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That Cold Day in the Park is a 1969 psychological drama thriller film directed by Robert Altman and starring Sandy Dennis. Based on the novel of the same name by Richard Miles and adapted for the screen by Gillian Freeman, it was filmed on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the events occur.
That Cold Day in the Park: Directed by Robert Altman. With Sandy Dennis, Michael Burns, Susanne Benton, David Garfield. One day, Frances Austen, a rich but lonely woman, invites a young man from a nearby park to her apartment and offers to let him stay there--and has no intention of ever letting him leave.
- (2.3K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Robert Altman
- 1969-06-08
More's the pity. "That Cold Day in the Park" is pretty well done. Sandy Dennis supplies a convincing portrait of the repressed, sex-obsessed spinster. Michael Burns is adequate as the boy, in a role that makes small demands on acting ability.
Frances Austen, a wealthy spinster in her early 30's, spots a bedraggled young man huddled in the rain on a park bench across from her elegant Vancouver apartment.
- Robert Altman, Harold Schneider
- Sandy Dennis
Wealthy Frances Austen (Sandy Dennis) conducts herself as if she were older than she actually is, but when she spies a blond youth (Michael Burns) sitting alone in a rain-swept Vancouver park, she takes him to her apartment.
Mar 15, 2024 · On a cold and rainy day, Frances Austen (Sandy Dennis, Academy Award winner for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), a reclusive virgin sheltered from the sexual revolution happening outside her...
- 2 min
- 2.7K
- Arrow Video
Frances Austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where she lives. Despite her best efforts, their lack of communication only increases her sense of loneliness, as her possessiveness spirals into frightening new realms.
