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1970s Movies

Getting Straight (1970)

November 25, 2020December 29, 2022 - by greatmovies

Getting Straight movie storyline. Harry Bailey has returned from Vietnam and returns to college to earn his masters degree so he can teach English. He is considered a hero among the radical student body, but still sees the absurdity on both sides of the fence. He contends with the reactionary administration and the impetuous, often futile objectives of the restless students.

Mandingo (1975)

August 7, 2020January 19, 2023 - by greatmovies

Mandingo movie storyline. It’s the mid-nineteenth century Louisiana. Falconhurst, a run down plantation, is owned by Warren Maxwell, and largely run by his son, Hammond Maxwell, who walks with a limp due to a childhood accident. Hammond is under pressure to get married and produce a male heir to continue the Maxwell legacy before Warren dies.

Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)

July 31, 2020January 20, 2023 - by greatmovies

Pretty Maids All in a Row movie storylin. It’s the height of the sexual revolution. Most of the members of the female student body at Oceanfront High School are surprised when males don’t hit on them, and often they will act upon those advances.