20th Century Fox Films of 1976
This list contains the films produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox in 1976. List in order of when films were released in the United States.
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- DirectorMichael CampusStarsSusanne BentonBarbara BlakeHampton FancherDinner guests of a wealthy millionaire must justify their own existence or face the penalty of death.
- DirectorBill FeigenbaumStarsBurl IvesRobert MorleyPaul LyndeThe Sultan of Zanzibar has a problem--his harbor is infested with sharks. To solve the problem, he brings in twelve hippos to keep the sharks away, and it works. But once the hippos are no longer needed, they become a nuisance and are massacred by Aban Khan--all but one little hippo named Hugo. What will become of the last of the Zanzibar hippos?
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsMichael CaineNatalie WoodKitty WinnIn 1947, a smart-mouthed Brit working in L.A. as a private eye (or peeper) is on a case to find the long lost daughter of a shady client pursued by two dangerous goons. The case leads him to a rich oddball Beverly Hills family.Budget: $2,325,000
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanAlessandro MomoAgostina BelliA young private is assigned to accompany a blind captain. It soon becomes clear that they are both complex personalities.Released in U.S. January 25, 1976
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsLenny BakerShelley WintersEllen GreeneThe ups and downs of life as experienced by a group of aspiring young artists in the early Fifties New York.Rentals: $1,060,000 (US / Canada)
- DirectorNorman PanamaStarsElliott GouldDiane KeatonPaul SorvinoElliott Gould and Diane Keaton take out a lease on love with an option to buy in this glossy romantic comedy costarring Paul Sorvino, Victoria Principal and Candy Clark. Unhappily divorced after 10 years of marriage, Les Bingham (Gould) finally convinces his ex-wife Katie (Keaton) to give him another shot. Reluctantly agreeing to a legal arrangement instead of a wedding vow, Les signs a six-month contract, unaware his lawyer (Sorvino) also loves Katie and plans to use the wiles of their sexy neighbor (Principal) to bust up the Binghams for good. Cowritten and directed by Norman Panama (How to Commit Marriage), I Will... I Will... For Now was produced by George Barrie, CEO of Fabergé. A musician-turned-businessman, Barrie would produce over a dozen films, earning Oscar nominations for "All That Love Went to Waste" (A Touch of Class, 1973) and "Now That We're in Love" (Whiffs, 1975), two songs he wrote with Sammy Cahn.Rentals: $1,740,000 (US / Canada)
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsJames CoburnSusannah YorkRobert CulpWhen an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.Rentals: $1,730,000 (US / Canada)
- DirectorMelvin FrankStarsGeorge SegalGoldie HawnConrad JanisA female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.Budget: $4,590,000; Rentals: $4,120,000 (US / Canada)
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsElizabeth TaylorJane FondaCicely TysonA pair of peasant children, Mytyl (Patsy Kensit) and her brother Tyltyl (Todd Lookinland), are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness (Nedezhda Pavlova) by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire (Yevgeni Shcherbakov), Bread (Richard Pearson), and other entities.Budget: $12 million; Box office: $3.5 million (US / Canada)
- DirectorMaximilian SchellStarsJon VoightJacqueline BissetMartin RittWhen a Swiss cop is murdered, a veteran homicide inspector and a rookie are assigned to solve the case but they are obstructed by interfering Swiss politicians.Released in U.S. May 12, 1976
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsBill CosbyRaquel WelchHarvey KeitelCompetition between privately owned Los Angeles, California ambulance companies is played for humor.Budget: $3,220,000; Rentals: $7,630,000 (US / Canada)
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsCharlton HestonJames CoburnBarbara HersheyIn 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is turned upside-down when his old enemy Zach Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for him.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsBo SvensonRobert CulpJohn ColicosThe Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksMarty FeldmanDom DeLuiseA film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.Budget: $4,055,000; Box office: $36,145,695
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey StephensMysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?Budget: $2.8 million; Box office: $60,922,980
- DirectorCharles S. DubinStarsStephen McHattieKay LenzEddie AlbertA young drifter (Stephen McHattie) and his newly acquired girlfriend (Kay Lenz) witness a corrupt local Sheriff kill his deputy, soon becoming the prime suspects they set off across country to evade capture.
- DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsMarcello MastroianniJacqueline BissetJean-Louis TrintignantThe investigation of the murder of ambiguous architect Garrone takes Police Commissioner Santamaria to the Turinese high society, but the results are unclear. In the meanwhile, another murder takes place.Released in U.S. September 26, 1976
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsJack LemmonGeneviève BujoldJames WoodsAlexander Main, a bail bondsman, falls for one of his "customers", a pretty gypsy girl, Maritza, who's been accused of murder.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsPeter FondaGino FrancoHarry NorthupAn Arkansas farmer stages a one-man war against corrupt land developers who want to evict him and his neighbors from their farms for real estate developments.Directed by Jonathan Demme; Budget: $600,000
- DirectorSusan WinslowStarsMilton BerleHumphrey BogartWilliam C. BullittWWII newsreel footage intercut with Beatles songs performed by other artists like Helen Reddy and Rod Stewart, juxtaposing the music with war imagery.Budget: $1.3 million
- DirectorDon CoscarelliStarsDan McCannA. Michael BaldwinJeff RothA coming-of-age story about the lives of a teenage boy and his friend as they traverse the highs and lows of boyhood in the run-up to Halloween.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsGene WilderRichard PryorJill ClayburghOn a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.Budget: $6.5 million; Box office: $51,079,064