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The Black Windmill

Play trailer Poster for The Black Windmill PG,  1974,  1h 46m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 57% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 36% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
57% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 36% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Hated by his boss (Delphine Seyrig), estranged from his wife (Donald Pleasence), a British secret agent (Michael Caine) tries to rescue his kidnapped son.

Critics Reviews

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Penelope Gilliatt The New Yorker Mar 6, 2024
The film is full of set pieces that are nearly up to 007 at his groomed best, except that Michael Cain is no mere gamesman at showing off. He makes peril seem real. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jul 10, 2018
2/4
The Black Windmill commits the one crime no thriller can be pardoned for. It's not thrilling. It's also terribly passive and static, and Siegel directs Caine almost to a standstill. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Mar 31, 2021
4/5
...a rewarding watch for fans of Michael Caine, and director Don Siegel... Go to Full Review
Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia Mar 24, 2021
Caine, as usual, eats up every scene and the writing cleverly serves up a number of red herrings. Go to Full Review
Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press Dec 13, 2019
The Black Windmill finds its producer-director Don Siegel invading Hitchcock territory. He'd have been better off staying at home. Go to Full Review
Raquel Stecher Out of the Past Jan 4, 2019
The Black Windmill suffers from a lack of real tension and a convoluted plot. Go to Full Review
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Leia R Apr 8, 2017 If you like Caine you will love this one. Why the audience didn't like this one is beyond me. Caine's son is kidnapped and as he works for the British secret service he becomes involved in a ransom attempt on his son. The Brits won't pay up so its up to him to deliver the ransom and he tries but it is not so easy. This is a fast paced thriller which is well worth your time. Without Caine as a star this could have been just another movie about extortion. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Don Siegel

Director

Michael Caine

Maj. John Tarrant

Donald Pleasence

Cedric Harper

Delphine Seyrig

Ceil Burrows

Clive Revill

Alf Chestermann

John Vernon

McKee

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The Black Windmill

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Movie Info

Synopsis Hated by his boss (Delphine Seyrig), estranged from his wife (Donald Pleasence), a British secret agent (Michael Caine) tries to rescue his kidnapped son.
Director
Don Siegel
Producer
Don Siegel
Screenwriter
Leigh Vance
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int
Rating
PG
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 46m
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