The Night of the Following Day 1969

The Higher the Stakes, The Greater the Terror.

6.1 / 10   51 vote(s)
R
Thriller Crime

A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl's wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang's scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.

Release Date 1969-02-19
Runtime 1h 33m
Directors Hubert Cornfield, Willy Kurant, Georges Pellegrin
Producers Hubert Cornfield, Jerry Gershwin, Elliott Kastner, Al Lettieri, Marion Rosenberg
Writers Lionel White, Robert Phippeny, Hubert Cornfield

Slow burn of a crime-thriller has a solid performance from Marlon Brando, though, as usual for him, was extremely difficult to work with, butting heads with the director and even showed up on location for a scene drunk. Anyway, the final 15-minutes were well done but it does take a bit of patience to get through the middle section. 3.0/5

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