off of For the Love of AdaFour Dimensions of GretaPete WalkerTristan Rogers, Alan Curtis, Robin AskwithSex comedy With 3-D sequencesFrenzyAlfred Hitchcock Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCowenThrillerGo for a TakeHarry BoothReg Varney, Dennis Price, Norman RossingtonComedyHenry VIII and His Six WivesWaris HusseinKeith Michell, Donald Pleasence, Charlotte RamplingHistorical Based on a BBC TV series The Six Wives of Henry VIII Horror Express Eugenio Martín Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas Horror Co-production with SpainI Want What I WantJohn DexterAnne Heywood, Harry Andrews, Jill BennettDramaImagesRobert AltmanSusannah York, René Auberjonois, Marcel BozzuffiDramaInnocent BystandersPeter CollinsonStanley Baker, Geraldine Chaplin, Dana AndrewsSpy thriller Lady Caroline Lamb Robert Bolt Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain Historical Madame SinDavid GreeneBette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm ElliottThrillerMadeJohn MackenzieCarol White, Roy Harper, John CastleDramaMutiny on the BusesHarry Booth Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis Comedy TV sitcom spin-off On the Buses sequelNeither the Sea Nor the SandFred BurnleySusan Hampshire, Frank Finlay, Jack LambertThrillerAlso known as The Exorcism of Hugh Night Hair Child Andrea Bianchi Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger ThrillerNobody Ordered LoveRobert Hartford-DavisIngrid Pitt, Judy Huxtable, John RonaneDramaOoh… You Are AwfulCliff Owen Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Liza Goddard Comedy The Other Side of the Underneath Jane Arden Sheila Allen, Ann Lynn, Penny Slinger Drama Our Miss Fred Bob Kellett Danny La Rue, Alfred Marks, Lance Percival War Comedy The Pied PiperJacques DemyJack Wild, Donald Pleasence, Donovan Fantasy musicalPope JoanMichael Anderson Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp, Olivia de Havilland HistoricalPulpMike Hodges Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander Comedy thriller RentadickJim ClarkJames Booth, Richard Briers, Julie EgeComedyThe Ruling ClassPeter Medak Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe Comedy Running ScaredDavid HemmingsRobert Powell, Gayle Hunnicutt, Barry Morse DramaSavage MessiahKen Russell Dorothy Tutin, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren Biopic Biopic of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Sex and the Other Woman Stanley Long Richard Wattis, Margaret Burton, Bartlett Mullins Sex comedy Sitting TargetDouglas Hickox Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, Ian McShane Crime drama Sleuth Joseph L. MankiewiczLaurence Olivier, Michael Caine Mystery thriller Something to HideAlastair ReidPeter Finch, Shelley Winters, Linda Hayden ThrillerSteptoe and SonCliff Owen Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Carolyn Seymour Comedy Spin-off from Steptoe and SonStraight on Till MorningPeter CollinsonRita Tushingham, Shane BriantThriller Sunstruck James Gilbert Harry Secombe, Maggie Fitzgibbon, John Meillon Comedy Co-production with AustraliaTales from the Crypt Freddie Francis Ralph Richardson, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing Horror AnthologyThat's Your FuneralJohn RobinsBill Fraser, Raymond HuntleyComedy Based on the TV series of the same nameA Time for LovingChristopher Miles Britt Ekland, Mel Ferrer, Joanna Shimkus Drama Tower of EvilJim O'ConnollyBryant Haliday, Jill Haworth, Anna PalkHorrorThe Triple EchoMichael AptedGlenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian DeaconDramaEntered into the 8th Moscow International Film FestivalUnder Milk WoodAndrew SinclairRichard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'TooleComedy dramaUp the Front Bob Kellett Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, Zsa Zsa Gabor Comedy Vampire CircusRobert Young Anthony Higgins, Adrienne Corri, Lalla Ward Horror What Became of Jack and Jill?Bill BainVanessa Howard, Mona Washbourne, Paul Nicholas ThrillerYoung WinstonRichard Attenborough Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft BiopicZee and Co.Brian G. HuttonElizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York Drama
Documentaries and short films Title Director Cast Genre NotesThe Boy Who Turned YellowMichael Powell Robert Eddison, Helen Weir, Brian Worth Family drama The Concert for Bangladesh Saul Swimmer George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan Documentary Co-production with USGlastonbury Fayre Nicolas Roeg Family, Arthur Brown, Fairport Convention Documentary A film of Glastonbury FestivalHide and SeekDavid EadyPeter Newby, Gary KempFamily/adventureMy Childhood Bill Douglas Biopic, Drama
Most Popular Films at the British Box Office in 1972 Source: Diamonds Are Forever The Godfather Fiddler on the Roof Bedknobs and Broomsticks The Devils Steptoe and Son The French Connection Nicholas and Alexandra Ryan's Daughter Dirty Harry Mary, Queen of Scots A Clockwork Orange What's Up, Doc? Straw Dogs Shaft Klute Young Winston The Go-Between Mutiny on the Buses Sleeping Beauty (1959) Please Sir! Up the Chastity Belt
See also 1972 in British music 1972 in British radio 1972 in British television 1972 in the United Kingdom
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