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1970s Movies

Husbands (1970)

November 14, 2020January 5, 2023 - by greatmovies

Husbands movie storyline. Approaching middle age, Archie, Gus, Harry and Stuart are suburban New Yorkers, white collar professionals, husbands, fathers, and best friends. Stuart dies suddenly of a heart attack.

1950s Movies

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

September 25, 2020January 8, 2023 - by greatmovies

Anatomy of a Murder movie storyline. Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband’s story, the local paper has reported that the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped.

1970s Movies

Capone (1975)

August 7, 2020January 19, 2023 - by greatmovies

Capone movie storyline. On the evening of May 6, 1918, in Brooklyn, two police officers intercept a fur heist in an alleyway. Capone (Gazzara) had tipped off the heist so that he could ambush the cops on arrival. As the officers arrest the men, Capone violently attacks them, and this results in a fight which ends when they throw Capone through a window, resulting in Capone having several scars on the left side of his face.

1970s Movies

Opening Night (1977)

July 10, 2020February 1, 2023 - by greatmovies

Opening Night movie storyline. Renowned actress Myrtle Gordon is in final out-of-town rehearsals in New Haven, Connecticut for her latest play, The Second Woman, before it begins its Broadway run. Myrtle, through her behavior, is causing problems for those involved with the show.

1970s Movies

Bloodline (1979)

June 26, 2020February 12, 2023 - by greatmovies

Bloodline movie storyline. Sam Roffe, president of a multi-national pharmaceutical corporation, is killed while mountain-climbing. It is first determined to be an accident, but Inspector Max Hormung later deduces that Roffe was murdered.