Why Rock the Boat? (1974)
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Directors
John Howe
The story
Harry Barnes is a young journalist in Montreal who becomes romantically involved with Julia Martin, a reporter for a competing newspaper who is organizing to unionize their industry.
Genres
romantic comedy
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