The Ultimate Thrill (1974)
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 110 min | Year: 1974 |  United States of America

At a Colorado ski resort, a jealous man's paranoia results in murder.

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Cheating Notes

Filed under Failed Cheating Situation and Suspected But Did not Cheat. The husband uses jealousy as an excuse to murder. The wife falls for the second guy but it doesn't materialize into sex or kissing. You might be interested in the scenes where the first guy is hitting on the wife, or the wife hanging out with the second guy and falling for him. And also, in the story itself.

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The film begins with a commuter plane landing. Two passengers who debark are Tom Moore (Michael Blodgett) - a cocky, arrogant young womanizer on the prowl, and his friend, Joe Strayker (Barry Brown) - a sensitive young author from Los Angeles on vacation.

Another passenger, Roland Parley (Eric Braeden)is met by his younger "trophy" wife, Michele (Britt Ekland). Parley (dark and craggily handsome) conveys an undercurrent of menace; he is an ogre straight out of a fairy tale. A super-rich, multilingual international wheeler dealer, Parley also has plenty of time for spousal abuse.

Tom Moore is a case of arrested development: a loud, snotty "makeout artist", he has the rich industrialist's wife Michele squarely in his sights. (Having roiled Parley earlier by his insolence, Moore does not realize that Parley is a dangerous man to alienate.)

Parley is called back to his corporation on business; in his absence, Tom Moore pursues Michele Parley with an ill-considered recklessness. Ignoring her insistent demurrals, Moore shows up at Parley's lodge (deliberately wet from the snow) so that he can come inside to "dry off and change into something more comfortable."

Parley comes home unexpectedly. Though nothing sexually has occurred, he assumes the worst after catching Tom Moore in his house with his wife. He, orders Moore out. Moore compounds his stupidity by "smarting off" to Parley - which proves to be a fatal mistake.

Parley pursues the skiing Moore in a helicopter. Too late, Moore takes desperate measures to avoid the madman which, in the end, prove unavailing.

Parley then "punishes" his wife for her supposed infidelity by smashing her in the face with his fist, chasing her through the lodge, cornering her and ripping off her clothes, and finally subjecting her to a "rough sex" rape. (Michele Parley lies motionless, mutely resigned, meekly accepting her "punishment" at the hands of her psychopathic, murderous spouse.)

On the slopes afterward, Parley meets Joe Strayker, and "befriends" the unsuspecting author. the two men engage in a skiing contest, and the result is a dynamic, breathless race as both of them "hotdog" down the steep, snow-covered slopes.

Parley (impressed by the younger man's virtuoso performance)invites him back to the lodge. Again, a business call demands the industrialist's attention. Parley asks Joe to stay with his wife in his absence, but for the evilest of reasons: Parley is setting up the unassuming Strayker for the kill.

Joe lingers there awhile; he finds one of his books at the lodge, and commences to tell Michele Parley a fairy story from it. Michele is enchanted by Joe's gentle nature, and his sweet, sad smile - and falls in love with him.

Parley returns from business, sneaking into his home with a gun in his hand, ready to murder Strayker. He is enraged to find that Strayker has since headed back to the resort.

Michele, agitated by her husband's homicidal rage, rushes into town to find Joe, but won't tell him why she is upset. Joe tries to caress her cheek reassuringly, but Michele suddenly flees, leaving him perplexed.

Frustrated, Joe returns to the lodge for an explanation; confronted by Parley (who proposes a variant of the "Most Dangerous Game", in which man hunts man), Parley offers Joe a "sporting chance" for survival: a gun with one bullet in it. Joe dons his skis - and the chase is on.

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