Islands in the Stream 1977  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland, Susan Tyrrell, Richard Evans, Claire Bloom, Julius Harris, Hart Bochner, Charles Lampkin, Hildy Brooks, Brad Savage, Michael-James Wixted, Jessica Rains, Walter Friedel
Ernest Hemmingway's novel is brought to the screen with George C. Scott in the role of wealthy Thomas Hudson, an artist in self-exile on the island of Bimini in the Bahamas during 1940. World War II is threatening when Thomas' oldest son Tom (Hart Bochner) arrives on the island. Their relationship grows closer, but then Tom leaves to fight for the RAF. Later, Thomas' ex-wife Audrey (Claire Bloom) arrives and tells Thomas that Tom was killed in the war. The news causes Thomas to change his opinions about the war and his lifestyle. He agrees to smuggle Jewish refugees onto his "perfect" island.
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The Return of Mr. Moto 1965  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ernest Morris
Cast: Henry Silva, Terence Longdon, Sue Lloyd, Marne Maitland, Martin Wyldeck, Stanley Morgan, Ian Fleming, Richard Evans, Dennis Holmes, Alister Williamson
Mr. Moto returns with Henry Silva in the Peter Lorre role, over 25 years after the old series ended. Unfortunately, it is a poor effort all around as Mr. Moto stops a syndicate, led by an ex-Nazi, from controlling the world's oil supplies.
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Too Soon to Love 1960  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Rush
Cast: Jennifer West, Richard Evans, Warren Parker, Ralph Manza, Jack Nicholson, Jacqueline Schwab, Billie Bird, William Keene, Paul Birch, Gary Campbell
A young couple experience pregnancy and resort to abortion in order to escape paternal wrath.
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| 1. Islands in the Stream (1977)
2. The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)
3. Too Soon to Love (1960)
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