A Cold Night's Death

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A Cold Night's Death
GenreHorror
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Written byChristopher Knopf
Directed by
StarringRobert Culp
Eli Wallach
Michael C. Gwynne
Music byGil Melle
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersLeonard Goldberg
Aaron Spelling
ProducersPaul Junger Witt
Robert Monroe (associate producer)
Tony Thomas (associate producer)
Production location
Cinematography
Editor
Running time74 minutes
Production companiesABC Circle Films
Spelling-Goldberg Productions
20th Century Fox Television
DistributorDisney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original networkABC
Picture formatColor
Audio formatMono
Original release
  • January 30, 1973 (1973-01-30)

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.

The film was directed by 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.

Plot[]

Cast[]

  • Robert Culp as Robert Jones
  • Eli Wallach as Frank Enari
  • Michael C. Gwynne as Val Adams
  • Vic Perrin as Ryan Horner (voiceover; uncredited)

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Reception[]

Graeme Clark from The Spinning Image rated the film seven out of ten stars, praising the film's atmosphere, performances, and score.[1] Dave Sindelar from Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings also praised the film's atmosphere, and performances, calling it "one very effective TV-movie thriller".[2] The Terror Trap awarded the film three out of four stars, calling it "a triumph of mood creation".[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ Clark, Graeme. "Cold Night's Death, A Review (1973)". TheSpinningImage.co.uk. Graeme Clark. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. ^ Sindelar, Dave. "A Cold Night's Death (1973)". FantasticMovieMusings.com. Dave Sindelar. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. ^ "A Cold Night's Death (1973)". TerrorTrap.com. The Terror Trap. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

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