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It is catalogued under topics including 1970s psychological thriller films, 1970s spy thriller films and 1974 American films.
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6.2A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
Released: 1974-05-17106 minDir: Don SiegelThriller, Action, CrimeBudget: $1.5M
Cast
- Michael Caine as Maj. John Tarrant
- Donald Pleasence as Cedric Harper
- Delphine Seyrig as Ceil Burrows
- Clive Revill as Alf Chestermann
- John Vernon as McKee
- Joss Ackland as Chief Supt. Wray
Themes
- london, england
- paris, france
- chase
- diamond
- ransom
- underground
- spy
- subway
- son
- revenge
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
3,559 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
57%
Metacritic
50/100
- Year
- 1974
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- PG
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- spy film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Don Siegel
- Cast member
- Edward Hardwicke
- Composer
- Roy Budd
- Producer
- Richard D. Zanuck
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 135934
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- publication date
- 1977-04-21
- title
- The Black Windmill
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- review score
- 57%
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Categories
1970s psychological thriller films1970s spy thriller films1974 American films1974 British films1974 English-language films1974 filmsAmerican psychological thriller filmsAmerican spy thriller filmsBritish psychological thriller filmsBritish spy thriller filmsEnglish-language spy thriller filmsFilms about kidnapping in the United KingdomFilms based on British novelsFilms based on thriller novelsFilms directed by Don SiegelFilms produced by Richard D. ZanuckFilms scored by Roy BuddFilms set in LondonFilms set in ParisFilms shot at Twickenham Film StudiosFilms shot in LondonFilms shot in ParisTemplate film date with 2 release datesThe Zanuck Company films