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Union City (1980)

Union City poster
Directed by
Marcus Reichert
Genre
drama film, crime film, romance film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes obsessed with the milkman he suspects is stealing from his apartment. His paranoia builds as he involves his wife and a detective in his suspicions.

noir-ishsleazytenseslow-pacedparanoidclaustrophobic

What happens

Union City is a 1980 American neo-noir crime mystery film directed by Mark Reichert and starring Deborah Harry, Dennis Lipscomb, and Everett McGill. Based on the short story "Union City: The Corpse Next Door" by Cornell Woolrich, the film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 1980, before opening in New York City on September 26, 1980, and in Los Angeles on August 5, 1981. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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