Breezy (1973 Clint Eastwood)

A sweet, credible and subtle film, written by Jo Heims, who had contributed to Dirty Harry and written Play Misty For Me (and died sadly young aged 48).

Kay Lenz is just right as the free-living innocent, Holden exudes world-weariness (though looks in good shape - he was 55ish).

A dog brings them together. Roger C. Carmel is an odious friend who just wants to have an affair, Joan Hotchkis the odious ex.

Holden's house is hideous - a museum piece (the production designer is Alexander Golitzen, his penultimate credit). The title song is quite funny and is amazingly the work of Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Michel Legrand. It's photographed by Frank Stanley (The Carey Treatment, Magnum Force, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Eiger Sanction).

But a Malpaso production, obviously.

These aren't just scrawled crap you know - they're little voyages of discovery.