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...have strong doubts about how long the party's independence from Moscow will last. They also fear that a triumph for the Communists in Italy would indeed have an impact on other countries-most notably France, where the party headed by Georges Marchais shares a Programme Commun with François Mitterrand's Socialists. Together, the two leftist parties gained more than 49% of the vote in the 1974 presidential elections. Others, however, believe that an Italian Communist success would only produce right-wing backlash in France...
Bitter new fighting erupted in Lebanon late last week after Lebanese parliamentarians braved mortar fire from leftist forces to elect a new President to replace Suleiman Franjieh, the embattled Christian leader who two weeks ago conditionally agreed to step down. Fran-jieh's replacement had been a major leftist condition for negotiations to end the 13-month-old civil war between Christians and Moslems, which has taken 16,000 lives. But fearing that Elias Sarkis, the Syrian-backed candidate, would win the election, Moslem forces launched a last-ditch effort to prevent the voting...
...Devane), who combines his passion for gems with a taste for kidnaping. Ransom for his victims is demanded-and delivered-in the form of precious stones. The profit margin is high, and Adamson's personal life flourishes too: criminality sharpens his carnal appetites, which are centered mostly around Fran (Karen Black), his partner in bed and crime...
Hitchcock connects the lines of this rather unwieldy parallelogram with cursory concern for symmetry and suspense. As Blanche and Lumley draw closer to Adamson and Fran, the latter two assume they are being followed for purposes of blackmail, and plot accordingly. This leads to two scenes of automotive terror-Blanche and Lumley trapped in a car hurtling out of control on a winding mountain road, then trying to outrun a pursuing sedan on foot-that are among the clumsiest sequences Hitchcock has ever put together...
...makes his living doing day work in movies, character bits in commercials and specialty acts at small clubs. It is a hard scuffle, but Nicholas dotes on the comfortable insecurity of the life. At least it offers a neat opportunity to fend off deeper involvement with his mistress Peggy (Françoise Fabian) and keeps an eventual reconciliation with his wife (Carla Gravina) at a safe distance. Nicholas' only deep commitment is to the dubious luxury of noninvolvement...