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1970s Movies

Up in Smoke (1978)

December 8, 2020July 2, 2023 - by greatmovies

In California, jobless hippie and stoner Anthony “Man” Stoner (Chong) is kicked out of his house by his rich and classy father. He drives off in his fathers car, which breaks down, and Anthony is left stranded near a beach, left to sleep in a ditch over night with his belongings.

The Midnight Man (1974)

September 27, 2020January 8, 2023 - by greatmovies

The Midnight Man movie storyline. A former Chicago policeman, Jim Slade (Burt Lancaster), has just been released on parole from prison for shooting his wife’s lover in their bed. He goes to live with friends, Quartz (Cameron Mitchell) and wife Judy (Joan Lorring), in a small town where he has been offered a job (part of his parole agreement) as a night watchman at Jordon College.

Papillon – Butterfly (1973)

September 4, 2019July 19, 2023 - by greatmovies

Papillon movie storyline. A semi-fictional account of Henri Charrière’s time in the penal system in French Guyana – some of it spent on infamous Devil’s Island – is presented.