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Had Sir John just taken a break and turned on the TV in his hotel room while the rest of the boys went out for a smoke, he might have seen one of the many reruns of a series called The Saint, starring Roger Moore as an unruffled crimebuster. Then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Iron Pyrite | 11/4/1974 | See Source »

British voters greeted Wilson's announcement with about as much enthusiasm as they would show for a soccer game between two fourth-division losers. For them, the campaign must seem frustratingly déjà vu. It was only seven months ago that they went to the same polls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Will Democracy Survive? | 9/30/1974 | See Source »

What if all the great people of this world...are simply the sort of crude, cynical shyster businessmen and degenerate hustlers that you find on Broadway, the New Jersey shingle business or out on the road pushing baby pictures...What if we get behind the scenes in the White House...

Author: By Willy Forbath, | Title: The Greening of Albert Goldman | 8/20/1974 | See Source »

The deep-dish whammy comes from a Lakers fanatic, bravura bench jockey and this year's monster movie star, Jack Nicholson. He is letting off a little steam by putting on the kind of pressure he gets and cultivates almost every day. Nicholson is a past master at the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Star with the Killer Smile | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

It is during that time long ago that Chinatown, an exotic and cunning entertainment, takes place. It is very much molded, too, in the Chandler style, intricately written by Robert Towne and directed by Roman Polanski with a sort of edgy placidity that breaks into moments of sudden violence. Jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lost Angelenos | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

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