City in Fear (1980)
2h 16m
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March 30, 1980Release Date
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A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.
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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.