Cold Sweat (1970 film)

Cold Sweat
Cold Sweat
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Terence Young
Screenplay by	Shimon Wincelberg ; Jo Eisinger ; Dorothea Bennett
Based on	Ride the Nightmare; by Richard Matheson
Produced by	Robert Dorfmann ; Maurice Jacquin
Starring	Charles Bronson ; Liv Ullmann ; James Mason ; Jill Ireland
Cinematography	Jean Rabier
Edited by	Johnny Dwyre
Music by	Michel Magne
Distributed by	Emerson Film Enterprises
Release date	14 June 1970;
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	France ; Italy
Language	English

Last updated September 16, 2025

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

Joe Moran, an American living in France must face his past when his wife Fabienne Martin and daughter Michèle are kidnapped by former fellow convicts turned narco-dealers he once double-crossed.

Cast

Charles Bronson as Joe Moran / Joe Martin
Liv Ullmann as Fabienne Martin
James Mason as Captain Ross
Jill Ireland as Moira
Jean Topart as Katanga
Michel Constantin as Vermont aka Whitey (dubbed by David Hess)
Luigi Pistilli as Fausto Gelardi
Yannick De Lulle as Michèle Martin
Paul Bonifas as the doctor
Sabine Sun as the nurse
Roger Mailles as Poker Player
Nathalie Varallo as Violet
Remo Mosconi as Marius
Dominique Crosland as The Girl Scout Leader
Yannick Deheth as Uncredited
Gabriele Ferzetti as Uncredited
Bob Ingarao as Fisherman (uncredited)

Production

The film was known for an extended car chase with an Opel Commodore GS/E I6 involving Joe Moran (Charles Bronson)'s attempt to get a doctor (Paul Bonifas) to wounded drug dealer Ross (James Mason) in exchange for his wife Fabienne Martin (Liv Ullmann).^[1]

Ullmann complained in an interview that Bronson was rude to her and her daughter Linn 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."^[2]

References

↑ Internet Movie Car Database: 1969 Opel Commodore GS/E Coupé [A]
↑ Metro Media USA website

External links

Cold Sweat at IMDb
Cold Sweat is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Cold Sweat at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] Internet Movie Car Database: 1969 Opel Commodore GS/E Coupé [A]

[2] Metro Media USA website

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Novels	I Am Legend (1954) The Shrinking Man (1956) A Stir of Echoes (1958) The Beardless Warriors (1960) Hell House (1971) Bid Time Return (1975) What Dreams May Come (1978) Earthbound (1982)
Short stories	"Born of Man and Woman" (1950) "Button, Button" (1970)
Screenplays	The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) House of Usher (1960) "The Last Flight" (1960) "Nick of Time" (1960) "A World of Difference" (1960) "A World of His Own" (1960) Master of the World (1961) The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) "The Invaders" (1961) "Once Upon a Time" (1961) Night of the Eagle (1962) Tales of Terror (1962) "Little Girl Lost" (1962) "Young Man's Fancy" (1962) The Raven (1963) "Death Ship" (1963) "Mute" (1963) "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (1963) "Steel" (1963) The Comedy of Terrors (1964) The Last Man on Earth (1964) "Night Call" (1964) "Spur of the Moment" (1964) Fanatic (1965) The Young Warriors (1966) "The Enemy Within" (1966) The Devil Rides Out (1968) De Sade (1969) Duel (1971) The Night Stalker (1972) The Night Strangler (1973) The Legend of Hell House (1973) Dying Room Only (1973) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974) The Morning After (1974) Scream of the Wolf (1974) Trilogy of Terror (1975) Dead of Night (1977) The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977) The Martian Chronicles (1980) Somewhere in Time (1980) Jaws 3-D (1983) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) "Button, Button" (1986) Loose Cannons (1990) The Dreamer of Oz (1990) Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994) Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
Adaptations by others	"And When the Sky Was Opened" (1959) "Third from the Sun" (1960) Cold Sweat (1970) The Omega Man (1971) The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) What Dreams May Come (1998) Stir of Echoes (1999) "Dance of the Dead" (2005) "My Ambition" (2006) I Am Legend (2007) I Am Omega (2007) The Box (2009) "The Splendid Source" (2010) Real Steel (2011)
Related	Richard Christian Matheson (son) Chris Matheson (son)