Cold Sweat

– During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he enco..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
1970
Cold Sweat (1970)

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.

Cold Sweat (1970) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Jun 1974

Language:

English, French

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Terence Young

Writer:

Dorothea Bennett, Jo Eisinger, Richard Matheson (novel), Shimon Wincelberg

Main Actors:

Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason, Jill Ireland

Plot:

Joe Martin, a quiet American, lives a quiet life in the South of France renting boats to tourists. He is happily married to Fabienne and has a twelve-year-old daughter named Michèle. But the quiet man has a past: ten years before, Joe (then Moran) had escaped with four other convicts, among whom the sadistic ex-mercenary Katanga. Seeing the latter brutally kill an M. P., Joe had abandoned his accomplices and left with the car. One night, Captain Ross, Katanga, Whitey and Fausto re-appear..

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.9/10