List of British films of 1973

This is a list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1973 (see 1973 in film):

1973

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1973
The 14	David Hemmings	Jack Wild, June Brown	Drama	Won the Silver Bear at Berlin
And Now the Screaming Starts!	Roy Ward Baker	Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom	Horror
The Asphyx	Peter Newbrook	Robert Stephens, Robert Powell, Jane Lapotaire	Horror
Assassin	Peter Crane	Ian Hendry, Edward Judd	Drama
Baxter!	Lionel Jeffries	Patricia Neal, Britt Ekland	Drama
Bequest to the Nation	James Cellan Jones	Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch	Historical
Big Zapper	Lindsay Shonteff	Linda Marlowe	Erotic thriller
The Blockhouse	Clive Rees	Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour	World War II	Entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival
Carry On Girls	Gerald Thomas	Sid James, Barbara Windsor	Comedy
Charley One-Eye	Don Chaffey	Richard Roundtree, Nigel Davenport	Western	Co-production with US
Commuter Husbands	Derek Ford	Gabrielle Drake, Robin Bailey	Sex comedy
The Creeping Flesh	Freddie Francis	Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing	Horror
Dark Places	Don Sharp	Christopher Lee, Joan Collins	Thriller
The Day of the Jackal	Fred Zinneman	Edward Fox	Thriller	Number 74 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World	Joseph McGrath	Jim Dale, Spike Milligan	Family
A Doll's House	Patrick Garland	Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins	Drama
A Doll's House	Joseph Losey	Jane Fonda, Edward Fox	Drama
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!	Bob Kellett	Brian Rix, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims	Comedy
Don't Look Now	Nicolas Roeg	Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland	Horror thriller	Number 8 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films
England Made Me	Peter Duffell	Peter Finch, Michael York	Drama	Co-production with Yugoslavia
Father, Dear Father	William G. Stewart	Patrick Cargill, Natasha Pyne, Donald Sinden	Comedy	Adapted from the TV series
The Final Programme	Robert Fuest	Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre	Sci-fi thriller
Gawain and the Green Knight	Stephen Weeks	Murray Head, Ciaran Madden, Nigel Green	Adventure
Ghost in the Noonday Sun	Peter Medak	Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan	Comedy
The Hireling	Alan Bridges	Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles	Drama	Won the Grand Prix at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival
Hitler: The Last Ten Days	Ennio De Concini	Alec Guinness, Simon Ward	Historical
Holiday on the Buses	Bryan Izzard	Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis	Comedy	TV sitcom spin-off sequel
The Homecoming	Peter Hall	Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm	Drama	Adaptation of Pinter play
Horror Hospital	Antony Balch	Michael Gough, Robin Askwith	Horror spoof
The House in Nightmare Park	Peter Sykes	Frankie Howerd, Ray Milland	Comedy/horror
Keep It Up, Jack	Derek Ford	Mark Jones, Sue Longhurst	Sex comedy
Lady Caroline Lamb	Robert Bolt	Sarah Miles, Richard Chamberlain	Historical biopic
The Legend of Hell House	John Hough	Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall	Supernatural horror
Live and Let Die	Guy Hamilton	Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto	Spy/action	First performance of Roger Moore as James Bond
The Love Ban	Ralph Thomas	Hywel Bennett, Nanette Newman	Comedy
Luther	Guy Green	Stacy Keach, Maurice Denham	Biopic
The Mackintosh Man	John Huston	Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda	Spy/thriller
Man at the Top	Mike Vardy	Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman	Drama	TV series spin-off
Medusa	Gordon Hessler	George Hamilton, Luciana Paluzzi	Crime	Co-production with Greece
The National Health	Jack Gold	Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron	Black comedy
Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width	Ronnie Baxter	John Bluthal, Joe Lynch, Yootha Joyce	Comedy	TV sitcom spin-off
Night Watch	Brian G. Hutton	Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey	Mystery/horror
No Sex Please, We're British	Cliff Owen	Ronnie Corbett, Arthur Lowe	Comedy
Not Now, Darling	Ray Cooney, David Croft	Geraldine Gardner, Leslie Phillips	Comedy
Nothing But The Night	Peter Sasdy	Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing	Horror
O Lucky Man!	Lindsay Anderson	Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Helen Mirren	Comedy/drama
Penny Gold	Jack Cardiff	James Booth, Francesca Annis	Thriller
Scream... and Die!	José Ramón Larraz	Andrea Allan, Karl Lanchbury	Horror
Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman	Wolf Rilla	Brendan Price, Karen Boyes	Sex comedy
Steptoe and Son Ride Again	Peter Sykes	Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett	Comedy	TV sitcom spin-off sequel
Take Me High	David Askey	Cliff Richard, Deborah Watling, Hugh Griffith	Musical
Tales That Witness Madness	Freddie Francis	Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence	Comedy/horror
That'll Be The Day	Claude Whatham	David Essex, Ringo Starr	Drama
Theatre of Blood	Douglas Hickox	Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry	Comedy/horror
The Three Musketeers	Richard Lester	Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, Michael York	Adventure
Tiffany Jones	Pete Walker	Anouska Hempel, Ray Brooks	Sex comedy
A Touch of Class	Melvin Frank	George Segal, Glenda Jackson	Comedy
Voices	Kevin Billington	David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt	Thriller/horror
White Cargo	Ray Selfe	David Jason, Hugh Lloyd	Comedy
Who?	Jack Gold	Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard	Thriller
The Wicker Man	Robin Hardy	Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento	Horror	Number 96 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films; remade in 2006

Top films at the British box office in 1973

• Live and Let Die
• The Godfather
• A Clockwork Orange
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• The Poseidon Adventure
• Last Tango in Paris
• Cabaret
• The Day of the Jackal
• Lady Caroline Lamb
• That'll Be the Day
• Lady Sings the Blues
• Lost Horizon
• High Plains Drifter
• Fear is the Key
• Love Thy Neighbour
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Super Fly
• King Boxer
• Fuzz
• The Great Waltz

See also

• 1973 in British music
• 1973 in British radio
• 1973 in British television
• 1973 in the United Kingdom

External links

• British films of 1973 at IMDb