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A Cold Night's Death | |
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Genre | Horror Sci-Fi Thriller |
Written by | Christopher Knopf |
Directed by | Jerrold Freedman |
Starring | Robert Culp Eli Wallach Michael C. Gwynne |
Music by | Gil Melle |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Leonard Goldberg Aaron Spelling |
Producer | Paul Junger Witt |
Production location | 20th Century Fox Studios |
Cinematography | Leonard J. South |
Editor | David Berlatsky |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Production companies | ABC Circle Films Spelling-Goldberg Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | January 30, 1973 |
A Cold Night's Death (also known as The Chill Factor) is a 1973 American made for television horror-thriller film. The film was shown on January 30, 1973, on the ABC network.
The film was directed by Jerrold Freedman and starred Robert Culp, Eli Wallach, and Michael C. Gwynne. Culp and Wallach are two research scientists at the Tower Mountain Research Station (filmed at the University of California's high altitude Barcroft Research Station) who are trying to unravel the mysterious death of a colleague.
After the mysterious deaths of their colleagues, scientists Robert Jones (Robert Culp) and Frank Enari (Eli Wallach) are sent to an isolated research station deep in the Arctic Circle to continue their observation of monkey behavioral patterns. As the two men quarrel over who has to clean the station and other responsibilities, they slowly realize that the deaths of their co-workers may have something to do with a mysterious and dangerous presence, one that the monkeys increasingly fear.
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