Word: nitwit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Instead, both are proposing constitutional amendments to limit state spending. As U.S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania, Thornburgh sent some 200 gangsters and corrupt public officials to prison. But one of these, Numbers Racketeer Anthony Grosso, is getting revenge. He is ostentatiously supporting Thornburgh and distributing literature calling Flaherty a "nitwit." Complains Thornburgh: "Sabotage...
...doesn't demand all that much besides wide-eyed innocence, with an appropriate burst of emotion. Spradlin turns in a solid performance as the fiendish coach, and O'Toole is passable as the lover. The worst thing about the film is a pitiful score written by that misbegotten little nitwit, Paul Williams, and performed by those masters of Muzak, Seals and Crofts...
Logan's Run is a nitwit sci-fi saga about a Sandman named Logan (Michael York) who is dispatched by computer central to track down some runners who have managed to slip through security and strike out for a secret place known as "sanctuary." Logan is accompanied on his run by a comely young thing (Jenny Agutter) and sped on his way by the knowledge that computer central has mysteriously shortened his life span and has set the jewel in his palm blinking like a beacon...
Throughout the nitwit action, one notes what might be called a typically Gallic touch: even in the furthest extremities, Belmondo remains modishly tailored. This causes problems. Tapered trousers make it difficult to get a leg up, and boots with high heels cause any flatfoot to slip and slide on the fabled Paris roofs. It could be said that the only genuine suspense The Night Caller has to offer is whether the leading man will split his pants...
...loud protests and brings assorted orphans into the house. She does this by weeping, by putting the frost on, by cajoling, or by any combination of these techniques. Mixed Company is a good case for the founding of men's lib. Not only is Dad generally a nitwit; he is not even a virile one. A recent case of the mumps has put him out of the reproductive action, and he is impotent even in his job. His work and his home life are the same; he keeps yelling and losing. He protests when he is victimized...