71. Just You and Me, Kid
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Leonard Stern
Actors: George Burns, Brooke Shields, Burl Ives, Ray Bolger, Lorraine Gary, Christopher Knight
Plot: A former vaudevillian befriends a young girl who is being chased by drug dealers.
72. A Performance of Macbeth
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Philip Casson
Actors: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Ian McDiarmid, John Bown, Susan Dury, Griffith Jones
Plot: Known as "The Scottish Play," the story follows the trials and tribulations of Macbeth (McKellan) as he becomes entangled in murderous schemes by his wife, Lady Macbeth (Dench), but succumbs to horrific nightmares and visions during his ascension to the throne. Once crowned King of Scotland, Macbeth's terrible feelings of guilt prove to be his downfall.
73. Glacier Fox, The ( Kita-kitsune monogatari )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara
Actors: Eiji Okada, Arthur Hill
74. Tale of Tales ( Skazka skazok )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Animation
Director: Yuriy Norshteyn
Plot: A surrealistic animated short following the little grey wolf.
75. Big Alligator River, The ( fiume del grande caimano, Il )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergio Martino
Actors: Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, Romano Puppo, Fabrizia Castagnoli, Enzo Fisichella
76. Head Over Heels ( Chilly Scenes of Winter )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Actors: John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, Gloria Grahame, Nora Heflin
77. The Devil's Playground
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fred Schepisi
Actors: Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke, Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Jonathan Hardy
78. Airport '79 The Concorde
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Lowell Rich
Actors: Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, Sylvia Kristel, George Kennedy, Charo
79. Murder by Decree
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bob Clark
Actors: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, John Gielgud, Donald Sutherland, David Hemmings, Susan Clark
Plot: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson investigate the case of Jack the Ripper and uncover a conspiracy that permeates the heights of English society.
80. Germany in Autumn ( Deutschland im Herbst )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Various
Actors: Wolf Biermann, Hannelore Hoger, Horst Mahler, Angela Winkler, Vadim Glowna, Katja Rupé
Plot: Co-directed by several leading German filmmakers, this documentary/fiction hybrid examines the terrorist acts of the Red Army Faction in the 1970s, and the repercussions of that violence in German society.
