The Candidate (1972)
The Candidate movie storyline. Handsome Bill McKay is not his father’s son, his father being former California Governor, John J. McKay. An idealistic civil rights lawyer,
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Darker Than Amber (1970)
Travis McGee (Rod Taylor) and his close friend Meyer (Theodore Bikel) are fishing underneath a bridge in their coastal Florida home. To their shock a young woman is thrown off the bridge; she is bound and her ankles weighted with a dumbbell. Travis dives in and saves her, learning her name is Vangie. He is surprised when she insists that he not contact the police and Travis finds himself falling in love with the mysterious woman.
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The Act of the Heart (1970)
The Act of the Heart movie storyline. Martha Hayes is a devoutly religious young woman from Québec’s Côte-Nord who fancies herself as some kind of a saint.
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Catch-22 (1970)
Catch-22 movie storyline. WW2, the Mediterranean theatre. Captain Yossarian is the bombardier of a B-25 medium bomber. His squadron’s missions involve bombing targets on Italian mainland.
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Marathon Man (1976)
Marathon Man movie storyline. Thomas “Babe” Levy, whose brother Henry James “Doc” Levy is an oil business executive, is a Ph.D. candidate in History at Columbia University.
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Barocco (1976)
Barocco movie storyline. Former film critic André Téchiné directed and co-wrote this offbeat crime drama. Samson is a down-on-his-luck boxer who manages to win a fortune thanks to a fixed fight.
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Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry storyline. Larry Rayder is a NASCAR driver, Deke Sommers is mechanic. As they feel they collectively are the best, the only thing that is holding them back is money.
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California Split (1974)
California Split movie storyline. Bill Denny and Charlie Waters meet when they are both on the same end of a fellow gambler’s wrath at a Southern California gambling club.
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The Confession – L’aveu (1970)
The Confession movie storyline. Gérard, only his currently assumed name, has been a loyal Communist for most of his life, being a member of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.
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Claire s Knee (1970)
Claire s Knee storyline. In this lighthearted slow-paced melodrama, Jerome, a cultural attache, spends his last summer holidays as a bachelor at Lake Annecy.
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