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for many years. Because the film also has roots in France, it is appropriate to look at the impact that the condition of France in the 1970s had on the film. France in the 1970s was in the midst of "student turmoil", where many young students fought for the new age and liberation from traditional ideas. This is reflected in the film by the bisexual French teacher
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453:. Film historian Roberto Curti origin story being an adaptation of a novel, finding no proof of the book ever existing. Curti notes the original script does not credit Bryan's story and only credits to Margheriti and Simonelli.
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reveals himself to be a MacGrieff, masquerading as the priest to kill the remaining MacGrieffs so that he can inherit the estate. James, the detective, and the police come just in time to shoot him before he can kill
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307:and is followed by a ginger
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