The Cold Light of Day

19961996
1h 36m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Richard E. Grant, Lynsey Baxter, and Perdita Weeks in The Cold Light of Day (1996)

Drama Thriller

A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

941

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

28,361

10,721

Director
- Rudolf van den Berg
Writers
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt(based on "Es geschah am hellichten Tag" by)
- Doug Magee(screenplay)
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Awards
- 4 nominations

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Richard E. Grant in The Cold Light of Day (1996)

Lynsey Baxter in The Cold Light of Day (1996)

Richard E. Grant and Lynsey Baxter in The Cold Light of Day (1996)

Lynsey Baxter and Perdita Weeks in The Cold Light of Day (1996)

Richard E. Grant, Lynsey Baxter, and Simon Cadell in The Cold Light of Day (1996)

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Trivia
Later remade as The Pledge (2001) starring Jack Nicholson.

Quotes
[last lines]
Vladimir Kozant: Shoot... please!

Connections
Version of Rikos keskellä päivää (1958)

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7/10

A pretty solid thriller.

A recently finished cop sets out to catch a child killer, using a very dubios and dangerous means.

I rather enjoyed this, it's a good solid thriller, with some good characters, and really fine acting.

Richard E Grant is excellent, as always as the troubled Detective, Simon Cadell is excellent as the criminal, I had no idea he appeared in films such as this, having been so used to watching him in Hi-de-hi.

There are a few plot holes, I don't think anyone could argue with that, would he really have taken such a drastic course of action, in such a secluded place. I'm not too sure, but it does add to the drama.

The ending is very good, and dramatic.

Enjoyable, 7/10.

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