The Black Windmill

The Black Windmill

1974

Michael Caine plays a British intelligence officer whose daughter is kidnapped by terrorists, and his desperate attempts to find her are complicated by the suspicion that a mole inside his own organisation is feeding information to the enemy. Don Siegel directed this tightly wound Cold War thriller.

Director

  • Don Siegel

Cast

  • Michael Caine
  • Donald Pleasence
  • Delphine Seyrig
  • Clive Revill
  • John Vernon
  • Joss Ackland
  • Denis Quilley

Filming Locations

  • Jack And Jill Windmills

    The Jack and Jill windmills on the South Downs above Clayton, West Sussex, serve as the location for the climactic confrontation where Major Tarrant (Michael Caine) flushes out the traitor by arranging a rendezvous at the two mills.