The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

A Perfumed Zoo For Teenage She-Cats!

1969 · 95 min · ★ 4.9 · Drama

A traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.

Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis · Written by John Peacock

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Streaming

fuboTVMGM+ Amazon ChannelPhiloMGM Plus Roku Premium ChannelMGM PlusScreenPix Apple TV channelScreenPix Amazon Channel

Cast

Trailers & Videos

Make it a double feature

3h 13m together

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

Explosion

Both from Robert Hartford-Davis.

More from Robert Hartford-DavisSee all →

FamilyFamily · 1976
Family
7.21976
SeriesDrama
The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.
ExplosionExplosion · 1969
Explosion
7.01969
MovieDramaCrime
During the height of the Vietnam war, a hippie and a draft dodger get together and hatch a plan to flee to Canada. They steal a car and head towards Vancouver, but the trip doesn't go as smoothly as they planned, and before long they're being chased by the police, accused of murdering several police officers.
The TakeThe Take · 1974
The Take
6.81974
MovieActionThriller
A policeman in New Mexico takes payoff money but still manages to go after a racketeer.
The Sandwich ManThe Sandwich Man · 1966
The Sandwich Man
6.51966
MovieComedy
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
Police SurgeonPolice Surgeon · 1960
Police Surgeon
6.31960
SeriesDrama
Police Surgeon was a television series made by the Associated British Corporation and starring Ian Hendry as Dr Geoffrey Brent. Its twelve half-hour episodes were broadcast on ITV at 7pm on Saturday nights from 10 September to 3 December 1960.
Saturday Night OutSaturday Night Out · 1964
Saturday Night Out
6.01964
MovieMusicComedy
Five seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.
Black GunnBlack Gunn · 1972
Black Gunn
6.01972
MovieActionThriller
A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.
The Black TormentThe Black Torment · 1964
The Black Torment
5.91964
MovieHorrorMystery
A lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumours that he had already secretly returned and had committed several murders. Has he lost his mind, or is something dark afoot ?
Press for TimePress for Time · 1966
Press for Time
5.91966
MovieComedy
Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the Prime Minister) wants to get him "a more responsible job". A few favours are called in and Norman becomes the newest reporter at the seaside town of Tinmouth. After causing chaos at a local council meeting and causing the demolition of a new house he tries to organise a beauty pageant. A slapstick tale of corruption in high and low places
CorruptionCorruption · 1968
Corruption
5.81968
MovieHorror
A surgeon discovers that he can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other women and extracting fluids from their pituitary gland. However, the effects only last for a short time, so he has to kill more and more women. It is ultimately a killing spree which ends with considerable death and disaster.
That Kind of GirlThat Kind of Girl · 1963
That Kind of Girl
5.81963
MovieDrama
That Kind of Girl is a British cult film and the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara. Produced by Robert Hartford-Davis with a script by Jan Read, it was released in 1963. The film's subject is premarital sexual relationships and sexually transmitted diseases in an English 1960s millieu.
The FiendThe Fiend · 1972
The Fiend
5.01972
MovieHorror
Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness and murder. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to a rampage of carnage and chaos!
The Yellow Teddy BearsThe Yellow Teddy Bears · 1963
The Yellow Teddy Bears
5.01963
MovieDrama
A clique of girls in an English school wear a small yellow teddy bear on their uniform to signify that they have lost their virginity. Linda, the girls' leader, fears she may be pregnant from her window cleaner boyfriend, "Kinky", an aspiring pop singer. Desperate, and unable to confide in her parents, she must wrestle with her conscience and decide what course of action to take. Meanwhile, a concerned teacher learns the significance of the yellow teddy bears, and in trying to help the girls in question, puts her own career in jeopardy.
CrosstrapCrosstrap · 1962
Crosstrap
4.91962
MovieCrime
In this thriller, two gangs of jewel thieves battle it out in a deserted cottage. Murder ensues when the owners of the cabin show up.
Blood SuckersBlood Suckers · 1971
Blood Suckers
4.11971
MovieHorror
A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that, wherever he has been, certain unsolved murders have taken place. Not believing that their friend could be the perpetrator of such acts, they press on with their search, finding him under the spell of a beautiful Vampire, whose blood-sucking methods include the use of sado-masochism. Believing they have killed her, the group return home, unaware that their friend is now a Vampire.
Gonks Go BeatGonks Go Beat · 1965
Gonks Go Beat
3.81965
MovieMusicComedy
Bizarre sixties fable resembling Romeo and Juliet, but instead of Montagues and Capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and roll and one who like ballads, who become reunited through the love between a couple who love across their grouping. It features little furry puppets called Gonks.

More Like This

The Big Bird CageThe Big Bird Cage · 1972
The Big Bird Cage
5.61972
MovieActionCrime
Women rebel against slave labor in a filthy jungle prison where they feed sugar cane to a mechanical maw.
DogvilleDogville · 2003
Dogville
7.72003
MovieCrimeDrama
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
Import/ExportImport/Export · 2007
Import/Export
6.92007
MovieDrama
A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life...
StorytellingStorytelling · 2001
Storytelling
6.52001
MovieComedyDrama
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
The Devil's RejectsThe Devil's Rejects · 2005
The Devil's Rejects
6.72005
MovieDramaHorror
The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
The Elephant ManThe Elephant Man · 1980
The Elephant Man
8.11980
MovieDramaHistory
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
It's a Free World...It's a Free World... · 2007
It's a Free World...
6.62007
MovieDrama
Working-class Angie, sacked from a recruitment agency for bad public behaviour, teams up with her flatmate to run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate for work, the opportunities are considerable, particularly for two girls so in tune with these times.
Frontier(s)Frontier(s) · 2007
Frontier(s)
6.22007
MovieDramaHorror
A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.
Thriller: A Cruel PictureThriller: A Cruel Picture · 1973
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
6.31973
MovieActionThriller
Madeleine, rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, accepts a lift from a wealthy and sadistic pimp who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket. Despite her limited means, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter