I still can't work out why, apart from Star power, they decided to give him the role of an Australian in this movie.

It's one of my favourite flicks - and one in which Steve McQueen gets all the best lines.

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50 years ago:
The Last of Sheila (US)
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game — but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
1973-06-14
themoviedb.org/movie/26331

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(1979) - 6/10
Competent; uninvolving.

1️⃣ Cynical sports agent is contacted by neo-Nazi , who has engineered his adopted-daughter to be the perfect athlete. Nosy reporter starts asking awkward questions.

2️⃣ Edited-down cinema version of a 4-hour TV mini-series. The cuts are really obvious in the second half, when there are narrative jumps and story points that are inadequately explained.

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47 years ago:
The Last Hard Men (US)
In 1909 Arizona, retired lawman Sam Burgade's life is thrown upside-down when his old enemy Provo and six other convicts escape a chain-gang in the Yuma Territorial Prison and come gunning for Burgade.
1976-04-22
themoviedb.org/movie/38450

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51 years ago:
The Carey Treatment (US)
Dr. Peter Carey is a pathologist at a Boston hospital. The daughter of the hospital's Chief of Staff dies after an illegal abortion goes wrong, and Carey's friend and colleague Dr. David Tao is accused of performing the abortion. Carey doesn't buy it, and so he digs deeper, angering the girl's fathe...
1972-03-29
themoviedb.org/movie/72449

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51 years ago:
The Carey Treatment (US)
Dr. Peter Carey is a pathologist at a Boston hospital. The daughter of the hospital's Chief of Staff dies after an illegal abortion goes wrong, and Carey's friend and colleague Dr. David Tao is accused of performing the abortion. Carey doesn't buy it, and so he digs deeper, angering the girl's fathe...
1972-03-29
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64 years ago today:
Wanted: Dead or Alive
S1E30: The Kovack Affair
Josh is called by his old friend Jesse to help Meaghan keep her hotel from the hands of corrupt Kovack.
Airdate: 1959-03-28
themoviedb.org/tv/13837/season

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47 years ago:
Sky Riders (US)
When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.
1976-03-26
themoviedb.org/movie/42551

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61 years ago today:
Rawhide
S4E22: Hostage Child
A thirteen year old indian is going to Fort Lacey to see his sister. The commandant hates all indians. He and his wife Azuela have a son.
Airdate: 1962-03-09
themoviedb.org/tv/10952/season

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62 years ago today:
Bonanza
S2E24: The Dark Gate
Adam is confused by the sudden behavior of his good friend, Ross Marquette. He beats up his wife, Delphine, after accusing her of having an affair with Adam. He also joins a group of rustlers and killers and helps rob a gold shipment. Adam thinks Ross is suffering from insanity, in this highlight...
Airdate: 1961-03-04
themoviedb.org/tv/1018/season/

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64 years ago today:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
S3E19: A Thread of Respect
Gino Pelleti, an immigrant tailor, opens a shop in Yucca City. He and his son are subjected to cruel pranks, but he doesn't believe in violence and refuses to defend himself.
Airdate: 1959-02-12
themoviedb.org/tv/14328/season

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46 years ago:
Cross of Iron (DE,GB)
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the...
1977-01-29
themoviedb.org/movie/10839

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46 years ago:
Cross of Iron (DE,GB)
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the...
1977-01-29
themoviedb.org/movie/10839

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30 years ago:
The Hit List (US)
A hit man's boss refers him to a client, a dangerous woman who mixes business with pleasure.
1993-01-17
themoviedb.org/movie/232422

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57 years ago:
Our Man Flint (US)
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
1966-01-16
themoviedb.org/movie/23728

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