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Cold Sweat

Cold Sweat

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 18, 1970

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Thriller, Action, Crime

User Score

56%

Original Title

Cold Sweat

Production Companies

Belgique Ciné, Fair Film, Les Films Corona, Emerson Film Enterprises

Director

Terence Young

Description

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.