City in Fear (1980)
2h 16m
Running Time
March 30, 1980Release Date
City in Fear (1980)
2h 16m
Running Time
March 30, 1980Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
David Janssen
Vince Perrino
Robert Vaughn
Harrison Crawford III
Perry King
Lt. John Armstrong
William Prince
Harrison Crawford II
Mickey Rourke
Tony Pate
Susan Sullivan
Madeleine Crawford
Jud Taylor
Director
William Daniels
Freeman Stribling
Albert Ruben
Writer
Pepe Serna
Raymond Zavala
Peter Masterson
Writer
Ronald Lyon
Producer
Allan Miller
George Weller
M. Emmet Walsh
Sheldon Lewis
Leonard Rosenman
Composer
John Bailey
Cinematographer
Mark Lonow
Henry Zeller
Lane Binkley
Doris Greasza
Christopher Allport
Kenny Reiger
Lane Smith
Brian
Cindy Eilbacher
Vera
Stephen Keep Mills
Mayor Boylen
Troas Hayes
Felicia Davenport
Mary Stuart Masterson
Abby Crawford
Pearl Shear
Mrs. Purdy
Gloria Stroock
Publisher's Assistant
Frank McRae
Captain Maslin
Judy Taylor
Casting
Charles Rosen
Production Design
Steve Nicolaides
Production Manager / Associate Producer
Fred A. Chulack
Editor
Alan Smithee
Director
King Baggot
Camera Operator
Sue Moore
Costumer
Nancy Fogarty
Music Editor
Robert Fawcett
Assistant Editor
Gary Moreno
Set Decoration
Bruce Hutchinson
Makeup Artist
Jules Melillo
Costumer
Steven Tramz
Second Assistant Director
Charles Ziarko
First Assistant Director
Alan Bernard
Production Sound Mixer
Wendy Atterbury
Script Supervisor
Jan Bransow
Hairstylist
Arthur Rosenblum
Executive In Charge Of Production
Gina DeFranco
Joel Fredrick
Tony Palmer
Media.
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Wiki.
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.