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Three Days of the Condor (1975)
A 1970s Classic That Still Thrills
A CIA operative inadvertently escapes a disaster in his office, setting off a typical but extremely well done spook thriller in 1975's "3 Days of the Condor." High production values frame a wonderful acting job by Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Max Von Sydow, and Cliff Robertson, in what will now seem like period New York and Washington. Snappy editing complete this fine example of 1970s movie making, arguably the most free and free-wheeling decade in Hollywood, the transition between big studio setpieces and the advent of digital special effects. Gritty films of the genre include "Serpico" and "The French Connection" along with this very engaging and entertaining entry.
Magnum, P.I.: Lest We Forget (1981)
A Well-Rounded, Satisfying Magnum Episode
"Lest We Forget" is a cracking good episode from Season 1 of "Magnum P. I." The action is enlivened with WWII flashbacks and an inscrutable, slowly unraveling mystery, along with romance and humor, as Magnum searches for a woman and the truth shrouded in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack of 1941. In a clever as well as charming nod to realism the cast features two sets of actors and their real life offspring playing their younger selves. There's even a brief homage to "Casablanca" for good measure. And unnervingly the episode shows Higgins and the dogs being nice to Magnum for a change.