Between the Lines

Between the Lines

Fun, Adventure, Romance on $75 a Week

R 1977 · 101 min · ★ 5.5 · Comedy, Drama

The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.

Directed by Joan Micklin Silver · Written by Fred Barron

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