The Fortune
Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.
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"Mike Nichols' last good film that I'm sure bombed at the time. Stockard Channing almost steals the show as the young heiress, Warren Beatty is perfectly cast, and Nicholson is hilarious without doing much (great hair). There were a lot of good films in the 70's and this should have been included on most lists. A 7 out of 10. Best performance = Jack Nicholson. There are scenes that fall flat, but the ones that work make it worthwhile. Great costumes and art-set direction as well. It's hard to imagine these two actors (Beatty & Nicholson) playing the characters they did ..."
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The White-Slave Traffic Act, better known as the Mann Act after its main sponsor Rep. James R. Mann (R-IL) (1856-1922). It was signed into law in 1910 by President William Howard Taft. It quickly became a tool for wives and others to blackmail men. It remained essentially unchanged until 1978 when provisions were added to cover child pornography. In 1986 the law's language was changed to make it gender neutral. Since these amendments, the law has been applied almost exclusively to child trafficking cases.
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Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.