Cold Sweat

Dec 18, 1970

1h 34m

★ 5.7

Bronson and Mason play a high stakes game of cat and mouse . . . and only one man can walk away the winner

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Belgique Ciné

Fair Film

Les Films Corona

Emerson Film Enterprises

Cold Sweat Trailers

Cast

Joe Martin

Charles Bronson

Fabienne Martin

Liv Ullmann

Katanga

Jean Topart

Captain Ross

James Mason

Moira

Jill Ireland

Whitey

Michel Constantin

Fausto Gelardi

Luigi Pistilli

Michèle Martin

Yannick Delulle

The doctor

Paul Bonifas

The nurse

Sabine Sun

A poker player

Roger Mailles

Violet

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