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1960s Movies

Stiletto (1969)

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Stiletto movie storyline. A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he is also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it’s time to retire from that life, he finds that his former employers don’t like the idea that someone who knows so much about them won’t be under their control anymore, and decide to send their own hitmen to eliminate him.

1970s Movies

All That Jazz (1979)

July 30, 2020January 20, 2023 - by greatmovies

All That Jazz movie storyline. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is a theater director and choreographer trying to balance staging his latest Broadway musical with editing a Hollywood motion picture he has directed.

1970s Movies

Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)

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Puzzle of a Downfall Child movie storyline. Fashion photographer turned director Aaron Reinhardt (Barry Primus) visits a withdrawn colleague at her windswept island cottage. By taping conversations with former model Lou Andreas Sand (Faye Dunaway) and developing her story for film, Aaron hopes “to help her put the fragments together, to sort out and focus on the reality.”

1970s Movies

Marathon Man (1976)

June 7, 2020July 4, 2023 - by greatmovies

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.

1970s Movies

Klute (1971)

August 4, 2019July 19, 2023 - by greatmovies

Klute movie storyline. Tom Gruneman suddenly disappears in New York without leaving any clues behind. After a while, his wife Holly and his boss Peter are forced to hire a private investigator.

1970s Movies

The French Connection (1971)

July 28, 2019July 20, 2023 - by greatmovies

The French Connection tells the story of two hard-nosed, vulgar police cops who expose an international, heroin-smuggling operation headed by suave, elusive, mastermind crime boss Alain Charnier.

1970s Movies

Jaws (1975)

July 27, 2019July 24, 2023 - by greatmovies

Jaws movie storyline. It’s a hot summer on Amity Island, a small community whose main business is its beaches. When new Sheriff Martin Brody discovers the remains of a shark attack victim.