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Night of the Following Day

Play trailer Poster for Night of the Following Day R Released Feb 26, 1969 1h 33m Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Two men (Marlon Brando, Richard Boone), a drug addict (Rita Moreno) and her brother kidnap a young woman for ransom in France.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The movie works on this level as a well-made melodrama. Rated: 3/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy A badly bungled caper yarn. Rated: 2/4 Jun 6, 2021 Full Review Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network The Night of the Following Day is more a curiosity than anything else but worth the sit to watch one of our finest screen actors, Marlon Brando, mesmerize and captivate with so little to work with. Rated: C- May 26, 2021 Full Review Penelope Houston The Spectator Somewhere beneath this wayward surface, a better film may be trying to fight its way out. Jul 11, 2018 Full Review Andrew L. Urban Urban Cinefile It's a terrific role, a sympathetic baddie who has certain standards Dec 20, 2008 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) An often fascinating film -- not good exactly, but never lacking in strange interest -- that features one of Brando's least 'methody' performances. Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 11, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Who doesn't love looking at Brando? But other than that the movie sucked. There's some entirely unnecessary exploitive nudity at the end too. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review laurent b Nice cinematography, very good actors (especially Brando as usual), but my god the plot is quite flat, and lacks tons of ideas. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Neither great nor terrible this middling thriller has a good cast and some nice location shooting but never really engages the viewer. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Brando says he made this film "for the money", unlike his favorite films. A critical success,the 1968 crime thriller is about a kidnapping of a DuPont. [img]http://bobsegarini.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/geoff-richard-boone.jpg[/img] Richard Boone kidnapping a DuPont I liked the film primarily because of Brando and even more for Richard Boone. Boone brings this casual criminal guy act to the film which betrays how evil he really can be. [img]http://i500.listal.com/image/1561255/500full.jpg[/img] Brando as Bud, part of the gang, is the rational one SEE this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE38qDiz5Z0 READ the review by Roger Ebert way back in 1969: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-night-of-the-following-day-1969 [img]http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/wE38qDiz5Z0/hqdefault.jpg[/img] Rita Merino, co-conspirator NOTES: 1 Brando wrote later in his autobiography that he made this film just for the money, unlike other films he cherished more, such as "Burn" and especially "Bedtime Story" with David Niven(the ONLY film he loved to wake up to do). 2 Brando's character is named Bud. In real life, it was his nickname in his family in Omaha and Illinois. 3 Brando thought a movie ought to have a message, especially a caring, thoughtful message about world problems. But he needed the money for his alimony at the time and made movies just for the cash. This movie he made for the cash. [img]http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/d4drhvke2w4WNYS8pXdMQxP4WrU.jpg[/img] Though Brano says he acted in this one strictly for the money, you would never know it. Just great. To see the film in 8 parts, start here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWByp_TR2wpa76rUh44oZrU1eiMxT22Tf [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Night_of_the_following_day_ver2.jpg/220px-Night_of_the_following_day_ver2.jpg[/img] Bud the chauffeur - Marlon Brando Leer - Richard Boone Vi the stewardess/accomplice - Rita Moreno Dupont's daughter - Pamela Franklin Wally, the dim sidekick - Jess Hahn Gendarme/fisherman - Gerard Buhr Cafe owner - Jacques Marin Dupont - Huques Wanner Pilot - Al Lettieri Directed by Hubert Cornfield Produced by Elliott Kastner Written by Hubert Cornfield Robert Phippeny Music by Stanley Myers Cinematography Willy Kurant Distributed by Universal Pictures Release dates 1968 Running time 93 min [img]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRavzgg6I5gxuwvuwRiTjaEApGm4TqGaxT3Pil-_zfuSMRiN8wk[/img] Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Better than I expected. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member A watchable movie in which nothing much happens. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two men (Marlon Brando, Richard Boone), a drug addict (Rita Moreno) and her brother kidnap a young woman for ransom in France.
Director
Hubert Cornfield
Producer
Hubert Cornfield
Screenwriter
Hubert Cornfield, Robert Philppeny, Lionel White
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 26, 1969, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
May 11, 2004
Runtime
1h 33m