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Cold Sweat

1970 · 94 min

A tense, sun-bleached cat-and-mouse thriller where a quiet man's past violently catches up with him.

Directed by
Terence Young
Genres
Thriller, Action, Crime
Starring
Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, Jean Topart
Tagline
Bronson and Mason play a high stakes game of cat and mouse . . . and only one man can walk away the winner
Overview
During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but things go wrong and a policeman is killed. An appalled Joe escapes by himself, abandoning the others, who are recaptured. Years later Joe has a boat rental business where he is found by Ross. Now a wanted drug smuggler he wants the use of Joe's boats and to ensure his cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter.

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Directed by
Terence Young
Genres
Thriller, Action, Crime
Starring
Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, Jean Topart
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • family
  • crime
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • sea
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
thriller, action, crime
Directed by
Terence Young
Written by
Jo Eisinger, Dorothea Bennett
Starring
Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, Jean Topart, James Mason, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Luigi Pistilli, Yannick Delulle
Music
Michel Magne
Cinematography
Jean Rabier
Runtime
94 min
Country
Belgium, France, Italy
Languages
Italian, French, English

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