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A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1978 (see 1978 in film):
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
|
| 1978
|
| Absolution |
Anthony Page |
Richard Burton, Dominic Guard |
Thriller |
|
| The Big Sleep |
Michael Winner |
Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles |
Crime drama |
|
| The Boys from Brazil |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier James Mason |
Thriller |
Co-production with the US
|
| Carry On Emmannuelle |
Gerald Thomas |
Kenneth Connor, Suzanne Danielle |
Comedy |
|
| The Class of Miss MacMichael |
Silvio Narizzano |
Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Rosalind Cash |
Drama |
|
| The Comeback |
Pete Walker |
Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Bill Owen |
Horror |
|
| Death on the Nile |
John Guillermin |
Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow |
Suspense |
Based on the Agatha Christie novel
|
| Force 10 from Navarone |
Guy Hamilton |
Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Richard Kiel |
World War II/adventure |
|
| Give Us Tomorrow |
Donovan Winter |
Sylvia Syms, Derren Nesbitt |
Crime |
|
| Home Before Midnight |
Pete Walker |
James Aubrey, Alison Elliott, Richard Todd |
Drama |
|
| Killer's Moon |
Alan Birkinshaw |
Anthony Forrest, David Jackson |
Horror |
|
| The Legacy |
Richard Marquand |
Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott |
Horror |
|
| Leopard in the Snow |
Gerry O'Hara |
Keir Dullea, Susan Penhaligon |
Drama |
|
| Let's Get Laid |
James Kenelm Clarke |
Robin Askwith, Fiona Richmond |
Comedy |
|
| Long Shot |
Maurice Hatton |
Charles Gormley, Neville Smith, Susannah York |
Drama |
[1]
|
| The Medusa Touch |
Jack Gold |
Richard Burton, Lee Remick |
Thriller |
|
| Midnight Express |
Alan Parker |
Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt |
Prison drama |
|
| Nighthawks |
|
Ken Robertson |
LGBT drama |
|
| The Odd Job |
Peter Madek |
David Jason, Graham Chapman |
Comedy |
|
| The Playbirds |
Willy Roe |
Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards |
Crime |
|
| Power Play |
Martyn Burke |
Peter O'Toole, David Hemmings |
Thriller |
Co-production with Canada
|
| Revenge of the Pink Panther |
Blake Edwards |
Peter Sellers, Robert Webber |
Comedy |
|
| Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse |
Justin Cartwright |
Debbie Ash, Carolyne Argyle |
Comedy |
|
| The Sailor's Return |
Jack Gold |
Tom Bell, Shope Shodeinde |
Drama |
|
| Sammy's Super T-Shirt |
Jeremy Summers |
Reggie Winch, Lawrie Mark |
Family |
|
| The Shout |
Jerzy Skolimowski |
Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt |
Horror |
|
| Silver Bears |
Ivan Passer |
Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd |
Comedy |
|
| Stevie |
Robert Enders |
Glenda Jackson, Mona Washbourne |
Biopic |
|
| The Stud |
Quentin Masters |
Joan Collins, Oliver Tobias |
Drama |
|
| Superman |
Richard Donner |
Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder |
Adventure |
Co-production with US
|
| Sweeney 2 |
Tom Clegg |
John Thaw, Dennis Waterman |
Crime |
Second cinematic spin-off of the TV series
|
| Terror |
Norman J. Warren |
John Nolan, Carolyn Courage |
Horror |
|
| The Thirty Nine Steps |
Don Sharp |
Robert Powell, David Warner, Karen Dotrice |
Thriller |
Previously filmed in 1935 and 1959
|
| Tomorrow Never Comes |
Peter Collinson |
Oliver Reed, Susan George |
Crime |
Co-production with Canada; entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival
|
| Warlords of Atlantis |
Kevin Connor |
Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer |
Science fiction/fantasy |
|
| The Water Babies |
Lionel Jeffries |
James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw |
Family/animated |
|
| Watership Down |
Martin Rosen |
John Hurt, Richard Briers, Zero Mostel |
Animated drama/Horror |
Zero Mostel's last film
|
| What's Up Superdoc! |
Derek Ford |
Christopher Mitchell, Julia Goodman, Harry H. Corbett |
Comedy |
|
| The Wild Geese |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
Richard Burton, Roger Moore |
Action |
|
Top Films at the British Box Office in 1978[2]
[edit]
- ^ "Long Shot (1978)". Archived from the original on July 21, 2017.
- ^ Harper, Sue; Smith, Justin (2013). British Film Culture in the 1970s: The Boundaries of Pleasure. Edinburgh Press. p. 273.
