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1970s Movies

First Love (1977)

July 9, 2020February 1, 2023 - by greatmovies

First Love movie storyline. Elgin Smith (William Katt) is a student attending Ridgedale College who spends his time working part time as a waiter on campus to pay for what his partial scholarship won’t, studying, attending classes, or kicking around a soccer ball to get some exercise (as he isn’t very good at the actual game to get much real playing time in his pickup league).

Oliver’s Story (1978)

May 19, 2020July 11, 2023 - by greatmovies

Oliver’s Story movie storyline. It’s been eighteen months since lawyer Oliver Barrett IV’s wife, Jenny Barrett née Cavilleri, his college sweetheart died at age twenty-five from leukemia.

Against All Odds (1984)

May 10, 2020July 14, 2023 - by greatmovies

Once past the car-chase opening sequence of Against All Odds, sharp-eyed viewers will be able to figure out that this 1984 suspenser is a remake of the 1947 noir classic Out of the Past.