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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. The title of the film is based on lyrics from the song "Pleasant Street" by

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who makes a cameo in the film.

Plot

Promising tennis pro Franklin Cane lives in Los Angeles and is mentored by his coach, Jonathan "J.C." Carruthers, who warns him of the perils of success. J.C. advises him to concentrate on his game and not on outside interests, such as a lucrative offer to endorse a hair spray in a TV ad. Cane takes his advice. He wins a tournament in Houston and has a one-night stand there with a girl, cheating on Cynthia Vicstrom, the photographer he has been seeing. Things are going well for Cane until one day J.C. dies peacefully in his sleep. A distraught Cane begins going to wild California parties and spending time on Hollywood interests, neglecting Cynthia and his tennis. Cynthia breaks up with him and begins seeing Monroe, a film director who has fallen for her. Cane leaves a party with a girl he's just met, drives down the Pacific Coast Highway at a high speed, then crashes, killing them both. The next time she turns on a TV, Cynthia sees him in a breakfast-drink ad.

Cast

as Franklin Cane *

as Cynthia *

Gilbert Roland Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso (December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994), known professionally as Gilbert Roland, was a Mexican-born American film and television actor whose career spanned seven decades from the 1920s until the 1980s. He was twice no ...

as J.C. *

Allan Arbus Allan Franklin Arbus (February 15, 1918 – April 19, 2013) was an American actor and photographer. He was the former husband of photographer Diane Arbus. He is known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman on the CBS television series ...

as Monroe *

Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent film, silent era to the end of the 1960s. ...

as Himself *

Monte Hellman Monte Hellman (; born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021) was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV, and made his directorial debut with the ho ...

as Joseph

Release

The film opened November 24, 1971 at the Paris Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts and at four theaters in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Christian Licorice Store 1971 films 1971 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films Films directed by James Frawley Cinema Center Films films Films scored by Lalo Schifrin Tennis films Films produced by Michael Laughlin 1971 directorial debut films 1971 comedy films 1971 drama films Films with screenplays by Floyd Mutrux Films produced by Floyd Mutrux 1970s English-language films 1970s American films

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