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Nighthawks (1981) 6.3
Conservative street cop DaSilva reluctantly agrees to terminate an international terrorist who has demanded media attention. But DaSilva's "at-home" tactics are very much put to the challenge. Director:Bruce Malmuth |
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Cast
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Sgt. Matthew Fox
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Irene
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Peter Hartman
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Heymar 'Wulfgar' Reinhardt
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Hilary Thompson | ... |
Pam
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Joe Spinell | ... |
Lt. Munafo
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Walter Mathews | ... |
Commissioner
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Sergeant
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Caesar Cordova | ... |
Puerto Rican Proprietor
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Charles Duval | ... |
Dr. Ghiselin
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Tony Munafo | ... |
Big Mike
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Howard Stein | ... |
Disco Manager
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Disco Hostess
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Plot Synopsis
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Deke DaSilva and Matthew Fox are two New York cops who get transferred to an elite anti-terrorism squad. About this same time, an infamous international terrorist shows up in New York looking to cause some chaos. It's up to DaSilva and Fox to stop him, but will they be in time...? Written by Afterburner <aburner@erols.com>
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A terrorist holds New York in a grip of fear - and only Stallone can take him on. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
4 April 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Attack See more »Filming Locations:
Arding & Hobbs department store, 315 Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction, Clapham, London, England, UK See more »Box Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Pam: Well... besides dancing a lot, I fly Pan Am from coast to coast. I'm Pam, flying ace. That's actually a slight airline joke. I don't really fly the planes. I'm just a stewardess. I flying waitress as they call it. How about you?
Reinhardt Heymar Wulfgar: Me?
Pam: Yes. What do you do for a living?
Reinhardt Heymar Wulfgar: [sarcastic tone] I'm an international terrorist wanted by the police in half the countries in Europe. And I am currently laying low for the moment.
Pam: Oh, sure!
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Performed by The Rossington Collins Band (as Rossington Collins)
Courtesy of MCA Records
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The story was originally planned as The French Connection III by screenwriter David Shaber at Twentieth Century Fox, and would have seen Gene Hackman's Popeye Doyle team up with a wisecracking cop, to be possibly played by Richard Pryor. The main plot was the same but when Hackman showed reluctance to do a third movie as Doyle the idea was scrapped and Universal acquired the rights to the storyline, which Saber then reworked into Nighthawks. See more »Goofs
When the bus Wulfgar is driving begins to accelerate, it would be impossible because the doors are open. See more »Quotes
Reinhardt Heymar Wulfgar: You know, I never asked you what you do for a living.Pam: Well... besides dancing a lot, I fly Pan Am from coast to coast. I'm Pam, flying ace. That's actually a slight airline joke. I don't really fly the planes. I'm just a stewardess. I flying waitress as they call it. How about you?
Reinhardt Heymar Wulfgar: Me?
Pam: Yes. What do you do for a living?
Reinhardt Heymar Wulfgar: [sarcastic tone] I'm an international terrorist wanted by the police in half the countries in Europe. And I am currently laying low for the moment.
Pam: Oh, sure!
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Soundtracks
"Opportunity"Performed by The Rossington Collins Band (as Rossington Collins)
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It was 1981 and the world had just gone through a decade of terrorism. Casting Rutger Hauer and Persis Khambatta (she was the bald woman in the original Star Trek movie) as heartlessly cold terrorists was great casting! Billy Dee Williams and Stallone as street cops suddenly transferred to a terrorist unit do a good job. Stallone had not become a parody of himself yet and his diction is better here than it had ever been up to then. The movie's pace is unrelenting. This is a movie that I almost always have to stop and watch, easily getting swiped up into the story again and again, when I see it on television. Excellent twist ending and monorail scene. Recommended highly.