penfold

Can I suggest Regan
as an alternative to The Sweeney?? It was our first sighting of the characters, before the TV series kicked off....lots of London street action...

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

U.V.RAY

It has been mentioned here before but I didn't see it recommended specifically in this conversation.

In my opinion, an absolutely essential 1970's film set around London is...

Richard Burton in The Medusa Touch.

JamesM

Venom

penfold

Filmed in Bristol....that's our Cathedral he's mucking about with....

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

Redstar

The Day of the Jackal although mostly set in Paris and Southern france has a few scenes shot in west end of London and St James Park during 70's

samkydd

Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy was set in London with a great cast including Barry Foster!

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

Tony Pendrey

Check out "Blow Up" and "Ottley" , not 70's but really good London locations.

Ah Yes, the Soviet Union. All them wheatfields and ballet in the evenings

Carmel

Another one is "for the love of ada", great film Man about the house the movie, confession films, bless this house the movie, melody, great film...theres many more.

woollyrockers

I'd suggest 'Villain', too.

April Dancer

Brannigan was interesting because, as someone who grew up with Dempsey and Makepeace, I could see exactly where that series came from! I only saw Brannigan relatively recently. Nothing is new.

Another Judy Geeson film, the bizarre but strangely intriguing Goodbye Gemini (Twinsanity) has lots of street scenes. That just scrapes into the '70's... :)

knobbykins

Have you seen "Steptoe and Son ride again"?SPOILER!There's a great scene of british streets of london from about 1973ish.It almost looks like they did a bit of guerilla filming and just shot it off the cuff,you can see a lot of very perplexed pedestrians in the background.Reminds me of when i was a very wee nipper on those same streets.(SNIFF)

William Porter

All Coppers are.... (1972)

Has plenty of good outdoor shots . It was filmed in the Battersea area in streets near to the power station and is one of my all time favourite films .
I first saw it by accident when I left the video running one night in 1991 and it was shown as part of ITVs 'late night late' line up at about 1 in the morning.
To the best of my knowledge its not been seen on television since then.
I was lucky to find a copy on VHS for £1 in a junk shop a few years back but i can't find the bloody thing now.

Wm Porter

William Porter

I forgot to mention the Childrens film Foundation film 'Hide and seek' (1972) staring a youthful Gary Kemp . Its filmed in South London the extact district I ca'nt recall although it is mentioned in film (my copy is in storage). It was one of the CFf films released on DVD a couple of years back
Wm Porter

Bloodnok

Brannigan is on DVD; I just picked it up on Amazon for a few quid. Years since I'd watched it, well worth the purchase. Some great London street scenes and notable for Dickie Attenborough doing a 'tough guy' act and an early outing for Tony Robinson. And of the others, special mention for 'Frenzy' and its depiction of 'old Covent Garden' (recreated in a studio, but pretty much on the money for all accounts)

As a 70s social document - with an interesting look at period police and emergency service rig and English period New Towns - look at Sidney Lumet's "The Offence"; not London - it's set in Bucks - but worth watching nonetheless.

samkydd

I've ordered a copy of Frenzy so I'm looking forward to seeing it again soon after many years. It's one of those Hitchcock films that doesn't get on the box much and being in colour and set in London in the 70s it is a real nostalgia trip. It's strange that some of his films that weren't up to much like Marnie seem to be repeated rather too frequently.

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"