Winter Kills

Movie · Thriller · Drama

Jeff Bridges stars as Nick Kegan, the son of world famous tycoon Pa Kegan (John Huston) and half brother of the late President Timothy Kegan who was slain by a lone assassin 19 years earlier. But when a long rumored second gunman makes a secret deathbed confession, Nick begins to unravel a trail of suspects that includes a billionaire war freak (Sterling Hayden), a murderous mob boss (Ralph Meeker), a shady nightclub owner (Eli Wallach), a Cuban kingpin (Tomas Milian), an eccentric computer expert (Anthony Perkins) and a mysterious Washington madam (Elizabeth Taylor). Belinda Bauer, Toshiro Mifune, Dorothy Malone and Richard Boone co-star in this one-of-a-kind dark comedy thriller from acclaimed writer/director William Richert. Based on the best selling novel by Richard Condon (Prizzi's Honor and The Manchurian Candidate).

1979 · 1h 37m
Director William Richert

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Winter Kills

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Jeff Bridges stars as Nick Kegan, the son of world famous tycoon Pa Kegan (John Huston) and half brother of the late President Timothy Kegan who was slain by a lone assassin 19 years earlier. But when a long rumored second gunman makes a secret deathbed confession, Nick begins to unravel a trail of suspects that includes a billionaire war freak (Sterling Hayden), a murderous mob boss (Ralph Meeker), a shady nightclub owner (Eli Wallach), a Cuban kingpin (Tomas Milian), an eccentric computer expert (Anthony Perkins) and a mysterious Washington madam (Elizabeth Taylor). Belinda Bauer, Toshiro Mifune, Dorothy Malone and Richard Boone co-star in this one-of-a-kind dark comedy thriller from acclaimed writer/director William Richert. Based on the best selling novel by Richard Condon (Prizzi's Honor and The Manchurian Candidate).

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Average 7.3
Reviews 25
Fresh 22
Rotten 3

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Studio
Lionsgate
Released
1979
Run Time
1 hr 37 min
Rated
R
Region of Origin
United States
© 1979 Winter Gold Productions Ltd.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AD, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC, SDH)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.