hyped garbage

best movie i've ever seen.

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Dear Hubert Cornfield,your film was a tense hostage drama with a very European feel. I say European feel because the film was quite slow and you took a lot of time with the scenes. The title sequence with the gorgeous Pamela Franklin simply dozing is an example of this. There were hardly any dialogs in the first 30 minutes. And it was set in Paris too.It was a great idea to place most of the action in a beach cottage. The sound of waves as the characters fought with each other and the tension grew was nice to listen to. Nothing like the sound of waves in a film. I don't think you used the setting to its full potential.Some of the things that created tension between the gang of kidnappers were a bit silly and clichéd. Like Richard Boone who was a bit psychotic. Why did they involve him in their plot in the first place? Rita Moreno's drug problem and her actions after she sniffs cocaine were also a bit hard to digest. These character deficiencies seemed to be uninspired. But then, they all sort of explain themselves in the end when it is revealed that this was all Pamela Franklin's premonitory dream. What was up with that ending? Jeez, who thought that up?Rita Moreno as the drug addicted air hostess was sexy as hell. Brando had a few opportunities to show his histrionic skills. His body language was great as usual. This film was made before he started to put on weight. But his blonde hair was a bit ridiculous. Richard Boone as the psychotic gangster and Jess Hahn as the level headed gang member who keeps it all together were very respectable. Pamela Franklin did not have much to do except look scared and show off her fat thighs.The film never really rises above a certain level. But the beautiful actors, the locales and the interesting background score makes this film worth a watch.Best Regards, Pimpin.(7/10)

A group of criminals kidnap a young girl to extort money from her rich father. While this sounded promising, it was an insufferably dull film, easily the worst I've seen of Marlon Brando's at this point. It's also flatly directed with poor characters and dumb dialog, some of it spoken unconvincingly even by Brando himself, "man", and it comes off as almost laughable! The first half contains meaningless squabbles between the gang, and then we get into other situations with little point to them. The music is bad too, and just when you thought it couldn't get worse, the lousy ending seals the deal shut.0 out of ****

This was a real shocker of a movie. I was very young when I first saw it and never had a clue as to the violence and psychological drama that would occur! This is a definite must see movie! Until I read the cast names, I had no idea that Rita Moreno had a part in it. Marlon Brando is a sympathetic character for quite some time. Poor Pamela, the one with no name, makes such a good victim. Unfortunately, the violence really keeps this from children watching; although nowadays, it wouldn't be considered that violent or disturbing by the jaded eyes of our new generation or the generation before! It would be great to know the background of this movie and the making of it! Pamela Franklin either liked the "victim" roles or they were the ones that were available to her at the time. ANOTHER interesting fact that I and many others would like to know! Who directed her choices? Who was her mentor? Where were her Parents? This is a DVD that I would certainly love to purchase unless it is only on VHS at this time.

Among Marlon Brando's brilliant filmography,"night of the following day" remains one of his most mysterious .I saw the movie twice (it was a continuous programme) when it was theatrically released and since,I have never talked about it with anybody afterward.Yesterday ,when I finally saw it again after all those years,I realized I totally missed the point the first time:I had not understood the ending.It was a time unexpected twists were not that much common .Of course Fritz Lang's "Woman in the window" had already been made but I hardly knew Lang's name.But if the ending eluded me ,blame it on the script too.To make sense,the whole story should have been seen through Pamela Franklin's eyes!Her part is underwritten ,she hasn't even got a name.Anyway,Brando's smile on the last picture is really spooky and makes me think of many films of today.Cornfield's main asset is the perfection of his cast:apart from the two names I mention above,Richard Boone,Jess Hahn and Rita Moreno are first-class actors.Hats off to the latter who manages quite well in French: all the scenes with the cop are suspenseful ("Je vous ai fait peur?"=Did I scare you?)Cornfield's use of France is devoid of the usual clichés:no accordion tune,no Eiffel Tower,and,on the Champ Elysées ,we can't even see the Arc of Triumph.On the other hand,his depiction of the little bistros (French pubs) is accurate and the (Normandy?) beach where most of the action takes place is a good location.The house is wrapped in silence disturbed only by the sea.There's something bizarre which almost explains the eerie ending.This story of kidnapping has been told and told and told.And however Hubert Cornfield 's movie is unlike all the other ones.Marlon Brando assumes an indifferent air,which increases the strange atmosphere .Towards the ending,everything is happening at once and we sometimes wonder whether the criminals' plans are that much good (in the bistro,they make blunder after another).French director Robert Hossein certainly appreciated Cornfield's movie since he made "Point de chute" starring singer Johnny Hallyday which bore more than a distant resemblance to "night of...".Like Franklin,the victim has no name either !Hubert Cornfield infatuation with France took the form of a ...French movie in 1976 "les Grands Moyens" from an Exbrayat's novel which sank without a trace.