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This is a list of American films released in 1972 Cabaret won 8 Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Actress The Godfather won the Academy Award for Best Picture Contents 1 A C 2 D G 3 H M 4 N S 5 T Z 6 See also 7 External linksA C EditTitle Director Cast Genre Note1776 Peter H Hunt William Daniels Howard Da Silva Donald Madden Ken Howard John Cullum Ron Holgate Blythe Danner Musical Columbia adapted from stage musicalAcross 110th Street Barry Shear Anthony Quinn Yaphet Kotto Tony Franciosa Action Crime United ArtistsAnother Nice Mess Bob Einstein Rich Little Herb Voland ComedyAvanti Billy Wilder Jack Lemmon Juliet Mills Clive Revill Comedy United Artists Based on Samuel A Taylor playBad Company Robert Benton Jeff Bridges Barry Brown Western ParamountBen Phil Karlson Meredith Baxter Joseph Campanella Horror sequel to WillardBehind the Green Door Artie Mitchell Jim Mitchell Marilyn Chambers Johnnie Keyes AdultBeware The Blob Larry Hagman Robert Walker Jr Dick Van Patten Science Fiction Comedy HorrorThe Big Bird Cage Jack Hill Pam Grier Anitra Ford Sid Haig Exploitation New WorldThe Biscuit Eater Vincent McEveety Earl Holliman Pat Crowley Lew Ayres Drama DisneyBlack Girl Ossie Davis Peggy Pettitt Brock Peters Ruby Dee Drama Cinerama Releasing CorporationBlack Gunn Robert Hartford Davis Jim Brown Martin Landau Brenda Sykes Thriller ColumbiaBlack Rage Chris Robinson Ted Cassidy Phyllis Robinson DramaBlacula William Crain William Marshall Vonetta McGee Horror AIP Based on DraculaBlindman Ferdinando Baldi Tony Anthony Ringo Starr Lloyd Battista Western 20th Century FoxBluebeard Edward Dmytryk Richard Burton Raquel Welch Joey Heatherton Virna Lisi Nathalie Delon Thriller Cinerama Releasing CorporationBone Larry Cohen Yaphet Kotto Andrew Duggan Joyce Van Patten Black Comedy Crime New WorldBoxcar Bertha Martin Scorsese Barbara Hershey David Carradine Barry Primus John Carradine Bernie Casey Drama American InternationalThe Bravos Ted Post George Peppard Western TV movieBuck and the Preacher Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier Harry Belafonte Ruby Dee Western ColumbiaButterflies Are Free Milton Katselas Goldie Hawn Edward Albert Eileen Heckart Paul Michael Glaser Comedy Columbia Oscar for HeckartCabaret Bob Fosse Liza Minnelli Joel Grey Michael York Musical Allied Artists Oscars for Fosse and Minnelli 8 totalCancel My Reservation Paul Bogart Bob Hope Eva Marie Saint Ralph Bellamy Comedy Warner Bros The Candidate Michael Ritchie Robert Redford Melvyn Douglas Peter Boyle Drama Warner Bros Oscar for screenplayThe Carey Treatment Blake Edwards James Coburn Jennifer O Neill Mystery MGM Based on novel by Michael CrichtonChato s Land Michael Winner Charles Bronson Jack Palance James Whitmore Richard Basehart Ralph Waite Simon Oakland Western United ArtistsChildren Shouldn t Play with Dead Things Bob Clark Alan Ormsby Valerie Mamches HorrorChild s Play Sidney Lumet James Mason Robert Preston Beau Bridges Mystery ParamountCisco Pike Bill L Norton Kris Kristofferson Gene Hackman Karen Black Harry Dean Stanton Drama Sony PicturesCome Back Charleston Blue Mark Warren Godfrey Cambridge Raymond St Jacques Comedy Warner Bros Sequel to Cotton Comes to HarlemConquest of the Planet of the Apes J Lee Thompson Roddy McDowall Don Murray Ricardo Montalban Hari Rhodes Science Fiction 20th Century Fox 3rd sequel to Planet of the ApesCool Breeze Barry Pollack Thalmus Rasulala Judy Pace Crime MGMCorky Leonard Horn Robert Blake Charlotte Rampling Patrick O Neal Christopher Connelly Action MGMThe Cowboys Mark Rydell John Wayne Bruce Dern Roscoe Lee Browne Robert Carradine A Martinez Western Warner Bros became TV seriesCry for Me Billy William Graham Cliff Potts Harry Dean Stanton Western Drama Warner Bros The Culpepper Cattle Co Dick Richards Gary Grimes Billy Green Bush Luke Askew Bo Hopkins Western 20th Century FoxD G EditTitle Director Cast Genre NoteThe Daughters of Joshua Cabe Philip Leacock Buddy Ebsen Western TV movieDaughters of Satan Hollingsworth Morse Tom Selleck Barra Grant Horror United ArtistsDeadhead Miles Vernon Zimmerman Alan Arkin Paul Benedict Comedy ParamountDealing Paul Williams Robert F Lyons Barbara Hershey John Lithgow Comedy Thriller Warner Bros Deep Throat Gerard Damiano Linda Lovelace Harry Reems AdultDeliverance John Boorman Jon Voight Burt Reynolds Ned Beatty Ronny Cox Drama Warner Bros James Dickey novel 3 Oscar nominationsDirty Little Billy Stan Dragoti Michael J Pollard Richard Evans Western ColumbiaThe Doberman Gang Byron Ross Chudnow Julie Parrish Hal Reed Action Comedy Crime inspired 3 sequelsDr Phibes Rises Again Robert Fuest Vincent Price Peter Cushing Robert Quarry Beryl Reid Fiona Lewis Terry Thomas Horror A I P sequel to The Abominable Dr PhibesDuck You Sucker Sergio Leone Rod Steiger James Coburn War Western United ArtistsDynamite Chicken Ernest Pintoff Richard Pryor Al Goldstein ComedyThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Nell Potts Drama 20th Century Fox Based on a play by Paul ZindelElvis on Tour Pierre Adidge Robert Abel Elvis Presley Documentary MGM won Golden Globe for Best DocumentaryEndless Night Sidney Gilliat Hayley Mills Britt Eklund Mystery Based on a book by Agatha ChristieEvery Little Crook and Nanny Cy Howard Victor Mature Lynn Redgrave Maggie Blye Comedy MGMEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask Woody Allen Woody Allen Gene Wilder Burt Reynolds Tony Randall Louise Lasser Lynn Redgrave Heather MacRae Lou Jacobi Regis Philbin Comedy United Artists Based on a book by David ReubenFat City John Huston Jeff Bridges Stacy Keach Susan Tyrrell Sports Drama Columbia Based on a novel by Leonard GardnerFillmore Richard T Heffron Santana Grateful Dead Jefferson Airplane Documentary Concert filmThe Final Comedown Oscar Williams Billy Dee Williams Celia Kaye BlaxploitationFive Summer Stories Greg MacGillivray Eddie Aikau DocumentaryFollow Me Carol Reed Mia Farrow Topol Michael Jayston Comedy Drama UniversalFour More Years Top Value Television Spiro Agnew Walter Cronkite Gerald Ford Henry Kissinger Richard Nixon George McGovern DocumentaryFritz the Cat Ralph Bakshi Skip Hinnant Comedy first animated film Rated XFrogs George McCowan Ray Milland Sam Elliott Joan Van Ark Horror AIPFuzz Richard A Colla Burt Reynolds Raquel Welch Yul Brynner Jack Weston Tom Skerritt Action Comedy United ArtistsGeorgia Georgia Stig Bjorkman Dirk Benedict Diana Sands Stig Engstrom Drama CineramaGet to Know Your Rabbit Brian De Palma Tom Smothers Katharine Ross Orson Welles Comedy Warner Bros The Getaway Sam Peckinpah Steve McQueen Ali MacGraw Al Lettieri Ben Johnson Sally Struthers Jack Dodson Bo Hopkins Dub Taylor Slim Pickens Crime Drama National General Pictures Based on a novel by Jim Thompson remade in 1994Gidget Gets Married E W Swackhamer Michael Burns Monie Ellis Comedy TV movieGlass Houses Alexander Singer Bernard Barrow Jennifer O Neill Deirdre Lenihan Drama ColumbiaThe Godfather Francis Ford Coppola Marlon Brando Al Pacino James Caan Robert Duvall John Cazale Diane Keaton Talia Shire Abe Vigoda Richard Castellano Richard Conte Sterling Hayden Gianni Russo Al Lettieri John Marley Alex Rocco Richard Bright Lenny Montana Joe Spinell Al Martino Crime Drama Paramount won 3 Oscars top grossing film of 1972 based on novel by Mario PuzoGrave of the Vampire John Hayes William Smith Lyn Peters HorrorThe Great Northfield Minnesota Raid Philip Kaufman Cliff Robertson Robert Duvall Western UniversalThe Great Waltz Andrew L Stone Horst Buchholz Mary Costa Nigel Patrick Historical MGMThe Groundstar Conspiracy Lamont Johnson George Peppard Michael Sarrazin Christine Belford Crime UniversalH M EditTitle Director Cast Genre NoteHammer Bruce D Clark Fred Williamson Bernie Hamilton Vonetta McGee Action United ArtistsHammersmith Is Out Peter Ustinov Richard Burton Elizabeth Taylor Peter Ustinov Comedy Cinerama Corp Hardcase John Llewellyn Moxey Clint Walker Western Hanna Barbera Productions TV movieThe Heartbreak Kid Elaine May Charles Grodin Cybill Shepherd Jeannie Berlin Eddie Albert Audra Lindley Comedy 20th Century Fox Script by Neil Simon 2 Oscar nominations remade in 2007Heat Paul Morrissey Joe Dallesandro Sylvia Miles Drama produced by Andy WarholHickey amp Boggs Robert Culp Bill Cosby Robert Culp Crime United ArtistsHit Man George Armitage Bernie Casey Pam Grier Crime MGMHome for the Holidays John Llewellyn Moxey Jessica Walter Sally Field Eleanor Parker Julie Harris Walter Brennan Horror ABC Circle Films MaTV movie The Honkers Steve Ihnat James Coburn Lois Nettleton Anne Archer Comedy United ArtistsThe Hot Box Joe Viola Carmen Argenziano Andrea Cagan Margaret Markov Action New WorldThe Hot Rock Peter Yates Robert Redford George Segal Zero Mostel Crime 20th Century Fox William Goldman script from book by Donald WestlakeImages Robert Altman Susannah York Rene Auberjonois Thriller ColumbiaIrish Whiskey Rebellion Chester Erskine William Devane Anne Meara Crime Cinerama Releasing CorporationJ W Coop Cliff Robertson Cliff Robertson Geraldine Page Western ColumbiaJeremiah Johnson Sydney Pollack Robert Redford Will Geer Western Warner Bros Joe Kidd John Sturges Clint Eastwood Robert Duvall John Saxon Western Universal script by Elmore LeonardJourney Back to Oz Hal Sutherland Milton Berle Herschel Bernardi Margaret Hamilton Animation Based on Oz bookJunior Bonner Sam Peckinpah Steve McQueen Robert Preston Ida Lupino Joe Don Baker Barbara Leigh Ben Johnson Western Cinerama Releasing Corp Justin Morgan Had a Horse Hollingsworth Morse Don Murray R G Armstrong Family Western DisneyKansas City Bomber Jerrold Freedman Raquel Welch Kevin McCarthy Drama MGMThe King of Marvin Gardens Bob Rafelson Jack Nicholson Ellen Burstyn Bruce Dern Drama ColumbiaLady Sings the Blues Sidney J Furie Diana Ross Billy Dee Williams Richard Pryor Biography Paramount Story of Billie Holiday 5 Oscar nominationsThe Last House on the Left Wes Craven Sandra Cassel David A Hess HorrorLast of the Red Hot Lovers Gene Saks Alan Arkin Sally Kellerman Paula Prentiss Comedy Paramount based on Neil Simon playLast Tango in Paris Bernardo Bertolucci Marlon Brando Maria Schneider Maria Michi Drama United ArtistsLeft Hand of Gemini Ian McShane Richard Egan Science FictionThe Legend of Boggy Creek Charles B Pierce William Stumpp MysteryThe Legend of Nigger Charley aka Legend of Black Charley Martin Goldman Fred Williamson D Urville Martin Western ParamountThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean John Huston Paul Newman Anthony Perkins Victoria Principal Jacqueline Bisset John Huston Ava Gardner Biography Western National General Pictures Academy Award Oscar Golden Globe for SongLimbo Mark Robson Kathleen Nolan Kate Jackson Stuart Margolin Drama UniversalThe Limit Yaphet Kotto Yaphet Kotto Yaphet Kotto Quinn K Redeker Virgil Frye Crime CannonLos Amigos Paolo Cavara Anthony Quinn Franco Nero Pamela Tiffin Western MGMThe Magnificent Seven Ride George McCowan Lee Van Cleef George Kennedy Stefanie Powers Western United Artiststhird sequel to The Magnificent SevenThe Man Joseph Sargent James Earl Jones Martin Balsam Barbara Rush Drama Paramount Script by Rod SerlingMan of La Mancha Arthur Hiller Peter O Toole Sophia Loren James Coco Musical United Artists Based on Dale Wasserman play 2 Golden GlobesThe Mechanic Michael Winner Charles Bronson Jan Michael Vincent Action United Artists remade in 2011Melinda Hugh A Robertson Calvin Lockhart Vonetta McGee Drama MGMMolly and Lawless John Gary Nelson Vera Miles Sam Elliott WesternN S EditTitle Director Cast Genre NoteNapoleon and Samantha Bernard McEveety Michael Douglas Jodie Foster Adventure DisneyNecromancy Bert I Gordon Orson Welles Lee Purcell Pamela Franklin Horror Cinerama Releasing CorporationThe New Centurions Richard Fleischer George C Scott Stacy Keach Neo Noir Action Crime Columbia Based on a novel by Joseph WambaughNight Call Nurses Jonathan Kaplan Alana Stewart Mittie Lawrence Thriller New WorldNight of Terror Jeannot Szwarc Donna Mills Chuck Connors Martin Balsam Agnes Moorehead Catherine Burns David Spielberg John Karlen Thriller TV movieNight of the Lepus William F Claxton Stuart Whitman Janet Leigh Horror MGMNo Drums No Bugles Clyde Ware Martin Sheen Davey Davison War Cinerama Releasing CorporationNo Place to Run Delbert Mann Herschel Bernardi Stefanie Powers Larry Hagman Drama TV movieNortheast of Seoul David Lowell Rich Anita Ekberg John Ireland Victor Buono Thriller CannonNow You See Him Now You Don t Robert Butler Kurt Russell Cesar Romero Joe Flynn Michael McGreevey William Windom Jim Backus Ed Begley Jr Edward Andrews Richard Bakalyan Bing Russell Science Fiction Comedy DisneyThe Offence Sidney Lumet Sean Connery Trevor Howard Vivien Merchant Drama United ArtistsOne Is a Lonely Number Mel Stuart Trish Van Devere Monte Markham Janet Leigh Drama MGMThe Other Robert Mulligan Uta Hagen Diana Muldaur John Ritter Horror 20th Century Fox from Tom Tryon novelPainters Painting Emile de Antonio Andy Warhol Willem de Kooning DocumentaryPancho Villa Eugenio Martin Telly Savalas Clint Walker Chuck Connors Western filmed in SpainPayday Daryl Duke Rip Torn Ahna Capri Drama Cinerama ReleasingPete n Tillie Martin Ritt Walter Matthau Carol Burnett Geraldine Page Comedy Drama Universal 2 Oscar nominationsPickup on 101 John Florea Jack Albertson Lesley Ann Warren Martin Sheen Drama AIPPink Flamingos John Waters Divine Comedy cult film distributed by 20th Century FoxA Place Called Today Don Schain Lana Wood Cheri Caffaro Drama EmbassyPlay It Again Sam Herbert Ross Woody Allen Diane Keaton Tony Roberts Susan Anspach Comedy Paramount based on Allen s playPlay It as It Lays Frank Perry Tuesday Weld Anthony Perkins Adam Roarke Drama Universal from Joan Didion novelPocket Money Stuart Rosenberg Paul Newman Lee Marvin Western Comedy National General Pictures Terrence Malick scriptPope Joan Michael Anderson Liv Ullmann Olivia de Havilland Drama ColumbiaPortnoy s Complaint Ernest Lehman Richard Benjamin Karen Black Lee Grant Comedy Drama Warner Bros from novel by Philip RothThe Poseidon Adventure Ronald Neame Gene Hackman Ernest Borgnine Shelley Winters Stella Stevens Roddy McDowall Carol Lynley Pamela Sue Martin Red Buttons Jack Albertson Disaster Adventure 20th Century Fox Based on Paul Gallico novel won 2 OscarsThe Possession of Joel Delaney Waris Hussein Shirley MacLaine Perry King Michael Hordern Horror ParamountPrime Cut Michael Ritchie Lee Marvin Gene Hackman Sissy Spacek Angel Tompkins Drama Action National GeneralPrivate Parts Paul Bartel Stanley Livingston Lucille Benson Horror MGMRage George C Scott George C Scott Martin Sheen Drama Warner Bros Red Sun Terence Young Charles Bronson Ursula Andress Western National GeneralA Reflection of Fear William A Fraker Robert Shaw Sondra Locke Sally Kellerman Drama ColumbiaThe Revengers Daniel Mann William Holden Ernest Borgnine Western National GeneralRivals Krishna Shah Joan Hackett Robert Klein Drama EmbassyRun Cougar Run Jerome Courtland Stuart Whitman Frank Aletter Lonny Chapman Drama DisneyThe Salzburg Connection Lee H Katzin Barry Newman Anna Karina Klaus Maria Brandauer Thriller 20th Century FoxSavages James Ivory Susan Blakely Sam Waterston ComedySay Goodbye Maggie Cole Jud Taylor Susan Hayward Darren McGavin Michael Constantine Michele Nichols Dane Clark Beverly Garland Jeanette Nolan Drama TV movieThe Screaming Woman Jack Smight Olivia de Havilland Ed Nelson Joseph Cotten Walter Pidgeon Lonny Chapman Horror Thriller TV movieA Separate Peace Larry Peerce Parker Stevenson William Roerick Drama ParamountShaft s Big Score Gordon Parks Richard Roundtree Moses Gunn Blaxploitation Action Crime MGM Sequel to ShaftSilent Running Douglas Trumbull Bruce Dern Ron Rifkin Science Fiction UniversalSitting Target Douglas Hickox Oliver Reed Jill St John Drama MGMSkyjacked John Guillermin Charlton Heston Yvette Mimieux James Brolin Jeanne Crain Walter Pidgeon Roosevelt Grier Leslie Uggams Disaster MGM Crain s final filmSlaughter Jack Starrett Jim Brown Rip Torn Stella Stevens Blaxploitation A I P followed by 1973 sequelSlaughterhouse Five George Roy Hill Michael Sacks Valerie Perrine Science Fiction Drama Universal From Kurt Vonnegut novelSnoopy Come Home Bill Melendez Voices of Chad Webber Robin Kohn Hilary Momberger Johanna Baer Animation sequel to A Boy Named Charlie BrownSnowball Express Norman Tokar Dean Jones Nancy Olson Johnny Whitaker Keenan Wynn Michael McGreevey Harry Morgan George Lindsey Family DisneySomething Evil Steven Spielberg Sandy Dennis Darren McGavin Ralph Bellamy Jeff Corey Johnny Whitaker John Rubinstein Margaret Avery Horror TV movieSounder Martin Ritt Cicely Tyson Paul Winfield Kevin Hooks Drama 20th Century Fox 4 Oscar nominations Based on novelStand Up and Be Counted Jackie Cooper Jacqueline Bisset Stella Stevens Steve Lawrence Comedy ColumbiaStigma David E Durston Philip Michael Thomas Drama Cinerama Releasing CorporationThe Strange Vengeance of Rosalie Jack Starrett Bonnie Bedelia Ken Howard Thriller 20th Century FoxSuperbeast George Schenck Antoinette Bower Harry Lauter Horror United ArtistsSuper Fly Gordon Parks Junior Ron O Neal Julius Harris Blaxploitation Neo Noir Crime Drama Warner Bros Curtis Mayfield scoreT Z EditTitle Director Cast Genre NoteThey Only Kill Their Masters James Goldstone James Garner Katharine Ross Mystery MGMThe Thing with Two Heads Lee Frost Ray Milland Roosevelt Grier Blaxploitation Science Fiction Comedy AIPThumb Tripping Quentin Masters Bruce Dern Meg Foster Drama Avco EmbassyTo Find a Man Buzz Kulik Pamela Sue Martin Darren O Connor Tom Bosley Drama ColumbiaTo Kill a Clown George Bloomfield Alan Alda Blythe Danner Drama 20th Century FoxTomorrow Joseph Anthony Robert Duvall Peter Masterson Drama Horton Foote scriptTravels with My Aunt George Cukor Maggie Smith Louis Gossett Jr Comedy MGM Based on novel by Graham GreeneTreasure Island Hal Sutherland Richard Dawson Davy Jones Dal McKennon Animation Adventure Based on the novelTreasure Island John Hough Orson Welles Lionel Stander Walter Slezak Live Action Adventure Based on the novelTrick Baby Larry Yust Kiel Martin Mel Stewart Vernee Watson Johnson Crime UniversalTrouble Man Ivan Dixon Robert Hooks Paula Kelly Blaxploitation Crime Thriller 20th Century Fox Marvin Gaye scoreUlzana s Raid Robert Aldrich Burt Lancaster Bruce Davison Richard Jaeckel Western UniversalUnholy Rollers Vernon Zimmerman Claudia Jennings Louis Quinn Sports AIPUp the Sandbox Irvin Kershner Barbra Streisand David Selby Comedy National General Pictures Based on Anne Roiphe novelThe Valachi Papers Terence Young Charles Bronson Lino Ventura Jill Ireland Walter Chiari Neo Noir Crime ColumbiaThe Victim Herschel Daugherty Elizabeth Montgomery George Maharis Jess Walton Sue Ane Langdon Eileen Heckart Crime Drama Mystery TV movieThe Visitors Elia Kazan Patrick McVey Patricia Joyce James Woods Drama United Artists Woods first filmThe War Between Men and Women Melville Shavelson Jack Lemmon Barbara Harris Comedy National GeneralWhat s Up Doc Peter Bogdanovich Barbra Streisand Ryan O Neal Madeline Kahn Comedy Warner Bros Kahn s first filmWhen the Legends Die Stuart Millar Richard Widmark Frederic Forrest John War Eagle Drama 20th Century FoxWhere Does It Hurt Rod Amateau Peter Sellers Jo Ann Pflug Rick Lenz Comedy Cinerama Releasing CorporationWild in the Sky William T Naud Georg Stanford Brown Brandon deWilde Keenan Wynn Action Comedy AIPWinter Soldier Barbara Kopple John Kerry DocumentaryThe Woman Hunt Eddie Romero John Ashley Pat Woodell Sid Haig Action New WorldThe Woman Hunter Bernard L Kowalski Barbara Eden Robert Vaughn Stuart Whitman Mystery TV movieThe Wrath of God Ralph Nelson Robert Mitchum Frank Langella Rita Hayworth Western MGM Hayworth s final filmYou ll Like My Mother Lamont Johnson Patty Duke Rosemary Murphy Horror UniversalSee also Edit1972 in the United StatesExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has 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