Movie Ad of the Week: DIRTY PICTURES (1975)

Umberto Lenzi's UN POSTO IDEALE PER UCCIDERE (1971) -- starring Irene Papas, Ray Lovelock and Ornella Muti, and best known as OASIS OF FEAR -- was released in the U.S. in late 1974 by International Cine Film as DIRTY PICTURES. The ad above is from a Paris, TX playdate beginning January 15, 1975. The co-feature is Maurizio Lucidi's LA VITTIMA DESIGNATA (1971), a STRANGERS ON A TRAIN-like thriller starring Tomas Milian and Pierre Clémenti.

Above is an ad for another DIRTY PICTURES booking, this one in Biloxi, MS on July 23, 1975. The co-feature is Claude Chabrol's DOCTEUR POPAUL (1972), starring Jean Paul Belmondo, Mia Farrow and Laura Antonelli, released here by International Cine Film under the title PLAY NOW, PAY LATER. It was re-released by Independent Artists in 1981 as HIGH HEELS.

One-Sheet of the Week: THE KIDNAP OF MARY LOU (1975)

MILANO ODIA: LA POLIZIA NON PUÒ SPARARE (1974)

U.S. release in 1975 as THE KIDNAP OF MARY LOU

Re-released in 1976 as THE DEATH DEALER

Re-released in 1980 as ALMOST HUMAN

One-Sheets of the Week: BRUTAL JUSTICE (1978) and ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON (1982)

ROMA A MANO ARMATA / ROME ARMED TO THE TEETH / THE TOUGH ONES (1976)

U.S. release in 1978 as BRUTAL JUSTICE...


...and in 1982 as ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.