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1960s Movies

El Cid (1961)

August 23, 2020January 14, 2023 - by greatmovies

17th century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar (Charlton Heston), dubbed “El Cid” by his followers, vows to see his country at peace, free from the invaders. Vigorously brave and resourceful, the noble knight hates bloodshed and faces treason charges at court for the clemency shown to some emirs. His accuser, Gormaz (Andrew Cruickshank), father of his fiancée, Jimena (Sophia Loren), dies in the resulting duel.

1970s Movies

That Lucky Touch (1975)

August 7, 2020January 19, 2023 - by greatmovies

That Lucky Touch movie storyline. The generals are gathering for the NATO War Games in Belgium, so are the journalists and the salesmen. One of the first films to satirise NATO and the European Union in Brussels begins when a cynical arms dealer discovers he lives next door to an attractive pacifist from the ‘Washington Post’, whose best friend happens to be married to an American General.

1970s Movies

Rosebud (1975)

July 8, 2020February 2, 2023 - by greatmovies

Rosebud movie storyline. Larry Martin (O’Toole) is a Newsweek reporter, secretly working for the CIA as he travels around the globe tasked, along with Israeli intelligence, to work for the release of five wealthy girls kidnapped by the anti-Israel terrorist Palestinian Liberation Army from the yacht Rosebud.

1970s Movies

The Other Side of Midnight (1977)

June 26, 2020February 13, 2023 - by greatmovies

The Other Side of Midnight movie storyline. During WWII, beautiful Noelle meets dashing American pilot Larry in France and falls in love. She expects him to marry her, but instead he abandons her and meets successful Catherine in the United States and they marry. But Noelle hasn’t forgotten him even as she’s become a successful actress.

1960s Movies

Two Women (1960)

June 20, 2020February 16, 2023 - by greatmovies

Two Women movie synopsis. To flee from yet another devastating attack during the Allied bombing of Rome on July 19, 1943, the widowed mother, Cesira, and her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, leave behind the capital to find shelter in the rugged and mountainous region of Ciociaria; Cesira’s birthplace.