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The Night of the Following Day (1969)

The Night of the Following Day poster
Directed by
Hubert Cornfield
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 61 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of criminals kidnap a young heiress and keep her locked in a secluded beach house on the French coast. The captors and their hostage wait for a ransom payment while tensions and mistrust grow between them.

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What happens

The Night of the Following Day is a 1969 American Technicolor crime film directed by Hubert Cornfield starring Marlon Brando and Richard Boone. Filmed in France, around Le Touquet it tells the story of a kidnapped heiress being held hostage in a remote beachhouse on the coast of France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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