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John Briley has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Gandhi.
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In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Dir. Richard Attenborough · With Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.
Dir. Jack Gold · With Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
Dir. Richard Attenborough · With Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton
Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
Dir. Anton Leader · With Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris
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