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Bloodline (1979)When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set. Director:Terence Young |
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Claudia Mori | ... |
Donatella
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Simonetta Palazzi
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Charles Martin
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Hélène Roffe-Martin
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Ivo Palazzi
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Kate Erling
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Inspector Max Hornung
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Julius Prager
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Marcel Bozzuffi | ... |
Man in Black
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Pinkas Braun | ... |
Dr. Wal
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Wulf Kessler | ... |
Young Sam Roffe
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Sam Roffe, president of a multi-national pharmaceutical corporation, is killed while mountain-climbing. It is first determined to be an accident, but Inspector Max Hormung later deduces that Roffe was murdered. Sam's daughter Elizabeth assumes control of the company, and while traveling through Europe she immediately becomes a target as well. Suspicion falls on the Roffe cousins, all of whom want to go public with the company and sell their stock at a huge profit. Since this would be against her father's wishes, Elizabeth rejects their advice and decides to keep the company within the family. As Inspector Hormung investigates the background of the cousins, more attempts are made on Elizabeth's life. Hoping to reveal the guilty party, Hormung is able to connect these attempts to a series of murders on prostitutes, which are recorded on snuff films. Written by alfiehitchie
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Release Date:
29 June 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline See more »Box Office
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$12,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Early in the movie the curtains are drawn back in Audrey Hepburn's home and we see a busy downtown street, but later they're drawn back and there is an ocean view. At a board meeting, Romy Schneider is first seen from behind, sitting at the table with her golden hair showing, but as soon as she is seen full-face her hair is all tucked up under a turban. See more »Goofs
In Sardinia, when Major Campagna talks to his soldiers, he speaks in Italian, but when he talks to his superior, on the phone, he speaks in English and not in Italian. See more »Quotes
Elizabeth Roffe: [to Rhys as she flees Maxim's] You really and truly are a perfect bastard!See more »
I enjoyed this movie! Any time Audrey Hepburn graced the screen was an occasion and for her to be paired with Ben Gazzara made this movie extra special for me. The story is interesting; the scenery is beautiful; a delightful romance develops; and who could forget Omar Shariff's shenanigans with his wife, his daughters and his mistresses? I do not wish that every single copy would disappear - I wish that they would put it on DVD. In fact, I have an excellent copy on VHS that I taped from TV. I have tried to copy it on my DVD recorder but they marked it so that it cannot be copied. I don't understand this practice but that has nothing to do with this movie! Sidney Sheldon is an excellent storyteller - and this one is no exception. As pointed out by another reviewer here, there may be cinematic flaws and shortcuts in this film - I did not notice them. I was much too engrossed in the story.