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  1. Feb 27, 1970 · Tropic of Cancer: Directed by Joseph Strick. With Rip Torn, James T. Callahan, David Baur, Laurence Lignières. The film depicts the adventures of expatriate American writer Henry Miller and his friends, as they pursue art, money, food, and sex in Paris.

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    • Biography, Drama
    • Joseph Strick
    • 1970-02-27
  2. Tropic of Cancer is a 1970 American drama film directed by Joseph Strick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Betty Botley. It is based on Henry Miller's 1934 autobiographical novel Tropic of Cancer. The film stars Rip Torn, James T. Callahan, David Baur, Laurence Lignères, Phil Brown and Dominique Delpierre.

  3. Tropic of Cancer is an autobiographical novel by Henry Miller that is best known as "notorious for its candid sexuality", with the resulting social controversy considered responsible for the "free speech that we now take for granted in literature."

  4. Expatriate American novelist Henry Miller (Rip Torn) spends his life womanizing and cavorting aimlessly around the city, while his forbearing wife, Mona (Ellen Burstyn), poses no deterrent to his...

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    • Joseph Strick
    • NC-17
    • Rip Torn
  5. Expat American writer Henry Miller hustles his way through Paris in a series of amorous encounters while trying to find his literary voice.

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    • Joseph Strick
    • NC-17
    • 20
  6. A color release from Paramount Pictures tackled Henry Miller's most celebrated novel, Tropic of Cancer. Miller's 1934 book had been published through the help of his married lover Anais Nin during his years as a Bohemian in Paris.

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  8. Rip Torn plays Henry Miller as a non-stop hedonist and soured cynic who scrounges off his friends, borrows money and beguiles his way into dinner invitations while sleeping with any woman who looks in his direction, including the wives of his friends.

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