Cold Sweat

Cold Sweat

Bronson and Mason play a high stakes game of cat and mouse . . . and only one man can walk away the winner

1970 · 94 min · ★ 5.7 · Thriller, Action, Crime

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.

Directed by Terence Young · Written by Dorothea Bennett

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Cast

Charles Bronson Joe Martin
Liv Ullmann Fabienne Martin
Jean Topart Katanga
James Mason Captain Ross
Jill Ireland Moira
Michel Constantin Whitey
Luigi Pistilli Fausto Gelardi
Yannick Delulle Michèle Martin
Paul Bonifas The doctor
Sabine Sun The nurse
Roger Mailles A poker player
Nathalie Varallo Violet

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