Vortex

Jan 14, 1976

1h 45m

★ 1.0

More potent than "The Andromeda Strain"!

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

Lugo Films

Paris-Cannes Productions

T.I.T. Filmproduktion

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Cast

Christopher Tauling

Rod Taylor

Patricia Tauling

Bibi Andersson

Tauling

Mathieu Carrière

Blondy

Catherine Jourdan

Paul Guers

Rex

Christian Barbier

Un diplomate

Yves Brainville

Le docteur Ruth

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