Cold Sweat

Original title: De la part des copains

1970
PG
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

3.2K

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James Mason, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, and Liv Ullmann in Cold Sweat (1970)

With his wife and daughter being held hostage, a seasoned ex-military man is involved in a shady smuggling operation to save his family.

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With his wife and daughter being held hostage, a seasoned ex-military man is involved in a shady smuggling operation to save his family.With his wife and daughter being held hostage, a seasoned ex-military man is involved in a shady smuggling operation to save his family.With his wife and daughter being held hostage, a seasoned ex-military man is involved in a shady smuggling operation to save his family.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Only 3 days after the film's release In the US, it was aired on television.

Goofs
As the German cop is stabbed to the side during the jailbreak, he drops dead instantly even though the blade coming out is bloody for less than an inch from the tip. Deadly maybe, but not likely that fast.

Quotes
Fabienne Martin: Killing him wouldn't be murder; it would be like cleaning a cesspool.

Alternate versions
To receive a UK 'A' cinema certificate the film was cut by the BBFC to remove the sound of a neck break and a brief scene of nudity, and to edit the shooting of a man with a flare gun. It was later reissued with a 'AA' (now 15) certificate and the cuts restored.

Connections
Edited into Tela Class: Sem Desejo de Matar (2008)

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Featured review

7/10

Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am!

'Cold Sweat' is a 70's actioner I was actually quite pleasantly surprised by. Charles Bronson plays a guy whose cronies have caught up with him after spending many years in jail for a crime that he fled from. He's in sanctuary in France with his wife (played, rather slummingly wouldn't you say? By Liv Ullmann), and what do you know, his evil friends from the past catch up with him and takes his whole family hostage so that they can complete the One More Job together. Bronson accepts, but since this is a Bronson film, He's Got Other Tricks Up His Sleeve. So begins a fun little cat and mouse game, mainly dealing with the daughter or other of the bad guys (played hilariously by James Mason) and the trade-offs Manson and Mason are fun to watch. There's lots of chases too! Wee! Finally, I just want to comment on the print of the film I saw on DVD. It looked somewhat banged up, but I thought it just added to the viewing aesthetic of the movie! I just felt I was in a New York grindhouse movie theater, with this double featured with say, Dolomite or something.