The Greek Tycoon (1978)

movie

(2194)

Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1978-08-24
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Writers: Nico Mastorakis , Win Wells , Morton S. Fine
Language: Italian | English | Greek | Japanese
Stars: Anthony Quinn , Jacqueline Bisset , Raf Vallone , Edward Albert , James Franciscus , Camilla Sparv , Marilù Tolo , Charles Durning , Luciana Paluzzi , Robin Clarke
Runtime: 107 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: O Ellinas megistanas (Greece) , Греческий магнат , Den græske skibsreder (Denmark) , 愛はエーゲ海に燃ゆ (Japan) , The Greek Tycoon (United Kingdom) , Akdenizli (Turkey) , Il magnate greco (Italy) , O Império do Grego (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , El magnate griego (Argentina) , L'empire du Grec (Canada) , L'empire du Grec (France, French Republic) , Tycoon (United States of America) , The Greek Tycoon (Canada) , Grecki magnat (Poland) , Mahtava kreikkalainen (Finland) , El magnate griego (Mexico) , The Greek Tycoon , Graiku magnatas (Lithuania) , Ο Έλληνας μεγιστάνας (Greece) , The Greek Tycoon (United States of America) , El griego de oro (Spain) , Гръцкият магнат (Bulgaria) , A görög mágnás (Hungary) , Der große Grieche , En grekisk skeppsredare (Sweden) , O Magnata Grego (Brazil)
Plot: Theo Tomasis, from humble beginnings, is an aging Greek shipping magnate who works on his own moral (or amoral as the case may be) code, both professionally and personally, to get what and who he wants in life. The "who"s include a bevy of bed partners who don't generally include his wife, Simi Tomasis. He dotes on his son, Nico Tomasis, who he wants to follow in his footsteps in all aspects, Nico, a daredevil, especially in the air, also enjoying the high life in the process. He ends up divorcing Simi in order to marry Liz Cassidy, the grieving widow of US President James Cassidy, who was assassinated while he and Liz were walking on a beach. Liz's marriage to Theo is in part to escape the spotlight not only of being the widow of a President, but part of a high profile and powerful American political family, James' brother, John Cassidy, who was the Attorney General in James' administration. Theo had been attracted to Liz on first sight, meeting her and James when James was still a senator. Theo and Liz's marriage ends up being a passionate one in a turbulent way, that turbulence a result of the fundamental differences in their beings and the way they deal with people, and not just the other.
IMDB:tt0077636