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Bloodline (1979)

Bloodline poster
Directed by
Terence Young
Genre
drama film, crime film, romance film, mystery film, thriller film
Country
Germany, United States
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
R
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An heiress to a pharmaceutical company finds herself being hunted by unknown relatives. At the same time, a killer is traveling across Europe making snuff films.

suspensefulglamoroustensedarkmysteriouscoldleisurely-pacedmurderous

What happens

Bloodline (also known as Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline) is a 1979 thriller film directed by Terence Young and starring Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Claudia Mori, Irene Papas, Michelle Phillips, Maurice Ronet, and Romy Schneider. Adapted by Laird Koenig from the 1977 novel of the same name by Sidney Sheldon, it follows international pharmaceutical heiress Elizabeth Roffe who is targeted for death by unknown members of her extended family, while a serial killer simultaneously crisscrosses Europe, murdering women in snuff films. It was the only R-rated film ever made by Hepburn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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