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Everyone's talking about the scandalous book ''The Seven Minutes,'' reputed to be the most pornographic book ever published. The ones who don't want to get their hands on it want it banned for the moral good. When well-adjusted, well-to-do high school jock Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) is arrest for a shocking crime, ''The Seven Minutes'' is found in his possession. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan (Philip Carey) is eager to use the scandal to have the book banned in order to further his career. Ben Fremont, the innocent bookseller who sold the book to Jerry, is arrested on charges of corrupting public morals. But Duncan's true plan is to make it illegal not only to sell ''The Seven Minutes,'' but to possess it, thus establishing precedent to ban all pornography everywhere.
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Everyone's talking about the scandalous book ''The Seven Minutes,'' reputed to be the most pornographic book ever published. The ones who don't want to get their hands on it want it banned for the moral good. When well-adjusted, well-to-do high school jock Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) is arrest arrested for a shocking crime, ''The Seven Minutes'' is found in his possession. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan (Philip Carey) is eager to use the scandal to have the book banned in order to further his career. Ben Fremont, the innocent bookseller who sold the book to Jerry, is arrested on charges of corrupting public morals. But Duncan's true plan is to make it illegal not only to sell ''The Seven Minutes,'' but to possess it, thus establishing precedent to ban all pornography everywhere.
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:The book's author is actually Constance Cumberland, who had her publisher issue the cover story that J.J. Jadway was DrivenToSuicide after the book's publication, in order to protect her identity.]]
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* ItsNotPornItsArt: ''The Seven Minutes'' is revealed to be an intimate and moving portrayal of a woman's sexual experience that has had a profound emotional effect on those who've actually read it. Its detractors, on the other hand, can't look past its pornographic content.
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* ItsNotPornItsArt: ''The Seven Minutes'' is revealed to be an intimate and moving portrayal of a woman's sexual experience that has had a profound emotional effect on those who've actually read it. Its detractors, on the other hand, can't look past its pornographic content. While ultimately ''The Seven Minutes'' is found to have literary merit, Mike argues that the true issue is the right of adults to consume whatever media they choose regardless of merit.
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* FictionalDocument: ''The Seven Minutes'' as a work exists only in ''The Seven Minutes,'' the novel. While many people discuss the book's impact on them, its actual contents are never revealed.
* ItsNotPornItsArt: ''The Seven Minutes'' is revealed to be an intimate and moving portrayal of a woman's sexual experience that has had a profound emotional effect on those who've actually read it. Its detractors, on the other hand, can't look past its pornographic content.
* ItsNotPornItsArt: ''The Seven Minutes'' is revealed to be an intimate and moving portrayal of a woman's sexual experience that has had a profound emotional effect on those who've actually read it. Its detractors, on the other hand, can't look past its pornographic content.
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Everyone's talking about the scandalous book ''The Seven Minutes,'' reputed to be the most pornographic book ever published. The ones who don't want to get their hands on it want it banned for the moral good. When well-adjusted, well-to-do high school jock Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) is arrest for a shocking crime, ''The Seven Minutes'' is found in his possession. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan (Philip Carey) is eager to use the scandal to have the book banned in order to further his career. Ben Fremont, the innocent bookseller who sold the book to Jerry, is arrested on charges of corrupting public morals. But Duncan's true plan is to make it illegal not only to sell ''The Seven Minutes,'' but to possess it.
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Everyone's talking about the scandalous book ''The Seven Minutes,'' reputed to be the most pornographic book ever published. The ones who don't want to get their hands on it want it banned for the moral good. When well-adjusted, well-to-do high school jock Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) is arrest for a shocking crime, ''The Seven Minutes'' is found in his possession. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan (Philip Carey) is eager to use the scandal to have the book banned in order to further his career. Ben Fremont, the innocent bookseller who sold the book to Jerry, is arrested on charges of corrupting public morals. But Duncan's true plan is to make it illegal not only to sell ''The Seven Minutes,'' but to possess it.
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Everyone's talking about the scandalous book ''The Second Minutes,'' reputed to be the most pornographic book ever published. The ones who don't want to get their hands on it want it banned for the moral good. When well-adjusted, well-to-do high school jock Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) is arrest for a shocking crime, ''The Seven Minutes'' is found in his possession. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan (Philip Carey) is eager to use the scandal to have the book banned in order to further his career. Ben Fremont, the innocent bookseller who sold the book to Jerry, is arrested on charges of corrupting public morals. But Duncan's true plan is to make it illegal not only to sell ''The Seven Minutes,'' but to possess it.
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Everyone's talking about the scandalous book ''The Second Seven Minutes,'' reputed to be the most pornographic book ever published. The ones who don't want to get their hands on it want it banned for the moral good. When well-adjusted, well-to-do high school jock Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) is arrest for a shocking crime, ''The Seven Minutes'' is found in his possession. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan (Philip Carey) is eager to use the scandal to have the book banned in order to further his career. Ben Fremont, the innocent bookseller who sold the book to Jerry, is arrested on charges of corrupting public morals. But Duncan's true plan is to make it illegal not only to sell ''The Seven Minutes,'' but to possess it.
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Mike Barrett (Wayne Maunder) is a lawyer who is put in charge of defending a bookstore for selling ''The Seven Minutes'', a book that's been deemed pornographic and allegedly drove a well-to-do teenager named Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) to commit rape. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan (Philip Carey) is eager to use the scandal to further his career and have the book banned. As Mike collects evidence for his defense, he also uncovers the surprising identity of the book's author, which could completely turn the case around.
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With no one else to turn to, Ben Fremont reaches out to his old friend lawyer Mike
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* DisposableFiance: Faye Osborn is Mike's fiance at the start of the story. Faye is unsupportive of Mike's involvement in the case because it runs counter to the interests of her father, whose network the Griffiths sponsor. Mike ends up trading her off for Maggie, who has personal stakes in the case and helps him collect evidence.
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* DisposableFiance: Faye Osborn is Mike's fiance fiancée at the start of the story. Faye is unsupportive of Mike's involvement in the case because it runs counter to the interests of her father, whose network the Griffiths sponsor. Mike ends up trading her off for Maggie, who has personal stakes in the case and helps him collect evidence.
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* DriverFacesPassenger: Egregious in the scene where Faye takes Mike to the airport; Faye stares very intently at Mike as she drives and tells him about her conversation with her father at the same time, only occasionally glancing at the road.
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Mike Barrett (Wayne Maunder) is a lawyer who is put in charge of defending a bookstore for selling ''The Seven Minutes'', a book that's been deemed pornographic and allegedly drove a well-to-do teenager named Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) to commit rape. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan is eager to use the scandal to further his career and have the book banned. As Mike collects evidence for his defense, he also uncovers the surprising identity of the book's author, which could completely turn the case around.
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Mike Barrett (Wayne Maunder) is a lawyer who is put in charge of defending a bookstore for selling ''The Seven Minutes'', a book that's been deemed pornographic and allegedly drove a well-to-do teenager named Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) to commit rape. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan (Philip Carey) is eager to use the scandal to further his career and have the book banned. As Mike collects evidence for his defense, he also uncovers the surprising identity of the book's author, which could completely turn the case around.
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* ParentalTitleCharacterization: Faye most commonly refers to her father as "Daddy", befitting her personality as a shallow and spoiled RichBitch.
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''The Seven Minutes'' is a 1971 American courtroom drama film directed by Creator/RussMeyer. It is based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Irving Wallace.
Mike Barrett (Wayne Maunder) is a lawyer who is put in charge of defending a bookstore for selling ''The Seven Minutes'', a book that's been deemed pornographic and allegedly drove a well-to-do teenager named Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) to commit rape. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan is eager to use the scandal to further his career and have the book banned. As Mike collects evidence for his defense, he also uncovers the surprising identity of the book's author, which could completely turn the case around.
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!!Tropes:
* AmoralAttorney: Duncan takes advantage of a rape case to twist facts and get an offensive book banned. He hopes to use the resulting press to eventually become senator.
* CrusadingLawyer: Mike is the heroic lawyer defending freedom of speech and artistic expression and he refuses to compromise on his ideals, be it to appease his fiance or to take up Duncan's associate's offer to become senator.
* DisposableFiance: Faye Osborn is Mike's fiance at the start of the story. Faye is unsupportive of Mike's involvement in the case because it runs counter to the interests of her father, whose network the Griffiths sponsor. Mike ends up trading her off for Maggie, who has personal stakes in the case and helps him collect evidence.
* FalseRapeAccusation: Jerry did not rape Sheri, his friend did, and Jerry even tried to stop him, but was ultimately silenced when the friend threatened to reveal his [[TheLoinsSleepTonight problem]].
* TheLoinsSleepTonight:
** Jerry fails to sleep with Sheri, consensually or otherwise, because of his impotence. His shame and feeling that something might be wrong with him prevents him from revealing the truth.
** It's revealed that the book ''The Seven Minutes'' concerns a woman who manages to "cure" her lover from his impotence.
* MoralGuardians: The antagonists of the film want to ban the book ''The Seven Minutes'' for being supposedly obscene. Some of the witnesses who testify in court against the book are high-and-mighty members of a decency league.
* MoustacheDePlume: The book's author J.J. Jadway is thought to be a man who committed suicide after the poor reception of his book. [[spoiler:"He" is actually Constance Cumberland, a movie star who intended to take the book's secret to her grave but was inspired to come out after a private talk with Jerry in which he disclosed his problem to her.]]
* RichBitch: Faye, the daughter of a television executive, could care less about Mike's case and would much prefer that he become an underling to her father. Her only concern is how Mike's involvement might affect her father negatively, and when Mike refuses to compromise his integrity, she dumps him.
-->'''Faye:''' You're second-rate, Mike, and I only have time for number one!
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Mike Barrett (Wayne Maunder) is a lawyer who is put in charge of defending a bookstore for selling ''The Seven Minutes'', a book that's been deemed pornographic and allegedly drove a well-to-do teenager named Jerry Griffith (John Sarno) to commit rape. Prosecutor Elmo Duncan is eager to use the scandal to further his career and have the book banned. As Mike collects evidence for his defense, he also uncovers the surprising identity of the book's author, which could completely turn the case around.
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!!Tropes:
* AmoralAttorney: Duncan takes advantage of a rape case to twist facts and get an offensive book banned. He hopes to use the resulting press to eventually become senator.
* CrusadingLawyer: Mike is the heroic lawyer defending freedom of speech and artistic expression and he refuses to compromise on his ideals, be it to appease his fiance or to take up Duncan's associate's offer to become senator.
* DisposableFiance: Faye Osborn is Mike's fiance at the start of the story. Faye is unsupportive of Mike's involvement in the case because it runs counter to the interests of her father, whose network the Griffiths sponsor. Mike ends up trading her off for Maggie, who has personal stakes in the case and helps him collect evidence.
* FalseRapeAccusation: Jerry did not rape Sheri, his friend did, and Jerry even tried to stop him, but was ultimately silenced when the friend threatened to reveal his [[TheLoinsSleepTonight problem]].
* TheLoinsSleepTonight:
** Jerry fails to sleep with Sheri, consensually or otherwise, because of his impotence. His shame and feeling that something might be wrong with him prevents him from revealing the truth.
** It's revealed that the book ''The Seven Minutes'' concerns a woman who manages to "cure" her lover from his impotence.
* MoralGuardians: The antagonists of the film want to ban the book ''The Seven Minutes'' for being supposedly obscene. Some of the witnesses who testify in court against the book are high-and-mighty members of a decency league.
* MoustacheDePlume: The book's author J.J. Jadway is thought to be a man who committed suicide after the poor reception of his book. [[spoiler:"He" is actually Constance Cumberland, a movie star who intended to take the book's secret to her grave but was inspired to come out after a private talk with Jerry in which he disclosed his problem to her.]]
* RichBitch: Faye, the daughter of a television executive, could care less about Mike's case and would much prefer that he become an underling to her father. Her only concern is how Mike's involvement might affect her father negatively, and when Mike refuses to compromise his integrity, she dumps him.
-->'''Faye:''' You're second-rate, Mike, and I only have time for number one!
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