4 Movies Starring John McGiver

Love in the Afternoon

Love in the Afternoon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-06-30

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (9215 Reviews)

Director:

Billy Wilder

Cast:

Writer:

Billy Wilder (screenplay)

I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay)

Claude Anet (novel)

Fullplot:

In Paris, detective Claude Chavasse is hired to follow a wife suspected of infidelity with the notorious American libertine Frank Flannagan. When the husband learns that his suspicions are accurate, he tells Claude of his plan to kill Flannagan. Claude's daughter Ariane overhears the threat and warns Frank of the coming trouble. She then plays the part of a worldly socialite with a list of conquests as long as Flannagan's. The bemused ladies' man returns to America the next day and Ariane, completely in love, follows his romantic escapades in the news. She sees him again in Paris the following year, and resumes her worldly guise, telling tales of former lovers when they meet at his hotel in the afternoon. Frank, amazed by the mystery girl and surprised to find himself jealous of her past, hires Claude to uncover more information about her. When the detective realizes what has happened, he asks Frank not to break his daughter's heart.

Man's Favorite Sport?

Man's Favorite Sport?

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-01-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (3338 Reviews)

Director:

Howard Hawks

Cast:

Writer:

Pat Frank (story)

John Fenton Murray

Steve McNeil

Fullplot:

Roger Willoughby is considered to be a leading expert on sports fishing. He's written books on the subject and is loved by his customers in the sporting goods department at Abercrombie and Fitch, where he works. There's only one problem however: he's never been fishing in his life. When the store owner enters him in a fishing contest, mayhem ensues.

The Glass Bottom Boat

The Glass Bottom Boat

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-06-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2900 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Fullplot:

Jennifer Nelson and Bruce Templeton meet when Bruce reels in her mermaid suit leaving Jennifer bottomless in the waters of Catalina Island. She later discovers that Bruce is the big boss at her work (a research lab). Bruce hires Jennifer to be his biographer - only to try and win her affections. However, there's a problem. Bruce's friend General Wallace Bleeker believes that Jennifer is a Russian spy, and he has her placed under surveillance. Then, when Jennifer catches on...Watch Out!

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-06-16

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

X

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (70810 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Waldo Salt (screenplay)

James Leo Herlihy (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real 'hustler', he finds that he is the one getting 'hustled' until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo. The initial 'country cousin meets city cousin' relationship deepens. In their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. Each has found his first real friend.

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