The Black Windmill (1974)
- Directed by
- Don Siegel
- Genre
- spy film
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 99 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A British intelligence officer's son is kidnapped. He must follow the kidnappers' demands while navigating a web of loyalty and distrust in his own agency.
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What happens
The Black Windmill is a 1974 spy thriller film directed and produced by Don Siegel, and starring Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill, John Vernon, Joss Ackland and Janet Suzman. Caine portrays a British intelligence officer whose son is kidnapped and held for ransom. The screenplay is based on Clive Egleton's 1973 novel Seven Days to a Killing. The film was a British and American co-production, distributed by Universal Pictures (internationally from Cinema International Corporation). It premiered in New York City on May 17, 1974, and received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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