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Nightmare in Chicago (1964)

Nightmare in Chicago poster
Directed by
Robert Altman
Genre
crime, drama, tv movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A serial killer hunts victims along a turnpike near Chicago. The police pursue the killer through a series of tense encounters.

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What happens

Nightmare in Chicago is a 1964 suspense thriller crime television film produced and directed by Robert Altman, based on the novella Killer on the Turnpike by William P. McGivern. It was originally filmed as an episode of the NBC series Kraft Suspense Theatre titled "Once Upon a Savage Night" before being expanded into the TV movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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