A Cold Night's Death
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.
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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 |
Producers | Paul Junger Witt Robert Monroe (associate producer) Tony Thomas (associate producer) |
Cinematography | Leonard J. South |
Editor | David Berlatsky |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Production companies | ABC Circle Films Spelling-Goldberg Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release |
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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 (based on the University of California's White Mountain Research Station) who are trying to unravel the mysterious death of a colleague.
Cast
- Robert Culp as Robert Jones
- Eli Wallach as Frank Enari
- Michael C. Gwynne as Val Adams
- Vic Perrin as Ryan Horner (voiceover; uncredited)
Release
Reception
Graeme Clark from The Spinning Image rated the film seven out of ten stars, praising the film's atmosphere, performances, and score.[2] Dave Sindelar from Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings also praised the film's atmosphere, and performances, calling it "one very effective TV-movie thriller".[3] The Terror Trap awarded the film three out of four stars, calling it "a triumph of mood creation".[4]
See also
References
- "The Chill Factor (1973) - Jerrold Freedman". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Clark, Graeme. "Cold Night's Death, A Review (1973)". TheSpinningImage.co.uk. Graeme Clark. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Sindelar, Dave. "A Cold Night's Death (1973)". FantasticMovieMusings.com. Dave Sindelar. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "A Cold Night's Death (1973)". TerrorTrap.com. The Terror Trap. Retrieved 26 September 2019.