The Greek Tycoon
1978 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
The film focuses on the courtship and marriage of aging Greek Theo Tomasis, who rose from his humble peasant roots to become an influential mogul who owns oil tankers, airlines, and Mediterranean islands and longs to be elected President of Greece, and considerably younger Liz Cassidy, the beautiful widow of the assassinated President of the United States. The two first meet when she is visiting his island estate with her husband James, the charismatic Senator from the state of Massachusetts. Theo immediately is attracted to her and, despite the fact she obviously is happily married, begins to woo her aboard his yacht while her husband is deep in conversation with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. As the plot unfolds, Theo's beloved son Nico dies in an accident, his wife Simi commits suicide, James becomes President and appoints his brother John Attorney General, and Theo ends his affair with Paola to comfort and eventually marry grieving widow Liz.
Direction J. Lee Thompson
Cast Anthony Quinn · Jacqueline Bisset · Raf Vallone · Edward Albert · James Franciscus · Camilla Sparv · Marilú Toló · Charles Durning · Luciana Paluzzi · Robin Clarke · Kathryn Leigh Scott · Roland Culver · Joss Ackland
Soundtrack Stanley Myers
Screenplay Morton Fine · Nico Mastorakis · Win Wells
Cinematography Anthony B. Richmond
Original title The Greek Tycoon
4.7
74 votes (FilmAffinity)
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