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57% Critic Match
Cold Sweat
“Bronson and Mason play a high stakes game of cat and mouse . . . and only one man can walk away the winner”
5.7 / 10• 1970• 1h 34m•NR• English
ThrillerActionCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Charles Bronson
Joe Martin
Lead
Liv Ullmann
Fabienne Martin
Jean Topart
Katanga
James Mason
Captain Ross
Jill Ireland
Moira
Michel Constantin
Whitey
Luigi Pistilli
Fausto Gelardi
YD
Yannick Delulle
Michèle Martin
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Terence Young's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Cold Sweat is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
