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Nighthawks
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
1981 · Directed by Bruce Malmuth · 99 min · Action · Crime · Thriller · 26 frames
Tagline
One man can bring the world to its knees and only one man can stop him.
Crew
- Written by: David Shaber
- Cinematography: James A. Contner
- Edited by: Stanford C. Allen, Christopher Holmes
- Music: Keith Emerson
- Production design: Peter S. Larkin
- Produced by: Martin Poll
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as Deke DaSilva
- Billy Dee Williams as Matthew Fox
- Rutger Hauer as Wulfgar
- Lindsay Wagner as Irene
- Persis Khambatta as Shakka
- Nigel Davenport as Peter Hartman
- Hilarie Thompson as Pam
- Joe Spinell as Lt. Munafo
- Walter Mathews as Commissioner
- E. Brian Dean as Sergeant
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, French, German, Italian
- Studios: Martin Poll Productions, The Production Company, Universal Pictures
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $19,905,359
- Themes: police, undercover, chase, war veteran, murder, serial killer, terrorism, neo-noir
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