A Cold Night's Death

A Cold Night's Death (also known as The Chill Factor) is a 1973 American made for television horror-thriller film. The film was shown on January 30, 1973, on the ABC network.

A Cold Night's Death
Genre	Horror Sci-Fi Thriller
Written by	Christopher Knopf
Directed by	Jerrold Freedman
Starring	Robert Culp Eli Wallach Michael C. Gwynne
Music by	Gil Melle
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Leonard Goldberg Aaron Spelling
Producer	Paul Junger Witt
Production location	20th Century Fox Studios
Cinematography	Leonard J. South
Editor	David Berlatsky
Running time	74 minutes
Production companies	ABC Circle Films Spelling-Goldberg Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	January 30, 1973 (1973-01-30)

The film was directed by Jerrold Freedman and starred Robert Culp, Eli Wallach, and Michael C. Gwynne. Culp and Wallach are two research scientists at the Tower Mountain Research Station (filmed at the University of California's high altitude Barcroft Research Station) who are trying to unravel the mysterious death of a colleague.

Plot

After the mysterious deaths of their colleagues, scientists Robert Jones (Robert Culp) and Frank Enari (Eli Wallach) are sent to an isolated research station deep in the Arctic Circle to continue their observation of monkey behavioral patterns. As the two men quarrel over who has to clean the station and other responsibilities, they slowly realize that the deaths of their co-workers may have something to do with a mysterious and dangerous presence, one that the monkeys increasingly fear.

Cast

• Robert Culp as Robert Jones
• Eli Wallach as Frank Enari
• Michael C. Gwynne as Val Adams
• Vic Perrin as Ryan Horner (voiceover; uncredited)

Release

Reception

Graeme Clark from The Spinning Image rated the film seven out of ten stars, praising the film's atmosphere, performances, and score.^[1] Dave Sindelar from Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings also praised the film's atmosphere and performances, calling it "one very effective TV-movie thriller".^[2] The Terror Trap awarded the film three out of four stars, calling it "a triumph of mood creation".^[3] The movie was nominated for the 1974 Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Best Television Feature or Miniseries.^[4]

See also

• List of American films of 1973