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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mike Douglas. Any show with Willie Mays and Daniel Elisberg '52 as guests on the same day can't be all bad. Ch. 4, 4 p.m. 1 1/2 hours...
...political process into a non-committal pol. Peter Boyle (Joe) is a very good as the mercenary professional campaign manager who knows how to get his boy elected. Redford's confused question to Boyle at the very end is a question we will all have to consider. Must seeing. Ch. 4, 9 p.m., 2 hours...
...overburdened judicial system. A spectacular torture-murder case provides the usual violent background as a public defender gropes his way through a corrupt legal system--characterized by deals, plea-bargaining, and a labyriathine bureaucracy--in the pursuit of justice for a person he truly believes is innocent. Ch. 4, 8:30 p.m. 2 1/2 hours...
...suspense in North by Northwest (1959), Saboteur (1942) and The Birds (1963). Hitchcock is the only film director who has consistently sent pulses through film viewers' nervous systems that feel like 1000 kilowatt bursts of electricity--most critics call that "fear" for lack of a better word. Ch. 2, 8 p.m., 1 hour. Repeat...
...Longest Day [1962]. Account of the Normandy Invasion starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, and Rod Steiger. Interesting cast, adapted from a strong novel. Ch. 4, 8 p.m. B/W, 3 hours...