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151Movie reviews for Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (1976)Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (1976)Movie critics combined give Seven-Per-Cent Solution a score of 2.9281 out of 4
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reviews 		NACrime, Mystery, ComedyN/AConcerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to ...more about Seven-Per-Cent Solution  starring Alan Arkin and Régine (I)
152Movie reviews for Honeymoon Killers, The (1970)Honeymoon Killers, The (1970)Movie critics combined give Honeymoon Killers a score of 2.9279 out of 4
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Martha Beck is an obese nurse. Through a Lonely Hearts club, she meets and falls in love with ...more about Honeymoon Killers  starring Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco
153Movie reviews for Last of Sheila, The (1973)Last of Sheila, The (1973)Movie critics combined give Last of Sheila a score of 2.9267 out of 4
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Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run car accident following a party one night. A year later her ...more about Last of Sheila  starring Richard Benjamin and Dyan Cannon
154Movie reviews for Sugarland Express, The (1974)Sugarland Express, The (1974)Movie critics combined give Sugarland Express a score of 2.9250 out of 4
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Lou-Jean, a blonde woman, tells her husband, who is imprisoned, to escape. They plan to kidnap ...more about Sugarland Express  starring Goldie Hawn and Ben Johnson
155Movie reviews for Murder by Death (1976)Murder by Death (1976)Movie critics combined give Murder by Death a score of 2.9246 out of 4
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Millionnaire Lionel Twain invites the five most brilliant private eyes to a dinner - and a murder. ...more about Murder by Death  starring Eileen Brennan and Truman Capote
156Movie reviews for Jaws 2 (1978)Jaws 2 (1978)Movie critics combined give Jaws 2 a score of 2.9238 out of 4
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The small island resort town of Amity is trying to bounce back from the financial problems it had ...more about Jaws 2  starring Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary
157Movie reviews for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)Movie critics combined give Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore a score of 2.9226 out of 4
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When Alice's husband dies, she has no money but must support her 12 year old son. She decides she ...more about Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore  starring Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson
158Movie reviews for I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)Movie critics combined give I Wanna Hold Your Hand a score of 2.9212 out of 4
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reviews 		NAComedy, Teen $8.89 Purchase information for I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
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Six teenagers from New Jersey set off for New York to see the Beatles live on the Ed Sullivan ...more about I Wanna Hold Your Hand  starring Nancy Allen and Bobby Di Cicco
159Movie reviews for Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)Movie critics combined give Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things a score of 2.9205 out of 4
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Actors led by Alan Ormsby go to graveyard on remote island to act out necromantic ritual. The ...more about Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things  starring Alan Ormsby and Valerie Mamches
160Movie reviews for Prime Cut (1972)Prime Cut (1972)Movie critics combined give Prime Cut a score of 2.9205 out of 4
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A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only ...more about Prime Cut  starring Gene Hackman and Angel Tompkins
161Movie reviews for I Drink Your Blood (1970)I Drink Your Blood (1970)Movie critics combined give I Drink Your Blood a score of 2.9185 out of 4
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A band of satanist hippies roll into a town and begin terrorizing the local folk. They rape a local ...more about I Drink Your Blood  starring Jadine Wong and Rhonda Fultz
162Movie reviews for Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti (1974)Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti (1974)Movie critics combined give Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti a score of 2.9175 out of 4
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reviews 		NAHorror, Sci-FiN/AA cop chases two young people visiting the English countryside, suspecting them of a local murder; ...more about Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti  starring Ray Lovelock and Arthur Kennedy
163Movie reviews for Over the Edge (1979)Over the Edge (1979)Movie critics combined give Over the Edge a score of 2.9166 out of 4
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New Grenada is a planned community set in the desert where there is nothing for the kids to do, ...more about Over the Edge  starring Michael Eric Kramer and Pamela Ludwig
164Movie reviews for Sleuth (1972)Sleuth (1972)Movie critics combined give Sleuth a score of 2.9159 out of 4
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reviews 		NAThriller, MysteryN/AMilo Tindle and Andrew Wyke have something in common, Andrew's wife. In an attempt to find a way ...more about Sleuth  starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine
165Movie reviews for Mikey and Nicky (1976)Mikey and Nicky (1976)Movie critics combined give Mikey and Nicky a score of 2.9119 out of 4
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 ...more about Mikey and Nicky  starring Peter Falk and John Cassavetes
166Movie reviews for Big Bad Mama (1974)Big Bad Mama (1974)Movie critics combined give Big Bad Mama a score of 2.9109 out of 4
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After the death of her lover, Wilma takes over his bootlegging business, but without much success. ...more about Big Bad Mama  starring Angie Dickinson and William Shatner
167Movie reviews for Escape from Alcatraz (1979)Escape from Alcatraz (1979)Movie critics combined give Escape from Alcatraz a score of 2.9094 out of 4
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A group of inmates attempt a daring escape from the notorious Alcatraz prison island, from where ...more about Escape from Alcatraz  starring Clint Eastwood and Roberts Blossom
168Movie reviews for Papillon (1973)Papillon (1973)Movie critics combined give Papillon a score of 2.9079 out of 4
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Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' ...more about Papillon  starring Dustin Hoffman and Victor Jory
169Movie reviews for Towering Inferno, The (1974)Towering Inferno, The (1974)Movie critics combined give Towering Inferno a score of 2.9056 out of 4
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Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his ...more about Towering Inferno  starring William Holden and Faye Dunaway
170Movie reviews for Black Hole, The (1979)Black Hole, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Black Hole a score of 2.9011 out of 4
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The crew of the spaceship Palamino stumbles across the "lost" ship U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering on the ...more about Black Hole  starring Maximilian Schell and Anthony Perkins
171Movie reviews for Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)Movie critics combined give Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia a score of 2.9006 out of 4
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A family scandal causes a wealthy and powerful Mexican rancher to make the pronouncement--'Bring me ...more about Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia  starring Warren Oates and Isela Vega
172Movie reviews for Stepford Wives, The (1975)Stepford Wives, The (1975)Movie critics combined give Stepford Wives a score of 2.8937 out of 4
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Stepford Wives is about a small suburb where the women happily go about their housework - cleaning, ...more about Stepford Wives  starring Katharine Ross and Paula Prentiss
173Movie reviews for Scarecrow (1973)Scarecrow (1973)Movie critics combined give Scarecrow a score of 2.8908 out of 4
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Max is an ex-con who's been saving money to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel is a sailor who's ...more about Scarecrow  starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino
174Movie reviews for Sunshine Boys, The (1975)Sunshine Boys, The (1975)Movie critics combined give Sunshine Boys a score of 2.8906 out of 4
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Lewis and Clark were famous comedians during the vaudeville era; off-stage, though, they couldn't ...more about Sunshine Boys  starring Walter Matthau and George Burns
175Movie reviews for Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)Movie critics combined give Taste the Blood of Dracula a score of 2.8829 out of 4
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Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis ...more about Taste the Blood of Dracula  starring Christopher Lee and Gwen Watford
176Movie reviews for Long Goodbye, The (1973)Long Goodbye, The (1973)Movie critics combined give Long Goodbye a score of 2.8823 out of 4
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Chain-smoking, wisecracking private eye Philip Marlowe drives a buddy from LA to the Tijuana border ...more about Long Goodbye  starring Elliott Gould and Enrique Lucero
177Movie reviews for Creeping Flesh, The (1973)Creeping Flesh, The (1973)Movie critics combined give Creeping Flesh a score of 2.8811 out of 4
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A Victorian-age scientist returns to London with his paleontological bag-of-bones discovery from ...more about Creeping Flesh  starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing
178Movie reviews for Blue Sunshine (1976)Blue Sunshine (1976)Movie critics combined give Blue Sunshine a score of 2.8810 out of 4
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A group of college kids who took some experimental LSD suffer the side effects ten years later. One ...more about Blue Sunshine  starring Zalman King and Deborah Winters
179Movie reviews for Candy Snatchers, The (1973)Candy Snatchers, The (1973)Movie critics combined give Candy Snatchers a score of 2.8789 out of 4
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 ...more about Candy Snatchers  starring Tiffany Bolling and Ben Piazza
180Movie reviews for Black Sunday (1977)Black Sunday (1977)Movie critics combined give Black Sunday a score of 2.8784 out of 4
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Terrorist organization Black September is planning an attack on the United States. A woman called ...more about Black Sunday  starring Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern
181Movie reviews for Performance (1970)Performance (1970)Movie critics combined give Performance a score of 2.8765 out of 4
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Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should ...more about Performance  starring James Fox and Mick Jagger
182Movie reviews for Paper Moon (1973)Paper Moon (1973)Movie critics combined give Paper Moon a score of 2.8743 out of 4
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Adapted from the novel, "Addie Pray" (1971) by Joe David Brown, PAPER MOON is the story of Moses ...more about Paper Moon  starring Tatum O'Neal and Madeline Kahn
183Movie reviews for Fat City (1972)Fat City (1972)Movie critics combined give Fat City a score of 2.8702 out of 4
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The film tells the story of two boxers and their problems. One of them is on the decline of his ...more about Fat City  starring Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges
184Movie reviews for To the Devil a Daughter (1976)To the Devil a Daughter (1976)Movie critics combined give To the Devil a Daughter a score of 2.8674 out of 4
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An excommunicated priest sets up a satanic cult that only looks Catholic on the outside. He ...more about To the Devil a Daughter  starring Richard Widmark and Christopher Lee
185Movie reviews for Hair (1979)Hair (1979)Movie critics combined give Hair a score of 2.8674 out of 4
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This movie, based on cult Broadway musical of the '60ties, tells a story about Claude, young man ...more about Hair  starring Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo
186Movie reviews for Zardoz (1974)Zardoz (1974)Movie critics combined give Zardoz a score of 2.8664 out of 4
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In the distant future Earth is divided into two camps, the barely civilized group and the overly ...more about Zardoz  starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling
187Movie reviews for Cockfighter (1974)Cockfighter (1974)Movie critics combined give Cockfighter a score of 2.8639 out of 4
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reviews 		NADramaN/AFrank Mansfield has wanted to win the Cockfighter of the Year medal for ages. Frank never speaks. ...more about Cockfighter  starring Warren Oates and Richard B. Shull
188Movie reviews for Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)Movie critics combined give Jesus Christ Superstar a score of 2.8636 out of 4
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Based on a concept album project written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and the subsequent ...more about Jesus Christ Superstar  starring Carl Anderson and Yvonne Elliman
189Movie reviews for Vanishing Point (1971)Vanishing Point (1971)Movie critics combined give Vanishing Point a score of 2.8635 out of 4
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Kowalski, the hero of the story, works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 ...more about Vanishing Point  starring Cleavon Little and Dean Jagger
190Movie reviews for Catch-22 (1970)Catch-22 (1970)Movie critics combined give Catch-22 a score of 2.8625 out of 4
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reviews 		NAWar, Comedy $3.90 Purchase information for Catch-22 (1970)
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A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, ...more about Catch-22  starring Alan Arkin and Marcel Dalio
191Movie reviews for Schock (1977)Schock (1977)Movie critics combined give Schock a score of 2.8605 out of 4
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reviews 		NAHorrorN/A ...more about Schock  starring Daria Nicolodi and John Steiner
192Movie reviews for Swarm, The (1978)Swarm, The (1978)Movie critics combined give Swarm a score of 2.8579 out of 4
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Killer bees from South America have been breeding with the gentler bees of more northern climes, ...more about Swarm  starring Michael Caine and Katharine Ross
193Movie reviews for Car, The (1977)Car, The (1977)Movie critics combined give Car a score of 2.8546 out of 4
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reviews 		NAHorrorN/A ...more about Car  starring James Brolin and Kathleen Lloyd
194Movie reviews for Tommy (1975)Tommy (1975)Movie critics combined give Tommy a score of 2.8530 out of 4
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Tommy is blind, deaf and dumb, but there is nothing wrong with him. As a small child, he ...more about Tommy  starring Oliver Reed and Ann-Margret
195Movie reviews for King Kong (1976)King Kong (1976)Movie critics combined give King Kong a score of 2.8520 out of 4
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An expedition of the "Petrox" company, is exploring in search of petrol. A strange island where ...more about King Kong  starring Jeff Bridges and Charles Grodin
196Movie reviews for It's Alive (1974)It's Alive (1974)Movie critics combined give It's Alive a score of 2.8511 out of 4
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 ...more about It's Alive  starring John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell
197Movie reviews for Magnum Force (1973)Magnum Force (1973)Movie critics combined give Magnum Force a score of 2.8499 out of 4
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San Francisco Police Inspector `Dirty' Harry Callahan and his new partner, Early Smith have been ...more about Magnum Force  starring Clint Eastwood and Hal Holbrook
198Movie reviews for Big Wednesday (1978)Big Wednesday (1978)Movie critics combined give Big Wednesday a score of 2.8413 out of 4
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In the 60's three friends lived for the waves, but over the course of 15 years the three, with ...more about Big Wednesday  starring Jan-Michael Vincent and William Katt
199Movie reviews for Midway (1976)Midway (1976)Movie critics combined give Midway a score of 2.8409 out of 4
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The summer of 1942 brought Naval stalemate to the Pacific as the American and Japanese fleets stood ...more about Midway  starring Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda
200Movie reviews for Duellists, The (1977)Duellists, The (1977)Movie critics combined give Duellists a score of 2.8409 out of 4
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Set during the grand, sweeping Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another ...more about Duellists  starring Keith Carradine and Albert Finney
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