''The Night of the Following Day'' is a 1969 American

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crime film directed by

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starring Marlon Brando,

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, Rita Moreno and

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. Filmed in France, around

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it tells the story of a kidnapped heiress being held hostage in a remote beachhouse on the coast of

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Plot

The film starts with a young woman (Franklin) on an airplane and a stewardess, Vi (Moreno) bending over her. As she leaves, we see a chauffeur, Bud (Brando), saying something to her which we do not hear. He puts her in the back of a

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and drives off. They stop at a junction and Leer (Boone) gets in. The girl realises she has been kidnapped. Bud starts to have second thoughts. He tries to protect the girl when Leer gets out of control. Bud also has to deal with a lack of courage in himself, with the head of the operation and Vi, who uses drugs and cannot be trusted. Then things start to unravel. Leer kills all his partners in crime on their return with the ransom, the car catching fire. Bud, perhaps anticipating this betrayal, gets out early. Hiding on the beach, he is able to exact revenge and shoots Leer as he signals to a ship waiting to take him from the country. All is revealed to be a dream during the girl's flight, sparked by Vi, the air hostess. But then the girl meets Bud in the airport just as in the dream...

Cast

* Marlon Brando as Bud, the Chauffeur *

as Leer * Rita Moreno as Vi, the Blonde Air Stewardess *

as Girl *

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as Friendly * Gerard Buhr as Fisherman-Cop * Jacques Marin as Bartender * Huques Wanner as Father *

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as Pilot (as Al Lettier)

References

External links

* * * * 1968 films 1960s crime thriller films American crime thriller films Films about kidnapping Films based on American novels Films directed by Hubert Cornfield Films scored by Stanley Myers Films set in France Films shot in France Universal Pictures films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films {{1960s-crime-film-stub