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1970s Movies

The Railway Children (1970)

July 5, 2020February 3, 2023 - by greatmovies

The Railway Children opens in a happy, comfortable upper middle-class home in Edwardian London. One night in 1905, the three children see their father usher two strangers into his study. After an argument he leaves with them and does not return.

Baxter! (1973)

May 13, 2020July 13, 2023 - by greatmovies

The plot centers around a preteen boy with a speech impediment who goes to live with his abusive mother in England. He makes friends with the beautiful model (Britt Eklund) who lives upstairs and her French boyfriend (Jean Pierre Cassell). The boy suffers a psychotic break when he learns of the model’s death and ends up in a catatonic state in a mental institution where his speech therapist (Patricia Neal) tries to reach out to him.

Straw Dogs (1971)

July 29, 2019July 20, 2023 - by greatmovies

Straw Dogs movie storyline. David Sumner and his wife Amy decide to settle in the town where Amy was born and raised, escaping the chaos and increasing social violence in the city.