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1970s Movies

The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)

December 6, 2020December 29, 2022 - by greatmovies

The Pursuit of Happiness movie storyline. William Popper (Michael Sarrazin) comes from a well-off family. His family and most of his peers see him as an anti-social crusader. A college dropout in New York City, William’s aimless and has no idea what to do with his life. After getting into a fatal car accident in which he accidentally kills an elderly woman, he wants to do the right thing In dealing with this situation, but doesn’t like that in order to save himself from prison, he has to put on a mask to satisfy those with authority. However, the more he tries to do the right thing, the more trouble he seems to get into.

1970s Movies

The Grissom Gang (1971)

October 22, 2020January 5, 2023 - by greatmovies

The Grissom Gang movie storyline. Barbara Blandish (Kim Darby), a young Kansas City heiress, gets kidnapped by some inept local hoodlums for the diamond necklace she is wearing, and then gets kidnapped a second time by the Grisson gang demanding a million dollar ransom. THe Grissons, a family of depraved, ruthless poor white trash, is led by Ma Grissom, a fury whose mustache and house dress clash, whose belief it is that kidnapping plots go awry because the victim is allowed to live.

1960s Movies

A Lovely Way to Die (1968)

August 16, 2020January 16, 2023 - by greatmovies

A Lovely Way to Die movie storyline. In continuing battles with his highers up about what they see as his heavy handed tactics, womanizing Jameson Schuyler resigns as a Detective with the NYPD rather than be reprimanded or fired.

1970s Movies

Chato’s Land (1972)

August 8, 2020January 19, 2023 - by greatmovies

Chato’s Land movie storyline. After a deadly confrontation with the racist local sheriff in the town’s whites-only bar, the half-Apache, Pardon Chato, flees into the unforgiving desert. Hell-bent on making Chato pay, the famed former Confederate officer, Captain Quincey Whitmore, assembles an angry posse of blood-thirsty men.

1960s Movies

Last Summer (1969)

May 22, 2020July 10, 2023 - by greatmovies

Last Summer movie storyline. Late teens Sandy, Peter and Dan meet while their respective families vacation for the summer on Fire Island, New York.

1970s Movies

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

May 17, 2020July 12, 2023 - by greatmovies

Bobby Dupea has been drifting in his life over the last several years. He currently works on an oil rig in southern California, and partakes in stereotypical working class activities during his free time. He is a brooding, irresponsible cad. When he isn’t cheating on her, he treats his waitress girlfriend, Rayette Dipesto, poorly. Not the brightest light in the world, Rayette, who lives by the code of Tammy Wynette songs, continually complains to Bobby about his treatment of her, but still clings to him for dear life.