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and Clint Eastwood as top action stars. gleton. Music: Miklos Hozsa. Running Ua,.,,, , who plays Hobson, Ar­ Norris' role is that of San Francisco minutes. Distributor: United Artists. thur's valet, father-substitute and best Ratings: Restricted-Alberta, Nova ScoHiyAdi*. undercover narcotics cop Sean Kane, An American Werewolf friend, with a great sense of sarcastic Sask., New BrunswickyMature IwaminjUc. ul who resigns lixim die force when an nilobayAduh Accompaiumem-Ontarioyit «1~. timing and dry wit. With Stephen Elliott, ambush kills his parmer Dave Pierce Quebec. '^ Ted Ross, Batney Martin, Thomas Bar­ in London (Teny Kiser). Suspecting that someone bour, Lou Jacobi, Atme De Salvo, John on the squad is on the take, he goes out Bendey, Helen Hanft, Jerome Collamore, on his own. He gets some help from While backpacking at night across the Peter Evans. moors of Yorkshire, American students Pierce's girlfriend Linda Chan (Rosalind David Kessler (David NaughtonI and An Orion release. Producer: Robert Greenhut. Chao), but she is soon murdered, and First monday in October Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne) are at­ Executive produc:er: Charles it. JoJfe. Director, Kane's trail leads into the higher reaches tacked by some thing, which leaves Jack «Cript: Steve Gordon. PlMltograplqr: fred Schuler of the city's media community. An Eye Editor: Susan E. Morse. ProdncrtioB design: For An Eye is directed with solid com­ a gutted corpse and David badly mauled. Stephen Hendrickson. Mnsic: Burt Baciiarach. The First MondayIn October is the day Recovering in a London hospital, David Running time: , 102 minutes. Distributor: petence by Steve Carver, and Norris on which the Supreme becomes romantically involved with a Warner Bros. provides a likeable leacl. The martial Court begins its annual term, but this lovely nurse named Alex Price (Jenny Ratings: Aduh, not suitable for children-iWheriay arts stimtwork, as is customary, is highly year it's going to be different. For the Adult-Sask, MaritimesyMature-B.C. (warning), stylized and spectacular, notably be­ Agutter). But he is shocked when his ManitobayParental GuidanceOntarioyi4 years- first time, a woman will be one of the dead friend begins to appear to him - in Queliec. tween Norris and a clubf ooted behemoth nine top judges of the land. Dan Snow, an increasing state of decomposition - played by wrestler Torn Tanaka. With the Court's, tmisty liberal, welcomes the to tell him that, when the fiill moon Christopher Lee, Richard Roundfree, appointment, until he fiiid» out who it appears, David will become An American Mako, Maggie Cooper, Stuart Pankin, is - Ruth Loomis, an ironclad consen*. Werewolf In London. John Lanciis' latest Mel Novak. tive from California. Immediately, ftey film is a tribute to the horror films Body lieat clash on an obscenity case - he defend­ characteristic of Britain's Hammer Films Producer: Frank Capra Jr. Executive producer: ing the freedom of speech guaranteed of the '50s, but it also has the humor that Rdiert Relune- Director: Steve Carver. Script: by the First i^mendment, she defending might be expected from the maker of William Gray, James Bruner, from a story by Bruner. Nick Racine is a second rate lawyer. Photography: Roger Shearman. Editor: Anthony community rights to moral order. Di­ Schlock, Kentucky Fried Movie, Animal With second rate clients, a sec:ond rate Redman. Production design: Vance Lorenzini. rected by Ronald Neame from Jerome House and The Blues Brothers. The sex life, and minimal prospec^ts of suc­ Stunts: Aanin Norris. Music: William Goldstein. Lawrence and Robert Lee's play, Hnt tejeune nature of Landis' jokes keeps cess in a rundown Florida town. Matty Running time: 106 minutes. Distributor: New MondayIn October offers bravura pans this film from being as subtie as The World-MutuaL Walker, whom he meets one night at a Ratings: Adult Accompaniment-Ontario. for its two leads, who both go at it with a Howling although the makeup, here beachside concert in the midst of a heat will. Walter Matthau plays Dan Show, the work of Rick Baker, can compare wave, is the sidtry wife of a wealthy and Jill Clayburgh plays Ruth Loomis favorably. David Naughton and Jenny businessman whose dealings are a trifle Whether the topicality of the sloiy-a Agutter are both good in their roles, and shady. The attraction between them is conservative women has in reality jusl Griffin Dunne has the best lines as the instant, and it is almost inevitable that quiping dead man. A ravenous gross Eye of tlie needle been appointed to the Supreme Court of sooner or later the miuxler of Edmund the USA - and the drawing powerof the appears likely. With John Woodvine, Walker would figure in their plans. But Brian Glover, David Schofield, Lila Kaye, stars will make this film a winneroutside it is not until much later that Ned finds the United States is by no means certain, Paul Kember, Don McKillop, Frank Oz, out exactiy what the consequences will Luc^ Bhodes awakens one morning in Christopher Scoular, Mary Tempest, 1944, to find a h

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