I first saw the movie shortly after it came out in 1972 and thought it was the most hilarious movie I'd ever seen. It was the third top box office hit of 1972 and its major stars - Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal and Madeline Kahn, all young and relatively new on the scene, delivered superb performances. Each of them added their own unique spark to this movie. I saw it again on TCM recently with hardly a break in the laughter, until the final scene, which was rather touching. The comedy is not dated. The final chase scene up-over and down the streets of San Francisco was so well choreographed, it stands as an outstanding piece of film making. This movie stands as one of the greats of the 1970's, a decade of many wonderful movies. Hats off to director Peter Bogdonavitch and the whole cast.
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