---
title: 'The Black Windmill (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Don Siegel'
released: '1974-05-17'
runtime_minutes: 106
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-windmill-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071229/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Black Windmill (1974)

1974 · PG · 106 min · Thriller · Australia, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Black Windmill is a 1974 spy thriller film directed and produced by Don Siegel, and starring Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill, John Vernon, Joss Ackland and Janet Suzman. Caine portrays a British intelligence officer whose son is kidnapped and held for ransom. The screenplay is based on Clive Egleton's 1973 novel Seven Days to a Killing.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Don Siegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-siegel)
- **Producer:** [Don Siegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-siegel), [Richard D. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-d-zanuck), [David Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-brown)
- **Screenplay:** [Clive Egleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-egleton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Budd](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-budd)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ousama Rawi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ousama-rawi)
- **Editor:** [Antony Gibbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/antony-gibbs)

## Cast

- [Edward Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-hardwicke)
- [Catherine Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-schell)
- [Patrick Barr](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-barr)
- [Donald Pleasence](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-pleasence)
- [John Rhys-Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-rhys-davies)
- [Hermione Baddeley](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermione-baddeley)
- [Roger Lumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-lumont)
- [Maureen Pryor](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-pryor)
- [Preston Lockwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/preston-lockwood)
- [John Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-harvey)
- [Denis Quilley](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-quilley)
- [Clive Revill](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-revill)
- [Yves Afonso](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-afonso)
- [David Daker](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-daker)
- [Michael Caine](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-caine)

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