The Black Windmill

May 17, 1974

1h 46m

★ 6.2

The ultimate exercise in controlled terror.

Overview

A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.

Genres

Thriller

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Zanuck/Brown Company

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Cast

Maj. John Tarrant

Michael Caine

Cedric Harper

Donald Pleasence

Ceil Burrows

Delphine Seyrig

Alf Chestermann

Clive Revill

McKee

John Vernon

Chief Supt. Wray

Joss Ackland

Alex Tarrant

Janet Suzman

Lady Melissa Julyan

Catherine Schell

Sir Edward Julyan

Joseph O'Conor

Bateson

Denis Quilley

Monitoring Policeman

Derek Newark

Mike McCarthy

Edward Hardwicke

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