''The Ultimate Thrill'' is a 1974
American
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thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...
directed by
Robert Butler and starring
Barry Brown,
Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland (; born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress, model and singer. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in '' The Double Man'' (1967), ''The Night They Raided ...
and
Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German-born film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s TV series ''The Rat Patrol ...
.
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/ref> It was also released under the title ''Ultimate Chase''. The soundtrack was by Ed Townsend
Edward Benjamin 'Ed' Townsend (April 16, 1929 – August 13, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, producer and attorney. He performed and composed "For Your Love", a rhythm and blues doo wop classic, and co-wrote "Let's Get It On" with Marvi ...
which to the present day has not been released.
Plot
Cast
* Barry Brown as Joe Straker
* Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland (; born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress, model and singer. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in '' The Double Man'' (1967), ''The Night They Raided ...
as Michele Parlay
* Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German-born film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s TV series ''The Rat Patrol ...
as Roland Parlay
* Michael Blodgett
Michael Blodgett (September 26, 1939 – November 14, 2007) was an American actor, novelist, and screenwriter. Of his many film and television appearances he is best known for his performance as gigolo Lance Rocke in Russ Meyer's 1970 cult cl ...
as Tom
* John Davis Chandler
John Davis Chandler (January 28, 1935 – February 16, 2010) was an American actor.
Life
Chandler was born in Hinton, West Virginia. He died at age 75 in Toluca Lake, California from cancer.
Career
In two films in 1961, he portrayed the gangs ...
as Evans
* Ed Baierlein as Webster
* Paul Feliz as Fielder
* Carol Adams as The Secretary
* Sam Darling as The Bartender
* June Goodman as Pretzel
* Mary Hampton as Woman At Deli
* David Kahn as Denver Clerk
* Hallie McCollum as Day Clerk
* Ronald L. Schwary
Ronald Louis Schwary (May 23, 1944 – July 2, 2020) was an Academy Award winning American producer and director. Films that he was either producer or executive producer include ''Ordinary People'' for which he won an Academy Award for Best Pictu ...
as Danny
* Gary Tessler as Night Clerk
See also
* List of American films of 1974
A list of American films released in 1974.
''The Godfather Part II'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
A–Z
Documentaries
See also
* 1974 in the United States
References
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1970s thriller films
1970s English-language films
Films directed by Robert Butler
American thriller films
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