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John Wayne in "Swing Out Sweet Land"

Swing Out Sweet Land

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Swing Out Sweet Land (1970) starring John Wayne and a host of celebrities

Swing Out Sweet Land is John Wayne’s tribute to the United States of America. It’s a star-studded tribute to America starring John Wayne, Lorne Greene, William Shatner, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Ann-Margret, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Hugh O’Brian, Roscoe Lee Browne, Glen Campbell, Greg Morris, Ross Martin, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Bing Crosby, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Celeste Holm, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Tom Smothers, Red Skelton, Leslie Uggams, Dennis Weaver, Ed McMahon and more.

It was the highest rated show of the week it aired.

Swing Out Sweet Land
Cover of the 1973 Walt Disney comedy, The World's Greatest Athlete, with Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent) running in a track uniform, with several of his jungle animal friends chasing him

The World’s Greatest Athlete

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The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973), starring Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Tim Conway, Roscoe Lee Browne

Synopsis of The World’s Greatest Athlete

In Walt Disney’s The World’s Greatest Athlete, a down-on-his-luck coach ends up signing the world’s greatest athlete to salvage his career. But, his adoptive father — the witch doctor — isn’t happy with that.

The World’s Greatest Athlete
Logan's Run (1976) starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Peter Ustinov

Logan’s Run

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Logan’s Run (1976) starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Peter Ustinov

Synopsis of Logan’s Run

Buy from Amazon Imagine a future world where everyone is young and beautiful, and can have anything they could ever want.  Except the freedom to leave.  And everyone faces mandatory death at the age of 30. Logan is a member of an elite police force called Sandmen.  They hunt down and kill “runners,” those trying to escape the fate that awaits on their 30th birthday. Logan is assigned to infiltrate the group of runners, and has his own “deadline” pushed forward.  Logan meets Jessica, a member of a clandestine resistance group that assists runners.  He decides to escape with her to Sanctuary. This is Logan’s Run. But a fellow Sandman frantically pursues …

Logan’s Run
Dear God — starring Greg Kinnear, Tim Conway, Laurie Metcalf, Hector Elizondo

Dear God

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Dear God — starring Greg Kinnear, Tim Conway, Laurie Metcalf, Hector Elizondo

buy Dear God from Amazon.com I have to admit being pleasantly surprised by Dear God.  Originally I was only going to review it for completeness’ sake, as part of the Tim Conway reviews.  I picked it up at my local Wal-Mart for only $4.00. I figured that even a little bit of Tim Conway was worth $4.00. Even if the rest of the movie was a waste.  It wasn’t, for several reasons.

Dear God
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