The Night of the Following Day (1968)
Country: GB
Technical: Technicolor 93m
Director: Hubert Cornfield
Cast: Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Pamela Franklin, Rita Moreno, Jess Hahn, Gérard Buhr
Synopsis:
A motley crew of criminals kidnap an heiress at Orly airport and drive to a safe house near Le Touquet awaiting payment of the ransom. However, one of them has doubts about the whole scheme, his girlfriend's nerves are frayed and she is back on the dope, and another is a psychopath who wants any excuse to get to work on their captive.
Review:
Watchable European production, though with an interesting idea of French geography. It avoids the clunkily accented dialogue of its continental equivalents, and though it is nowhere near as smoothly put together as a Hollywood film, that adds to its charm. The insight into a small community with its cafe and local gendarme works well, and there is considerable attention to detail in the working out of the plot. Characterization is less developed, however, and the most fleshed out performances are Moreno's, who is ever brilliant, and Boone's, who had a hand in the direction! Brando is trim and watchable, but evidently decided to phone this one in.
Country: GB
Technical: Technicolor 93m
Director: Hubert Cornfield
Cast: Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Pamela Franklin, Rita Moreno, Jess Hahn, Gérard Buhr
Synopsis:
A motley crew of criminals kidnap an heiress at Orly airport and drive to a safe house near Le Touquet awaiting payment of the ransom. However, one of them has doubts about the whole scheme, his girlfriend's nerves are frayed and she is back on the dope, and another is a psychopath who wants any excuse to get to work on their captive.
Review:
Watchable European production, though with an interesting idea of French geography. It avoids the clunkily accented dialogue of its continental equivalents, and though it is nowhere near as smoothly put together as a Hollywood film, that adds to its charm. The insight into a small community with its cafe and local gendarme works well, and there is considerable attention to detail in the working out of the plot. Characterization is less developed, however, and the most fleshed out performances are Moreno's, who is ever brilliant, and Boone's, who had a hand in the direction! Brando is trim and watchable, but evidently decided to phone this one in.
Country: GB
Technical: Technicolor 93m
Director: Hubert Cornfield
Cast: Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Pamela Franklin, Rita Moreno, Jess Hahn, Gérard Buhr
Synopsis:
A motley crew of criminals kidnap an heiress at Orly airport and drive to a safe house near Le Touquet awaiting payment of the ransom. However, one of them has doubts about the whole scheme, his girlfriend's nerves are frayed and she is back on the dope, and another is a psychopath who wants any excuse to get to work on their captive.
Review:
Watchable European production, though with an interesting idea of French geography. It avoids the clunkily accented dialogue of its continental equivalents, and though it is nowhere near as smoothly put together as a Hollywood film, that adds to its charm. The insight into a small community with its cafe and local gendarme works well, and there is considerable attention to detail in the working out of the plot. Characterization is less developed, however, and the most fleshed out performances are Moreno's, who is ever brilliant, and Boone's, who had a hand in the direction! Brando is trim and watchable, but evidently decided to phone this one in.