Rocky (1976)
The inspiration for Rocky came on March 24, 1975. Sylvester Stallone attended a closed-circuit Los Angeles movie theater presentation of Chuck Wepner fighting Muhammad Ali. Severe underdog Wepner wasn’t expected to last three rounds...
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The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Based on the novel by Trevanian (aka Rod Whitaker, who co-wrote the screenplay), Clint plays art professor and successful mountain climber, Jonathan Hemlock, who comes out of retirement as an assassin for a secret government...