De la part des copains (1970)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Terence Young

Writers:

Dorothea Bennett (writer)
Jo Eisinger (writer)

Release Date:

June 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

Bronson and Mason play a high stakes game of cat and mouse . . . and only one man can walk away the winner [DVD Australia]

Plot:

A brutal drug trader takes his violent revenge after his wife is captured by a drug boss.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Gangster | Cabin | Child Molester | Crash

Cast

Charles Bronson	...	Joe Martin a.k.a. Joe Moran
Liv Ullmann	...	Fabienne Martin - Joe's wife
James Mason	...	Captain Ross - the gang leader
Jill Ireland	...	Moira - Ross's mistress
Michel Constantin	...	Whitey a.k.a. Vermont
Luigi Pistilli	...	Fausto Gelardi
Yannick Delulle	...	Michèle Martin - Joe and Fabienn'e's daughter (as Yannick de Lulle)
Paul Bonifas	...	The doctor
Sabine Sun	...	The nurse
Roger Mailles	...	A poker player
Nathalie Varallo	...	Violet - a shop assistant
Remo Mosconi	...	Marius
Dominique Crosland	...	The girl scout leader
Jean Topart	...	Katanga - an ex-mercenary

Also Known As:

Cold Sweat (UK) (USA)
De vrienden laten groeten (Belgium: Flemish title)
From the Boys (International: English title) (informal literal title)
L'uomo dalle due ombre (Italy)

Runtime:

France:94 min | Norway:90 min (heavily cut) | USA:94 min

Country:

Italy | France | Belgium

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:15 | Australia:M | UK:A (1971) | UK:AA (1973 re-release) | West Germany:16 (nf) | Spain:13 | France:U | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1970) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Belgique Ciné

Trivia:

French visa # 37624.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Fabienne takes ice cubicles out of fridge by one hand and holds the ice "vase" in another we can clearly see that ice amount isn't enough to feel even the half of the "vase". However in the next frame after dropping ice in the sink she walks out of the kitchen with the "vase" overfilled with ice cubicles.

Quotes:

Captain Ross: This is a stomach wound; stomach wounds bleed internally.
Katanga: I know what a stomach wound is!
Captain Ross: Do you know how many pints of blood a man has? He has ten pints, and mine's pumpin' out, slowly but steadily, at an estimated rate of four pints per hour. Therefore, in another hour, I will have lost consciousness and finally "check out."

Movie Connections:

References Une corde, un Colt (1969)

Good Charles Bronson actioner

On the action 50 pack classics I'm watching many older movies for the first time,since i enjoy the Charles Bronson films i thought i would enjoy cold sweat,i was right its a good Italian/french/Belgium co production about a Korean war veteran(Charles Bronson)who moves on with his life after being involved with gangsters who were in the military with him,most notably is an army captain (james mason)gone bad, he holds Bronson's wife(Liv Ullman)and stepdaughter(yannick delulle)hostage there's some good car chases,fighting and some pg violence.Bronson's real life wife(Jill Ireland)plays the captains hipper girlfriend.its not as good as deathwish,but its a well made early Charles Bronson actioner. 8 out of 10.