- The Black Windmill
Infobox Film | name = The Black Windmill
image_size = 175px
caption = original film poster
director =Don Siegel
producer =Richard D. Zanuck
David BrownDon Siegel
writer =Clive Egleton ("Seven Days to a Killing")
starring =Michael Caine John Vernon Janet Suzman Donald Pleasence
music =Roy Budd
cinematography =Ousama Rawi
editing =
distributor =Universal Pictures
released =August 2 1974
runtime = 106 minutes
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imdb_id = 0071229"The Black Windmill" is a British
spy thriller released in 1974.It stars
Michael Caine ,John Vernon ,Janet Suzman andDonald Pleasence , and was directed by the American,Don Siegel .The screenplay by
Leigh Vance is based onClive Egleton 's novel "Seven Days to a Killing ".The film was made, in part, on location at
Clayton Windmills , south ofBurgess Hill , inWest Sussex ,England .ynopsis
The story involves a British
secret service agent, John Tarrant (Caine), involved in an investigation against an international arms syndicate. Tarrant's son is kidnapped and held to ransom, leading Tarrant to discover that he cannot even rely on the people on his own side.Principal cast
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Michael Caine - Major John Tarrant
*Joseph O'Conor - Sir Edward Julyan
*Donald Pleasence - Cedric Harper
*John Vernon - McKee
*Janet Suzman - Alex Tarrant
*Delphine Seyrig - Ceil Burrows
*Joss Ackland - Chief Superintendent Wray
*Clive Revill - Alf Chestermann
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