Main Cast: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill, John Vernon
Release Year: 1974
Country: UK
Run Time: 106 minutes
Plot
Michael Caine stars as an espionage agent whose young son is kidnapped. Complicating matters is the fact that the kidnappers (John Vernon and Delphine Seyrig) are Caine's own colleagues. They want to secure Caine's aid in rounding up a diamond smuggling ring, and they don't care who they have to hurt to do so. He agrees to go along, all the while searching for his missing son. Janet Suzman co-stars as Caine's estranged wife, who is compelled to join him in his search. Helmed by veteran filmmaker Don Siegel, The Black Windmill is based on Seven Days to a Killing, a novel by Clive Egleton. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Joss Ackland - Chief Superintendent Wray; Hermione Baddeley - Hetty; Patrick Barr - Gen. St. John; Murray Brown - Doctor; Joyce Carey - Harper's Secretary; Brenda Cowling - Pleasant Secretary; David Daker - Thickset M.I. 5 Man; John Rhys-Davies - Special Policeman; Edward Hardwicke - Mike McCarthy; John Harvey - Heppenstal; Preston Lockwood - Ilkeston; Russell Napier - Adm. Ballentyne; Derek Newark - Monitoring Policeman; Joseph O'Conor - Sir Edward Julyan; Maureen Pryor - Jane Harper; Denis Quilley - Bateson; Catherine Schell - Lady Julyan; Janet Suzman - Alex Tarrant; Molly Urquhart - Margaret; George A. Cooper - Pincus; Paul Humpoletz - Tomkins; Frank Henson - S.P. Driver; Hilary Sesta - Ilkeston's Secretary; Derek Lord - Sollars; Michael Segal - Postman
Credit
Peter Murton - Art Director, Anthony Mendleson - Costume Designer, Kip Gowans - First Assistant Director, Don Siegel - Director, Antony Gibbs - Editor, David Brown - Executive Producer, Richard D. Zanuck - Executive Producer, Roy Budd - Composer (Music Score), Ousama Rawi - Cinematographer, Don Siegel - Producer, John W. Mitchell - Sound/Sound Designer, Leigh Vance - Screenwriter, Clive Egleton - Book Author
The story involves a British secret service agent, John Tarrant (Caine), involved in an investigation against an international arms syndicate. Tarrant's son (Moss) is kidnapped and held to ransom, leading Tarrant to discover that he cannot even rely on the people on his own side.
