1977 in film

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1977
RankTitleStudioBox-office gross
1 Star Wars 20th Century Fox $221,280,994[1]
2 Smokey and the Bandit Universal Pictures $126,737,428[2]
3 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Columbia Pictures $116,395,460[3]
4 Saturday Night Fever Paramount Pictures $94,213,184[4]
5 The Goodbye Girl Warner Bros. $82,000,470[5]
6 A Bridge Too Far United Artists $50,750,000[6]
7 The Deep Columbia Pictures $47,346,365[7]
8 The Spy Who Loved Me United Artists $46,838,673[8]
9 Oh, God! Warner Bros. $41,687,243[9]
10 Annie Hall United Artists $38,251,425[10]

Events

Awards
Category/Organization35th Golden Globe Awards
January 28, 1978		31st BAFTA Awards
March 16, 1978		50th Academy Awards
April 3, 1978
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmThe Turning PointThe Goodbye GirlAnnie Hall
Best DirectorHerbert Ross
The Turning Point		Woody Allen
Annie Hall
Best ActorRichard Burton
Equus		Richard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl		Peter Finch
Network		Richard Dreyfuss
The Goodbye Girl
Best ActressJane Fonda
Julia		Diane Keaton
Annie Hall
Marsha Mason
The Goodbye Girl		Diane Keaton
Annie Hall
Best Supporting ActorPeter Firth
Equus		Edward Fox
A Bridge Too Far		Jason Robards
Julia
Best Supporting ActressVanessa Redgrave
Julia		Jenny Agutter
Equus		Vanessa Redgrave
Julia
Best Screenplay, AdaptedNeil Simon
The Goodbye Girl		Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Annie Hall		Alvin Sargent
Julia
Best Screenplay, OriginalWoody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Annie Hall
Best Original ScoreJohn Williams
Star Wars		John Addison
A Bridge Too Far		John Williams
Star Wars
Jonathan Tunick
A Little Night Music
Best Original Song"You Light Up My Life"
You Light Up My Life		N/A"You Light Up My Life"
You Light Up My Life
Best Foreign Language FilmA Special DayN/AMadame Rosa

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Father and Master (Padre padrone), directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye), directed by Larisa Shepitko, USSR

Notable films released in 1977

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1977 film releases

January–March
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Y		 7 The SentinelUniversal PicturesJames B. Harris (director); Jeffrey Konvitz (screenplay); Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, José Ferrer, Martin Balsam, and Ava GardnerLive Action
18 Pumping IronWhite Mountain FilmsGeorge Butler (director/screenplay); Charles Gaines (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, Franco Columbu, Mike Katz, Ken Waller, Ed Corney, and Serge NubretLive Action
25 ProvidenceCinema 5 DistributingAlain Resnais (director); David Mercer (screenplay); Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn, John Gielgud, David Warner, Elaine Stritch, Cyril Luckham, and Denis LawsonLive Action
28 The Late ShowWarner Bros.Robert Benton (director/screenplay); Rodolfo Sonego (screenplay); Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche, Joanna Cassidy, John Considine, and Ruth NelsonLive Action
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Y		 9 Fun with Dick and JaneColumbia PicturesTed Kotcheff (director); David Giler, Jerry Belson, and Mordecai Richler (screenplay); Jane Fonda and George SegalLive Action
Twilight's Last GleamingAllied ArtistsRobert Aldrich (director); Ronald M. Cohen (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Paul Winfield, and Burt YoungLive Action
Wizards20th Century FoxRalph Bakshi (director/screenplay); Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, David Proval, and Steve GraversAnimation
11 ThievesParamount PicturesJohn Berry (director); Herb Gardner (screenplay); Marlo Thomas, Charles Grodin, and Irwin CoreyLive Action
25 Slap ShotUniversal PicturesGeorge Roy Hill (director); Nancy Dowd (screenplay); Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, and Jennifer WarrenLive Action
TentaclesAmerican International PicturesOvidio G. Assonitis (director); Steven W. Carabatsos (screenplay);Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda, and Cesare DanovaLive Action
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9 Islands in the StreamParamount PicturesFranklin J. Schaffner (director); Denne Bart Petitclerc (screenplay); George C. Scott, David Hemmings, and Gilbert RolandLive Action
11 The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohBuena Vista DistributionJohn Lounsbery and Wolfgang Reitherman (directors); Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Vance Gerry, Xavier Atencio, Ken Anderson, Julius Svendsen, Ted Berman, and Eric Cleworth (screenplay); Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler, Junius Matthews, Paul Winchell, Howard Morris, Bruce Reitherman, Jon Walmsley, and Timothy TurnerAnimation
Black SundayParamount PicturesJohn Frankenheimer (director); Ernest Lehman, Kenneth Ross, and Ivan Moffat (screenplay); Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, and Bekim FehmiuLive Action
Airport '77Universal PicturesJerry Jameson (director); Michael Scheff and David Spector (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, James Stewart, George Kennedy, Brenda Vaccaro, Christopher Lee, Darren McGavin, Joseph Cotten, and Olivia de HavillandLive Action
25 EraserheadWarner Bros. PicturesDavid Lynch (director/screenplay); Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, and Jeanne BatesLive Action
The American FriendParamount PicturesWim Wenders (director/screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, and Gérard BlainLive Action
The Domino PrincipleITC EntertainmentStanley Kramer (director); Adam Kennedy (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Mickey Rooney, and Richard WidmarkLive Action

April–June
Opening Title Studio Cast and crew Medium
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2 The Eagle Has LandedColumbia PicturesJohn Sturges (director); Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay); Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Quayle, Jean Marsh, Sven-Bertil Taube, Judy Geeson, Siegfried Rauch, John Standing, Treat Williams, and Larry HagmanLive Action
6 Audrey RoseUnited ArtistsRobert Wise (director); Frank De Felitta (screenplay); Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck, Susan SwiftLive Action
8 Demon SeedWarner Bros. Pictures (United States/Canada) / Cinema International Corporation (international)Donald Cammell (director); Dean Koontz (screenplay); Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, and Gerrit GrahamLive Action
RabidCinépix Film Properties / New World PicturesDavid Cronenberg (director/screenplay); Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Howard Ryshpan, Patricia Gage, and Susan RomanLive Action
15 JabberwockyColumbia Pictures (United States/Canada) / Warner Bros. (international)Terry Gilliam (director/screenplay); Charles Alverson (screenplay); Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier, and Warren MitchellLive Action
20 Annie HallUnited ArtistsWoody Allen (director/screenplay); Marshall Brickman (screenplay); Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Janet Margolin, Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken, and Colleen DewhurstLive Action
3 Women20th Century FoxRobert Altman (director/screenplay); Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Janice RuleLive Action
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13 The CarUniversal PicturesElliot Silverstein (director); Dennis Shryack (screenplay); James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, Elizabeth Thompson, Ronny CoxLive Action
18 Handle with CareParamount PicturesJonathan Demme (director); Paul Brickman (screenplay); Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Bruce McGill, Roberts Blossom, and Richard BrightLive Action
Joseph AndrewsUnited Artists / Paramount PicturesTony Richardson (director); Chris Bryant (screenplay); Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid, Jim Dale, Beryl Reid, and Natalie OgleLive Action
20 Cross of IronEMI Films / Constantin Film / AVCO Embassy PicturesSam Peckinpah (director/screenplay); James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch, and Vadim GlownaLive Action
The GreatestColumbia PicturesTom Gries and Monte Hellman (directors); Muhammad Ali (screenplay); Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, James Earl Jones, and Robert DuvallLive Action
25 Star Wars20th Century Fox / LucasfilmGeorge Lucas (director/screenplay); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, and James Earl JonesLive Action
27 Desperate LivingDreamland / New Line CinemaJohn Waters (director/screenplay); Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce, Jean HillLive Action
Smokey and the BanditUniversal PicturesHal Needham (director); James Lee Barrett, Charles Shyer, Alan Mandel (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, and Jackie GleasonLive Action
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3 Fraternity RowParamount PicturesThomas Pope (director); Charles Gary Allison (screenplay); Peter Fox, Gregory Harrison, Scott Newman, Nancy Morgan, and Wendy PhillipsLive Action
Crossed SwordsWarner Bros. PicturesRichard Fleischer (director); George MacDonald Fraser (screenplay); Mark Lester, Ernest Borgnine, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, and Rex HarrisonLive Action
8 The Other Side of Midnight20th Century FoxCharles Jarrott (director); Herman Raucher (screenplay); Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon, Raf Vallone, Clu Gulager, Christian Marquand, and Michael LernerLive Action
10 For the Love of BenjiMulberry Square ReleasingJoe Camp (director/screenplay); Ben Vaughn (screenplay); Benjean, Patsy Garrett, Cynthia Smith, Allen Fiuzat, Ed Nelson, Peter Bowles, Art Vasil, and Bridget ArmstrongLive Action
Grand Theft AutoNew World PicturesRon Howard (director/screenplay); Rance Howard (screenplay); Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Marion Ross, Peter Isacksen, Don Steele, Clint Howard, Rance Howard, and Paul LinkeLive Action
15 A Bridge Too FarUnited ArtistsRichard Attenborough (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, and Liv UllmannLive Action
17 Exorcist II: The HereticWarner Bros. PicturesJohn Boorman (director); William Goodhart (screenplay); Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Paul Henreid, James Earl Jones, and Ned BeattyLive Action
The Getting of WisdomSouthern Cross FilmsBruce Beresford (director); Eleanor Witcombe (screenplay); Susannah Fowle, Hilary Ryan, Terence Donovan, Patricia Kennedy, Sheila Helpmann, Candy Raymond, Barry Humphries, John WatersLive Action
21 New York, New YorkUnited ArtistsMartin Scorsese (director); Mardik Martin and Earl Mac Rauch (screenplay); Liza Minnelli and Robert De NiroLive Action
24 Herbie Goes to Monte CarloBuena Vista DistributionVincent McEveety (director); Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson (screenplay); Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Julie Sommars, Jacques Marin, Roy Kinnear, Bernard Fox, Eric Braeden, Xavier Saint-Macary, Alan Caillou, Laurie Main, Johnny Haymer, Gérard JugnotLive Action
The RescuersBuena Vista DistributionWolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery, and Art Stevens (directors); Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry, Ken Anderson, Frank Thomas, Burny Mattinson, Fred Lucky, Dick Sebast, David Michener, and Ted Berman (screenplay); Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Michelle Stacy, Geraldine Page, Joe Flynn, Jim Jordan, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Pat Buttram, Bernard FoxAnimation
SorcererUniversal Pictures (U.S.A & Canada) / Paramount Pictures (International)William Friedkin (director); Walon Green (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, and Ramon BieriLive Action

July–September
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Y		 1 Greased LightningWarner Bros. PicturesMichael Schultz (director); Melvin Van Peebles (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, and Pam GrierLive Action
8 The Bad News Bears in Breaking TrainingParamount PicturesMichael Pressman (director); Paul Bickman (screenplay); William Devane, Jackie Earle Haley, Clifton James, Chris Barnes, Erin Blunt, Jimmy Baio, Alfred W. Lutter, Brett Marx, David PollockLive Action
12 StroszekWerner Herzog Filmproduktion / ZDFWerner Herzog (director/screenplay); Bruno S., Eva Mattes, and Clemens ScheitzLive Action
13 The Spy Who Loved MeUnited Artists / Eon ProductionsLewis Gilbert (director); Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum (screenplay); Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, and Curd JürgensLive Action
The Island of Dr. MoreauAmerican International PicturesDon Taylor (director); John Herman Shaner (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera, Richard Basehart, and Nick CravatLive Action
14 I Never Promised You a Rose GardenNew World PicturesAnthony Page (director); Roger Corman (screenplay); Kathleen Quinlan and Bibi AnderssonLive Action
15 The Happy Hooker Goes to WashingtonCannon FilmsWilliam A. Levey (director); Bob Kaufman (screenplay); Joey Heatherton, George Hamilton, Ray Walston, Jack Carter, Louisa Moritz, Rip Taylor, and Phil FosterLive Action
MacArthurUniversal PicturesHal Barwood (director); Matthew Robbins (screenplay); Gregory Peck, Ed Flanders, and Dan O'HerlihyLive Action
The Last Remake of Beau GesteUniversal PicturesMarty Feldman (director/screenplay); Sam Bobrick (screenplay); Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones, Trevor Howard, Henry Gibson, Roy Kinnear, Spike Milligan, Terry-ThomasLive Action
17 The DeepColumbia PicturesPeter Yates (director); Peter Benchley (screenplay); Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Louis Gossett, and Eli WallachLive Action
22 OrcaParamount PicturesMichael Anderson (director); Sergio Donati and Robert Towne (screenplay); Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek, Keenan Wynn, Robert Carradine, and Scott WalkerLive Action
The Hills Have EyesNew World PicturesWes Craven (director/screenplay); Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, Martin Speer, Dee Wallace, Russ Grieve, John Steadman, Michael Berryman, and Virginia VincentLive Action
29 HouseTohoNobuhiko Obayashi (director); Chiho Katsura (screenplay); Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Ai Matubara, Kumiko Oba, Mieko Sato, Eriko Tanaka, Masayo Miyako, and Yōko MinamidaLive Action
Walking Tall: Final ChapterAmerican International PicturesJack Starrett (director); Howard B. Kreitsek, Samuel A. Peeples (screenplay); Bo Svenson, Lurene Tuttle, Forrest Tucker, Leif Garrett, and Dawn LynLive Action
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10 The Kentucky Fried MovieUnited Film Distribution CompanyJohn Landis (director); Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker (screenplay); Bill Bixby, George Lazenby, Evan C. Kim, Bong Soo Han, Donald Sutherland, Henry Gibson, Barry Dennen, Agneta EckemyrLive Action
12 Sinbad and the Eye of the TigerColumbia PicturesSam Wanamaker (director); Ray Harryhausen and Beverley Cross (screenplay); Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting, Jane Seymour, and Patrick TroughtonLive Action
14 Outlaw BluesWarner Bros.Richard T. Heffron (director); Bill L. Norton (screenplay); Peter Fonda, Susan Saint James, John Crawford, James T. Callahan, Michael Lerner, Steve Fromholz, Richard Lockmiller, Matt Clark, Gene Rader, Jerry Greene, Dave Helfert, Jeffrey Friedman (politician), James N. HarrellLive Action
Suspiria20th Century FoxDario Argento (director); Daria Nicolodi (screenplay); Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Barbara Magnolfi, Susanna Javicoli, Eva Axén, Alida Valli, and Joan BennettLive Action
24 Race for Your Life, Charlie BrownParamount PicturesBill Melendez (director); Phil Roman (co-director); Charles M. Schulz (screenplay); Duncan Watson, Stuart Brotman, Gail Davis, Liam Martin, Melanie Kohn, Jimmy Ahrens, Kirk Jue, Jordan Warren, Tom Muller, Greg Felton, Joseph Biter, Bill Melendez, Jackson Beck, and Fred Van AmburgAnimation
Thunder and Lightning20th Century FoxCorey Allen (director); William Hjortsberg (screenplay); Sterling Holloway, Patrick Cranshaw, Charles Napier, George Murdock, Ron Feinberg, David Carradine, Kate JacksonLive Action
31 You Light Up My LifeColumbia PicturesJoseph Brooks (director/screenplay); Didi Conn, Joe Silver, Michael Zaslow, and Melanie MayronLive Action
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28 Another Man, Another ChanceUnited ArtistsClaude Lelouch (director/screenplay); James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Francis Huster, Susan Tyrrell, Jennifer WarrenLive Action
29 Bobby DeerfieldColumbia Pictures (U.S.A / Canada) / Warner Bros. (International)Sydney Pollack (director); Alvin Sargent (screenplay); Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, and Anny DupereyLive Action
30 A Little Night MusicNew World PicturesHarold Prince (director); Hugh Wheeler (screenplay); Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou, and Lesley-Anne DownLive Action

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R		 2 Julia20th Century FoxFred Zinnemann (director); Alvin Sargent (screenplay); Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook, Rosemary Murphy, Maximilian Schell, and Meryl StreepLive Action
RoselandCinema Shares International DistributionJames Ivory (director); Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay); Teresa Wright, Lou Jacobi, Geraldine Chaplin, Helen Gallagher, Joan Copeland, Christopher Walken, Conrad Janis, Lilia SkalaLive Action
7 Oh, God!Warner Bros. PicturesCarl Reiner (director); Larry Gelbart (screenplay); George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, and Donald PleasenceLive Action
A Piece of the ActionUniversal PicturesSidney Poitier (director); Charles Blackwell (screenplay); Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke, Tracy Reed, and Titos VandisLive Action
Rolling ThunderAmerican International PicturesJohn Flynn (director); Paul Schrader, Heywood Gould (screenplay); William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, James Best, Dabney Coleman, and Luke AskewLive Action
14 Starship InvasionsWarner Bros. PicturesEd Hunt (director / screenplay); Robert Vaughn and Christopher LeeLive Action
19 EquusUnited ArtistsSidney Lumet (director); Peter Shaffer (screenplay); Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Joan Plowright, and Colin BlakelyLive Action
Looking for Mr. GoodbarParamount PicturesRichard Brooks (director / screenplay); Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Kiley, and Richard GereLive Action
21 Damnation Alley20th Century FoxJack Smight (director); Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield, Jackie Earle HaleyLive Action
28 ValentinoUnited ArtistsKen Russell (director/screenplay); Mardik Martin (screenplay); Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal, Seymour Cassel, Huntz Hall Alfred Marks, David de Keyser, and Linda ThorsonLive Action
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4 HeroesUniversal PicturesJeremy Kagan (director); James Carabatsos (screenplay); Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, and Val AveryLive Action
First LoveParamount PicturesJoan Darling (director); Jane Stanton Hitchcock and David Freeman (screenplay); William Katt, Susan Dey, John Heard, Beverly D'Angelo, and Robert LoggiaLive Action
Which Way Is Up?Universal PicturesMichael Schultz (director); Carl Gottlieb, Cecil Brown (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee, Margaret Avery, Morgan Woodward, Marilyn Coleman, and BeBe Drake-HooksLive Action
14 The Turning Point20th Century FoxHerbert Ross (director); Arthur Laurents (screenplay); Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Tom Skerritt, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie BrowneLive Action
16 Close Encounters of the Third KindColumbia PicturesSteven Spielberg (director / screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, and François TruffautLive Action
18 The Mouse and His ChildMurakami-Wolf-SwensonFred Wolf (director); Russell Hoban (screenplay); Peter Ustinov, Cloris Leachman, Sally Kellerman, John Carradine, Andy Devine, and Don LakeAnimation
The PackWarner Bros. PicturesRobert Clouse (director / screenplay); Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard B. Shull, R. G. Armstrong, Ned Wertimer, Richard O'Brien, Bibi Besch, Delos V. Smith Jr., Sherry Miles, and Paul WillsonLive Action
Semi-ToughUnited ArtistsMichael Ritchie (director); Walter Bernstein and Ring Lardner Jr. (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston, Lotte Lenya, Bert Convy, and Brian DennehyLive Action
30 The Goodbye GirlWarner Bros. PicturesHerbert Ross (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, and Quinn CummingsLive Action
Scott JoplinUniversal Pictures / Motown ProductionsJeremy Kagan (director); Christopher Knopf (screenplay); Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery, Eubie Blake, Godfrey Cambridge, and Art CarneyLive Action
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16 CandleshoeBuena Vista DistributionNorman Tokar (director); David Swift and Rosemary Anne Sisson (screenplay); Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes, and Leo McKernLive Action
Saturday Night FeverParamount PicturesJohn Badham (director); Norman Wexler (screenplay); John Travolta and Karen GorneyLive Action
TelefonUnited ArtistsDon Siegel (director); Peter Hyams and Stirling Silliphant (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, and Donald PleasenceLive Action
18 The World's Greatest Lover20th Century FoxGene Wilder (director/screenplay); Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise, Fritz Feld, Ronny Graham, and Danny DeVitoLive Action
21 The GauntletWarner Bros. PicturesClint Eastwood (director); Dennis Shryack (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, and Sondra LockeLive Action
22 The ChoirboysUniversal PicturesRobert Aldrich (director); Jennifer Miller (screenplay); Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr., Perry King, Clyde Kusatsu, Stephen Macht, Tim McIntire, Randy Quaid, Chuck Sacci, Don Stroud, James Woods, and Burt YoungLive Action
25 The DuellistsParamount Pictures / Enigma Productions / National Film Finance ConsortiumRidley Scott (director); Gerald Vaughan-Hughes (screenplay); Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, and Tom ContiLive Action
High Anxiety20th Century FoxMel Brooks (director / screenplay); Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Howard Morris, and Dick Van PattenLive Action
Opening NightUniversal PicturesJohn Cassavetes (director / screenplay); Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, and Zohra LampertLive Action
26 ABBA: The MovieWarner Bros. PicturesLasse Hallström (director / screenplay); Robert Caswell (screenplay); Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Robert Hughes, and Tom OliverLive Action
28 GrayeagleAmerican International PicturesCharles B. Pierce (director / screenplay); Ben Johnson, Iron Eyes Cody, Lana Wood, Jack Elam, and Alex CordLive Action

Births

Notable deaths
MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 3Tom Gries54USDirector
6Niall MacGinnis63IrelandActor
12Henri-Georges Clouzot69FranceDirector, Screenwriter
14Peter Finch60UKActor
18Yvonne Printemps82FranceActress, Singer
26Margaret Hayes60USActress
31Daniel Mainwaring74USScreenwriter
February 3Pauline Starke76USActress
17Edward G. Boyle78CanadaProduction Designer
18Andy Devine71USActor
22Edith Barrett70USActress
27Allison Hayes46USActress
28Eddie "Rochester" Anderson71USActor
March 25Nunnally Johnson79USScreenwriter, Director
27Diana Hyland41USActress
April 17Marjorie Gateson86USActress
19Marion Gering75RussiaDirector
21Gummo Marx83USActor, Agent
28Ricardo Cortez76USActor
May 10Joan Crawford71USActress
15Herbert Wilcox87UKDirector, Producer
21Dorothy Christy70USActress
31William Castle63USProducer, Director
June 2Stephen Boyd45IrelandActor
3Roberto Rossellini71ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
5Luis César Amadori75Italy/ArgentinaDirector, Screenwriter
13Matthew Garber21UKActor
14Alan Reed69USActor
19Geraldine Brooks51USActress
20Abner Biberman68USDirector, Actor
July 2William H. Ziegler67USFilm Editor
22Erik Chitty70UKActor
August 3Alfred Lunt84USActor
14George Oppenheimer77USScreenwriter
16Elvis Presley42USActor, Singer
17Delmer Daves73USScreenwriter, Director
19Groucho Marx86USActor, Screenwriter
19Peter Dyneley56UKActor
21Danny Lockin34USActor
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22Sebastian Cabot59UKActor
22Alex Segal62USDirector
29Jean Hagen54USActress
31H. C. Potter72USDirector
September 2Stephen Dunne59USActor
8Zero Mostel62USActor
October 3Tay Garnett83USDirector
5Fred F. Finklehoffe67USScreenwriter
14Bing Crosby74USActor, Singer
31Joan Tetzel56USActress
November 4Betty Balfour74UKActress
9Gertrude Astor90USActress
15William C. McGann84USDirector
18Victor Francen89BelgiumActor
25Richard Carlson65USActor
30Olga Petrova93UKActress, Screenwriter
30Terence Rattigan66UKScreenwriter
December 4Leila Hyams72USActress
18Cyril Ritchard79AustraliaActor
19Jacques Tourneur73FranceDirector
25Charlie Chaplin88UKActor, Director, Screenwriter
26Howard Hawks81USDirector
28Charlotte Greenwood87USActress

Film debuts

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