The Christian Licorice Store
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Frawley
Written by	Floyd Mutrux
Produced by	Michael Laughlin Floyd Mutrux
Starring	Beau Bridges Maud Adams Gilbert Roland
Cinematography	David L. Butler
Edited by	Richard A. Harris
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Production company	Cinema Center Films
Distributed by	National General Pictures
Release date	November 24, 1971 (1971-11-24) [1]
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Christian Licorice Store is a 1971 American drama film directed by James Frawley and starring Beau Bridges and Maud Adams. The title of the film is based on lyrics from the song "Pleasant Street" by Tim Buckley who makes a cameo in the film.

Promising tennis pro Franklin Cane lives in Los Angeles and is mentored by his coach, Jonathan "J.C." Carruthers, who warns him of the perils of success. J.C. advises him to concentrate on his game and not on outside interests, such as a lucrative offer to endorse a hair spray in a TV ad.

Cane takes his advice. He wins a tournament in Houston and has a one-night stand there with a girl, cheating on Cynthia Vicstrom, the photographer he has been seeing. Things are going well for Cane until one day J.C. dies peacefully in his sleep.

A distraught Cane begins going to wild California parties and spending time on Hollywood interests, neglecting Cynthia and his tennis. Cynthia breaks up with him and begins seeing Monroe, a film director who has fallen for her. Cane leaves a party with a girl he's just met, drives down the Pacific Coast Highway at a high speed, then crashes, killing them both. The next time she turns on a TV, Cynthia sees him in a breakfast-drink ad.

• Beau Bridges as Franklin Cane
• Maud Adams as Cynthia
• Gilbert Roland as J.C.
• Allan Arbus as Monroe
• Jean Renoir as himself
• Monte Hellman as Joseph

The film opened November 24, 1971 at the Paris Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts and at four theaters in Detroit, Michigan.^[1]

• The Christian Licorice Store at IMDb