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Seven Days to a Killing

by Clive Egletonliterary work· published 1973

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Seven Days to a Killing is a British spy novel by Clive Egleton, published in 1973. It was adapted to film as The Black Windmill in 1974, with Michael Caine as the lead. It concerns an MI6 officer whose son is kidnapped, and a ransom of $500,000 demanded.

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Seven Days to a Killing was adapted into a 1974 film.

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    The Black Windmill
    1974 · film · 106 min · dir. Don Siegel · IMDb ↗

    A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.