The Cold Light of Day
“To get inside a killer's head, a cop must pick the next victim... before the killer does.”
1996 · 1 h 41 min
Rudolf van den BergCast
Richard E. Grant 
Lynsey Baxter Perdita Weeks Simon Cadell 
Thom Hoffman 
James Laurenson
Credits
Written by: 
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Plot
A man in a small village hides a secret, and a woman and a detective investigate.
Sinekatalog’s take
Rudolf van den Berg's Dutch thriller is a dark, quiet film; the details here rest on the synopsis.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.2 / 10 (1,075 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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