City in Fear (1980)

Directed by

Jud Taylor

Genre

drama, thriller, tv movie

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A newspaper exploits a serial killer's rampage to boost its own sales. The story follows the journalists, the police, and the killer as they each pursue their own goals.

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What happens

City in Fear is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jud Taylor, under the pseudonym Alan Smithee, and written by Peter Masterson based on a story by Albert Ruben. The film, starring David Janssen (in one of his final roles), Robert Vaughn, Mickey Rourke, Susan Sullivan and Perry King, follows a newspaper's attempts to sensationalize the killing spree of a psychopath. Filmed in mid-1979, City in Fear premiered in the US on ABC on March 30, 1980, one month after Janssen's death. The film won an Edgar Allan Poe Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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