''Cold Sweat'' is a 1970
French-
Italian
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international co-production
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starring
Charles Bronson and directed by
Terence Young. It is based on the 1959 novel ''Ride the Nightmare'' by
Richard Matheson
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He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science fictio ...
. It was filmed in and around
Beaulieu-sur-Mer.
Plot
An American (
Charles Bronson) living in France must face his past when his wife and daughter are kidnapped by former fellow convicts turned narco-dealers he once double-crossed.
Cast
Production
The film was known for an extended car chase with an
Opel Commodore
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GS/E I6 involving the Bronson character's attempt to get a doctor to a wounded drug dealer in exchange for his wife.
Actress Liv Ullmann complained in an interview that Charles Bronson was rude to her and her daughter during the filming. She claims that he returned her child to her when she wandered to his table and admonished her by saying "Please keep your child to yourself."
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1970 films
1970s thriller films
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Films based on works by Richard Matheson
Films based on American novels
Films directed by Terence Young
French thriller films
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Seafaring films
Films set in the Mediterranean Sea
Films set in France
Films set on the French Riviera
Films produced by Robert Dorfmann
French vigilante films
English-language French films
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1970s exploitation films
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