Universal Pictures Films of 1970
This list contains the films produced and distributed by Universal Pictures in 1970. List in order of when films were released in the United States.
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- DirectorÅke FalckStarsGrynet MolvigLars PassgårdMonica NielsenThe journalist Gunnar meets the cancer-patient Seija and love arises. Seija has only a short time left to live. The doctors advice her not to become pregnant, because radiotherapy could harm the fetus. She interrupts the radiotherapy and give later birth a healthy child. Meanwhile, it turns out that pregnancy has cured her cancer.Released in U.S. January 27, 1970
- DirectorLeonardo BercoviciStarsBibi AnderssonRobert StackJames FarentinoKarin studies music in Rome and falls in love with Bruno. She learns that he is married and therefore returns to Sweden. She meets David. They marry and have a daughter. David is sent to Rome. Karin meets Bruno again.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonHenry HathawayStarsBurt LancasterDean MartinGeorge KennedyA bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.Budget: $10.2 million; Box office: $100,489,151
- DirectorGordon DouglasRichard WilsonStarsBurt ReynoldsSusan ClarkRoger C. CarmelA female anthropologist goes on an expedition to a remote location in Papua New Guinea searching for ancient human remains, accompanied by a fortune seeker looking to mine a rare mineral. There, they encounter a new species of ape.
- DirectorJulio BuchsStarsRosanna SchiaffinoJohn RichardsonMara CruzDuring an uprising in the Belgian Congo, a convent of nuns are besieged and the Reverend Mother is killed and Sister Maria is raped. Returning to Belgium, Sister Maria finds out to her horror that she is pregnant. Rejected by her family and her sister, she is told by the Vatican that she is supposed to either give the baby to the church and still be a nun or keep the baby and leave the order. This film follows her decision.Released in U.S. March 1970
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsEric BraedenSusan ClarkGordon PinsentThinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.
- DirectorAnton LeaderRanald MacDougallStarsDan BlockerNanette FabrayJim BackusWhen the town's sole blacksmith vows to leave because he was stood up by his mail-order bride from the East, the panicked townsfolk scramble to find him a surrogate wife.
- DirectorPeter WoodStarsJulie ChristieJohn HurtMichael SarrazinYoung Catherine Morelli (Julie Christie), who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a nearly nymphomaniacal pursuit of a mystery-fantasy man called Gregory (Michael Sarrazin).Released in U.S. May 6, 1970
- DirectorHollingsworth MorseStarsJack WildBillie HayesMartha RayeFrom the Land of the Lost producers comes a family comedy filled with mirth, magic and music about a little boy named Jimmy and his fantastic adventures with the dragon H. R. Pufnstuf.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsClint EastwoodShirley MacLaineManolo FábregasWhen a former Civil War soldier saves a nun from a gang of bandits, they team up to help the Mexicans in their war against the French.Budget: $4 million; Box office: $4.7 million
- DirectorFrank PerryStarsRichard BenjaminFrank LangellaCarrie SnodgressA housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsJohn DenosCaroline BarrettJoe Lo PrestiAnn is from a prominent Japanese-American family, owners of a famous nursery and greenhouse. Tom is from a blue-collar family of self-employed fishermen. Tom and Ann develop a playful, loving relationship, despite obstacles their families throw in their way.
- DirectorPaul AlmondStarsGeneviève BujoldDonald SutherlandMonique LeyracA woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.Budget: $450,000 (Canadian)
- DirectorJerry SchatzbergStarsFaye DunawayBarry PrimusViveca LindforsOnce famous model Lou Andreas Sand recalls her past as she tries to find success in the New York modeling world, her affair with ad exec Mark, her friendship with fashion photographer Aaron Reinhardt, and her downward spiral.
- DirectorMel StuartStarsElliott GouldBrenda VaccaroAngel TompkinsA successful young surgeon who has so much in life becomes bored with his wife and family; feeling empty, he goes through a series of brief, meaningless affairs with attractive women.
- DirectorNelly KaplanStarsBernadette LafontGeorges GéretHenri CzarniakA young woman named Marie, facing oppression and exploitation, begins selling her body, shaking the male-dominated capitalist society of Tellier.Released in U.S. December 30, 1970
- DirectorPaul NewmanStarsPaul NewmanHenry FondaLee RemickA family of fiercely independent Oregon loggers struggle to keep the family business alive amidst changing times.Story by Ken Kesey; Starring Paul Newman; Rentals: $4 million (US / Canada)