A man with a wife and two daughters learns that he has a son. It seems that a few years ago while visiting France Read More »
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975) Dick Richards, Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland
Murder. Marlowe. Mitchum. No one is a saint in the City of Angels. Read More »
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975) Dick Richards, Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Mackenzie Phillips
Hapless driving instructor and former Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty, living in squalor near Hollywood, California Read More »
The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) Dick Richards, Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Western
Teenager Ben Mockridge feels life in a Wild West farm town has nothing better to offer than horse-cart racing with other hicks, so he naively begs cattle company owner Frank Culpepper to engage him as the youngest cowboy for a long cattle trail to a fort. Read More »
March or Die (1977) Dick Richards, Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve, Drama, War, Adventure
Foreign Legion Major Foster (Hackman), an American haunted by his memories of the recently-ended Great War, is assigned to protect a group of archaeologists at their dig. Foster’s unit includes the charming, thieving rascal Marco (Hill), who joined the Legion only to avoid prison. After long stretches portraying the boredom and hardship of day-to-day life in the Legion, Foster’s command occupies a small village where the archaeologists believe they’ve found a burial site sacred to the Arabs. An Arab leader (Holm) uses this affront to unite the tribes in Jihad, and attacks the tiny Legion garrison at the dig. An epic battle follows, very reminiscent of the film “Zulu”. Costumes, firearms, and props are all very authentic-looking, and show great attention to detail.
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