List of the best Roy Poole movies: Gaily, Gaily(1969), 1776(1972), Sometimes a Great Notion(1970), The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman(1974) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1969
106 Minutes
Dunne
Beau Bridges Melina Mercouri Brian Keith George Kennedy Hume Cronyn Margot Kidder Roy Poole Melodie Johnson
runaway madam prostitute editor friend reporter amusing endearing inspiring spirited chicago brothel newsroom small town coming of age unlikely allies friendship politics corruption journalism
To escape sinful impulses, Ben Harvey, a callow youth, leaves his small town for Chicago in 1910. A pickpocket promptly relieves him of his money, and he nearly starves before Queen Lil ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1972
141 Minutes
William Daniels Howard da Silva Ken Howard Donald Madden Blythe Danner John Cullum Ron Holgate David Ford Virginia Vestoff William Hansen Roy Poole
john adams thomas jefferson founding father benjamin franklin revolutionary president inspiring campy uplifting philadelphia virginia colony revolution america nationalism declaration of independence constitutional rights congress rise quest
A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
Drama
1970
114 Minutes
Paul Newman Henry Fonda Lee Remick Michael Sarrazin Richard Jaeckel Linda Lawson Cliff Potts Sam Gilman Roy Jenson Joe Maross Lee de Broux
A family of independent Oregon loggers refuses to participate in a local strike against the big lumber companies.
Drama
1974
110 Minutes
Cicely Tyson Odetta Richard Dysart Josephine Premice Teddy Airhart Eric Brown Woodrow Chambliss Barbara Chaney Noel Cravenze Joel Fluellen Jerry Green
slave plantation owner corporal boy journalist friend disturbing moving inspiring louisiana cabin plantation field slavery civil rights american civil war violence humanity struggle wretched excess
A 110-year-old former Louisiana slave (Cicely Tyson) reminisces about her life and society from the Civil War to germinating civil rights.