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...that gives the picture a richer texture than is usual in this genre. Early on, the film offers some promise. There is a brisk barroom brawl and a short car chase that is more smartly handled than these maneuvers usually are. But there is no way to build an overparanoid thriller or to provide a satisfactory ending. If the hero can break the conspiracy unaided, it cannot be much of a conspiracy. If, on the other hand, the conspiracy is all powerful, then the audience is robbed of the basic pleasure of identifying with the protagonist's triumph over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Paranoid Thriller | 7/8/1974 | See Source »

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