51. Bang the Drum Slowly
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John D. Hancock
Actors: Michael Moriarty, Robert De Niro, Vincent Gardenia, Tom Ligon, Phil Foster, Heather MacRae
Plot: The story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season.
52. The Seven-Ups
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Philip D'Antoni
Actors: Roy Scheider, Victor Arnold, Jerry Leon, Ken Kercheval, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines
53. Scorpio
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt, J.D. Cannon
54. Hour-Glass Sanatorium, The ( Sanatorium pod klepsydra )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wojciech Has
Actors: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska, Gustaw Holoubek, Mieczyslaw Voit
55. Walking Tall
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Karlson
Actors: Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Gene Evans, Noah Beery Jr., Brenda Benet, Bruce Glover
Plot: Buford Pusser returns to his home town in Tennessee as the urging of his wife. But far from finding a nice, quiet place to settle down, he finds a town run by graft and corruption. When he finds himself a victim, he vows to fight back against the system, but it comes at a high personal cost.
56. The Iceman Cometh
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Bradford Dillman, Sorrell Booke
57. Sisters
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Lisle Wilson, Barnard Hughes
Plot: A very flamboyant woman, Margot Kidder, is sporadic and spontaneous. She and a guy spend the night together whom she met on a game show. They have sexual encounters and he spends the night. Throughout their time together, strange things start to happen, including a twin sister whom she doesn't mention until later. The twin appears to be the dominant one in the relationship with the two sisters. The guy she spent the night with finds that out the hard way.
58. The Last of Sheila
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Herbert Ross
Actors: Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane
Plot: A wealthy movie producer invites six of his friends on his yacht to participate in a game which will expose one of them as the murderer of his wife exactly one year ago.
59. The Legend of Hell House
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Hough
Actors: Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roland Culver, Peter Bowles
Plot: A group of scientists and psychics go into a house known to have paranormal activity to study it and see if they can bring back proof that supernatural things exist.
60. The Train Robbers
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Burt Kennedy
Actors: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Ricardo Montalban
Plot: A widow hires a gunman (John Wayne) to recover some gold that her husband stole during a train robbery. She wants to return the gold to clear her family's name and start a new life.
