---
title: 'Winter Kills (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Richert'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/winter-kills-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080139/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Winter Kills (1979)

1979 · 97 min · Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Winter Kills is a 1979 satirical black comedy thriller film written and directed by William Richert, based on the 1974 novel by Richard Condon. Inspired by the John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy, its ensemble cast includes Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Richard Boone, Toshirō Mifune, Sterling Hayden, Dorothy Malone, Belinda Bauer, Ralph Meeker, Elizabeth Taylor, Berry Berenson and Susan Walden.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Richert](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-richert)
- **Screenplay:** [Richard Condon](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-condon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vilmos Zsigmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilmos-zsigmond)
- **Editor:** [David Bretherton](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-bretherton)

## Cast

- [Joe Spinell](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-spinell)
- [Erin Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/erin-gray)
- [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- [Dorothy Malone](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-malone)
- [Tomas Milian](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomas-milian)
- [Anthony Perkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-perkins)
- [Camilla Sparv](https://cinepixo.com/people/camilla-sparv)
- [Sterling Hayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/sterling-hayden)
- [Tisa Farrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tisa-farrow)
- [David Spielberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-spielberg)
- [Belinda Bauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/belinda-bauer)
- [Robert F. Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-f-boyle)
- [Ralph Meeker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-meeker)
- [Eli Wallach](https://cinepixo.com/people/eli-wallach)
- [Richard Boone](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-boone)

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