British Film Stars of the 70s

Random question - why did Britain pump out so many film stars in the 1960s but so few in the 1970s?

The fact they made less movies of course is a big factor - but I think Britain in the 1950s made more movies and less international stars.

Anyway let's look at some 1960s created stars:
- Michael Caine
- Albert Finney
- Terence Stamp
- Peter O'Toole
- Richard Harris
- Richard Burton and Rex Harrison went from second tier star to first tier
- Roger Moore (on TV)
- Sean Connery
- Oliver Reed
- Alan Bates
- Julie Christie
- Vanessa Redgrave
- David Hemmings
- Julie Andrews
- Cliff Richard
- Oliver Reed

Who became a star in the 1970s
- Roger Moore went from second tier to first tier
- Glenda Jackson

Who did they think was going to be a star?
- Jon Finch
- Malcolm McDowell
- Susan George
- Michael York
- Anthony Hopkins
- Michael Jayston
- Mark Lester
- Jack Wild
- Hywel Bennett
- Simon Ward
- Nicholas Clay
- Leigh Lawson
- Oliver Tobias
- Robin Askwith
- Edward Fox
- Barry Evans
- David Essex

For comparison who became a film star in the 1980s
- Tom Conti
- Jeremy Irons
- Nigel Havers
- Bob Hoskins
- Daniel Day Lewis
- Jenny Agutter
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Julie Walters
- Rupert Everett
- Gary Oldman

But the 1990s
- Hugh Grant
- Kate Winslet
- Colin Firth
- Ewen McGregor
- Emma Thomson
- Judi Dench
- Ralph Fiennes
- Kisten Scott Thomas