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1970s Movies

Dillinger (1973)

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Dillinger storyline. Following the Kansas City Massacre in which several law enforcement offers were killed, FBI office chief Melvin Purvis decides to hunt down the men he deems responsible

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Badlands (1973)

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Badlands movie storyline. It’s the late 1950s. Mid-twenty-something Kit is a restless young man with a James Dean vibe which he has heard mentioned about him more than once.

1970s Movies

The Sting (1973)

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The Sting movie storyline. Luther Coleman, his apprentice Johnny Hooker, and their underling Joe Erie’s latest swindle has netted them $11,000.

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The Towering Inferno (1974)

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The Towering Inferno, one in a string of disaster movies of the 1970s, was promoted as a tribute to firefighters and their heroic work.

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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

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Murder on the Orient Express storyline. Hoping for a well-deserved rest, the renowned Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, returns to England aboard the luxurious Orient Express.

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Great Expectations (1974)

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Great Expectations movie storyline. The story of a young man whose moral progress is shaped and to some extent warped by two crucial childhood experiences.

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The Front Page (1974)

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The Front Page movie storyline. Chicago Examiner reporter Hildebrand “Hildy” Johnson has just quit his job in order to marry Peggy Grant (Susan Sarandon) and start a new career.

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Electra, My Love (1974)

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Electra, My Love movie storyline. Electra is oppressed by Aegisthus, the tyrant who fifteen years earlier murdered her father, Agamemnon, in a power grab.