Cold Sweat (1970 film)
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Directed by | Terence Young |
Written by | Dorothea Bennett Jo Eisinger Shimon Wincelberg |
Produced by | Robert Dorfmann Maurice Jacquin |
Starring | Charles Bronson Liv Ullmann James Mason Jill Ireland |
Cinematography | Jean Rabier |
Music by | Michel Magne |
Distributed by | Emerson |
Release date | June 14, 1970 |
Running time | 94 min. |
Country | France/Italy |
Language | English |
Cold Sweat is a 1970 French/ Italian international co-production starring Charles Bronson and directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1959 novel Ride the Nightmare by Richard Matheson. It was filmed in and around Beaulieu-sur-Mer.
Plot
During the Korean War, Joe Moran, a United States Army sergeant, was convicted for striking a colonel. He was imprisoned in Germany. In the military prison he encountered his former company commander Captain Ross, and a fellow soldier who served under Joe called Vermont. They had been imprisoned for black marketeering and hijacking army vehicles. Joe agrees to escape with them. The escape is organised by a former French Foreign Legionnaire named "Katanga". Things go according to plan until Katanga kills a curious German police officer. Frightened and disgusted by the murder, Joe strikes out alone, abandoning his friends and Katanga, who are recaptured.
Years later, Joe is known as Joe Martin. He makes a legitimate living renting boats in the South of France. He lives with his wife, Fabienne, and 12-year-old daughter. Things are going fine for Joe. When Joe's picture appears in a local news story, Ross, Vermont and Katanga appear. Now wanted drug smugglers, they want revenge on Joe and use of his rental operation to move contraband. To ensure Joe's cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter and hold them hostage.
Production
The film was known for an extended car chase with an Opel Commodore GS/E I6 involving the Bronson character's attempt to get a doctor to a wounded drug dealer in exchange for his wife.[1]
Actress Liv Ullmann complained in an interview that Charles Bronson was rude to her and her daughter during the filming. She claims that he returned her child to her when she wandered to his table and admonished her by saying "Please keep your child to yourself." [2]
Matheson's novel had already been filmed in 1962 under its original title as an episode of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour with Hugh O'Brian and Gena Rowlands in the lead roles.
A 1993 film starring Ben Cross, Adam Baldwin, and Shannon Tweed is not a remake of this film, although it has the same title.
Cast
- Charles Bronson as Joe Moran aka Joe Martin
- Liv Ullmann as Fabienne Martin
- James Mason as Captain Ross
- Jill Ireland as Moira
- Jean Topart as Katanga
- Michel Constantin as Vermont aka Whitey (dubbed by David Hess)
- Luigi Pistilli as Fausto Gelardi
- Yannick Delulle as Michèle Martin (as [Yannick de Lulle])
- Paul Bonifas as the doctor
- Sabine Sun as the nurse
- Roger Mailles as a poker player
- Nathalie Varallo as Violet
- Remo Mosconi as Marius
- Dominique Crosland as the girl scout leader
- Yannick Deheth uncredited
- Gabriele Ferzetti uncredited
- Bob Ingarao as a fisherman (uncredited)
External links
- Cold Sweat at IMDb
- Cold Sweat is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Cold Sweat at Rotten Tomatoes
References
- ^ Internet Movie Car Database: 1969 Opel Commodore GS/E Coupé [A]
- ^ Metro Media USA website: [1]
- 1970 films
- 1970s thriller films
- Films based on works by Richard Matheson
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Terence Young
- Italian films
- French thriller films
- Italian thriller films
- French films
- Seafaring films
- Films set in the Mediterranean Sea
- Films set in France
- Films set on the French Riviera
- Films produced by Robert Dorfmann