The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 747 1980s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert ButlerDirector
- Rick NatkinScreenplay
- William W. NortonScreenplay
- Artie KaneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James BrolinSean Boyd
- Cliff GormanGus Soltic
- Richard S. CastellanoLt. Tonelli
- Linda MillerBarbara Boyd
- Barton HeymanPreacher
- Sully BoyarLarry the Dog Catcher
- Julie CarmenMaria
- Abby BluestoneKathy Boyd
- Dan HedayaSgt. Otis Barnes
- Mandy PatinkinAllesandro the Cabbie
- Marco St. JohnHampton Richmond Clayton III
- Frank AduWino
Stills
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Themes
ransompsychopathmanhattan, new york citychild kidnappingneo-noir
The Best Movies of 1980
Night of the Juggler is #21 of 60
