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38% Critic Match

Vortex

More potent than "The Andromeda Strain"!

3.8 / 10 1976 1h 45mNR English
Thriller

Storyline

Rod Taylor plays a United Nations bio-warfare disarmament expert whose lonely wife (Catherine Jourdan) has a steamy affair while she's away in France. But soon she finds out the hard way that her lover is not quite the charming and stable guy she thought he was, and starts to fear him and wonder about his true motives.

Cast & Crew

Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor

Christopher Tauling

Lead
Bibi Andersson

Bibi Andersson

Patricia Tauling

Mathieu Carrière

Mathieu Carrière

Tauling

Catherine Jourdan

Catherine Jourdan

Blondy

Paul Guers

Paul Guers

Christian Barbier

Christian Barbier

Rex

Yves Brainville

Yves Brainville

Un diplomate

Walter Buschhoff

Walter Buschhoff

Le docteur Ruth

What People Are Saying

2.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sergio Gobbi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Vortex is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker