Lucille Fletcher's Night Watch isn't the first average stage play to be turned into a better than average film. Astute direction and an improved cast more than help.
Night Watch
Once her nightmare begins...the terror never ends!
1973 · 1h 39m · PG
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Brian G. Hutton
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Night Watch
Overview
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
Director and cast
- Brian G. Hutton Director
- Elizabeth Taylor as Ellen Wheeler
- Laurence Harvey as John Wheeler
- Billie Whitelaw as Sarah Cooke
- Robert Lang as Appleby
- Tony Britton as Tony
- Bill Dean as Inspector Walker
- Michael Danvers-Walker as Sergeant Norris
- Rosario Serrano as Dolores
- Pauline Jameson as Secretary
- Linda Hayden as Girl in Car
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Elizabeth Taylor, and about time, has got herself a good picture and a whodunit at that
Tired, old-fashioned thriller.
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