Cold Sweat is a 1970 French-Italian international co-production starring Charles Bronson and directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1959 novel Ride the Nightmare by Richard Matheson. It was filmed in and around Beaulieu-sur-Mer.

Plot

An American (Charles Bronson) living in France must face his past when his wife and daughter are kidnapped by former fellow convicts turned narco-dealers he once double-crossed.

Cold Sweat (1970 film)

Cast

Production

The film was known for an extended car chase with an Opel Commodore GS/E I6 involving the Bronson character's attempt to get a doctor to a wounded drug dealer in exchange for his wife.

Cold Sweat (1970 film)

Actress Liv Ullmann complained in an interview that Charles Bronson was rude to her and her daughter during the filming. She claims that he returned her child to her when she wandered to his table and admonished her by saying "Please keep your child to yourself."

Cold Sweat (1970 film)

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References

1970 films

1970s thriller films

Films based on works by Richard Matheson

Films based on American novels

Films directed by Terence Young

French thriller films

Italian thriller films

Seafaring films

Films set in the Mediterranean Sea

Films set in France

Films set on the French Riviera

Films produced by Robert Dorfmann

English-language French films

English-language Italian films

1970s exploitation films

1970s English-language films

1970s Italian films

1970s French films

French exploitation films

Italian exploitation films

Films about kidnapping

Films about the illegal drug trade

French crime thriller films

Italian crime thriller films

Films about hostage takings

French films about revenge

Italian films about revenge