My Blood Runs Cold (1965)

Disturbed young man meets a girl he believes to be a long-dead ancestor.

Director:

William Conrad

Writers:

John Mantley (screenplay), John Meredyth Lucas (story)

Stars:

Troy Donahue, Joey Heatherton, Barry Sullivan

Cast

Cast overview:
Troy Donahue	...	Ben Gunther
Joey Heatherton	...	Julie Merriday
Barry Sullivan	...	Julian Merriday
Nicolas Coster	...	Harry Lindsay
Jeanette Nolan	...	Sarah Merriday
Russell Thorson	...	Sheriff R. Seaton
Ben Wright	...	Lansbury
Shirley Mitchell	...	Mrs. Courtland
Howard McNear	...	Henry
Howard Wendell	...	Mayor
John Holland	...	Mr. Courtland
John McCook	...	Owen

Storyline

Wealthy, reckless Californian Julie Merriday, accompanied by her boyfriend Harry Lindsay, an attorney, narrowly avoids crashing into a motorcycle driven by young Ben Gunther. Ben temporarily abandons his damaged cycle and accepts a ride from Julie but insists upon calling her Barbara. Later, at the Merriday beach house, Julie's Aunt Sarah tells Julie that her great great grandmother was named Barbara, and furthermore, that ancestress had an illegitimate child fathered by one Benjamin Gunther. Despite her father's protestations and Ben's irrational conviction that she and he are reincarnations of the past lovers, Julie breaks off with Harry and elopes with Ben. While aboard a small ketch Ben claims he owns, Julie finds the earlier Benjamin's diary, reads of his affair with her ancestress, and realizes that Ben lied.

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Plot Keywords:

reincarnation | diary | ancestor | aunt | helicopter | 

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Taglines:

Is It Possible That The Dead Can Be Reborn?

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 March 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cita trágica

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When helicopter is chasing Ben and Julie, they are running across sun-drenched field but in reverse shots copter is flying beneath cloudy skies.

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Connections

Referenced in True Romance (1993)

User Reviews

Joey Heatherton: baby doll thespian!

One of our local TV channels used to show this movie frequently on the late show--but not at all in the last 10 years, so it appears "My Blood Runs Cold" is another in the long line of forgotten '60s potboilers. Too bad, because it's dopey fun. Joey Heatherton proves she's quite the little thespian here, portraying swinging single meeting a strange young man who is convinced he was her lover in a past life! Story is fairly tight, until the last reel when it begins to unravel. The chase-climax is straight off the assembly line. However, Joey is really charismatic here and had me glued to the screen. She overcomes the obvious exploitation angle director William Conrad takes and gives the picture a big boost. **1/2 from ****