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The Black Windmill (1974) [PG]

Release Date:
May 17, 1974

Original Title:
The Black Windmill

Alternate Titles:
Contre une poignée de diamants
Den svarta väderkvarnen
Dobbeltjagt
Drabble
El molino negro
Il caso Drabble
Musta tuulimylly
O Moinho Negro
O anthropos ap' to Londino
Por Um Punhado de Diamantes
Wiatraki smierci
블랙 윈드밀

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Universal Pictures
Zanuck/Brown Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FR: U  US: PG 

Runtime: 106

The ultimate exercise in controlled terror.

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A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.

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Art Direction:
Peter Murton

Assistant Director:
Kip Gowans

Associate Producer:
Scott Hale

Camera Operator:
James Devis

Clapper Loader:
Colin Davidson

Continuity:
Angela Allen

Costume Design:
Anthony Mendleson

Director:
Don Siegel

Director of Photography:
Ousama Rawi

Editor:
Antony Gibbs

Executive Producer:
Richard D. Zanuck
David Brown

Focus Puller:
Dewi Humphreys

Gaffer:
Nobby Cross

Makeup Artist:
Freddie Williamson

Novel:
Clive Egleton

Original Music Composer:
Roy Budd

Producer:
Don Siegel

Production Manager:
Eva Monley

Screenplay:
Leigh Vance

Sound Editor:
Les Wiggins

Sound Recordist:
Gerry Humphreys
John W. Mitchell

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Rosemary Burrows

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