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Night Watch

  • 19731973
  • PGPG
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
Night Watch (1973)
  • Horror
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
Elizabeth Taylor plays a woman who is a witness to murder...but whose?Elizabeth Taylor plays a woman who is a witness to murder...but whose?Elizabeth Taylor plays a woman who is a witness to murder...but whose?
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Brian G. Hutton
  • Writers
    • Lucille Fletcher(based upon the play by)
    • Tony Williamson(screenplay by)
    • Evan Jones(additional dialogue by)
  • Stars
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Laurence Harvey
    • Billie Whitelaw
Top credits
  • Director
    • Brian G. Hutton
  • Writers
    • Lucille Fletcher(based upon the play by)
    • Tony Williamson(screenplay by)
    • Evan Jones(additional dialogue by)
  • Stars
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Laurence Harvey
    • Billie Whitelaw
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 47User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
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    Elizabeth Taylor
    Elizabeth Taylor
    • Ellen Wheeleras Ellen Wheeler
    Laurence Harvey
    Laurence Harvey
    • John Wheeleras John Wheeler
    Billie Whitelaw
    Billie Whitelaw
    • Sarah Cookeas Sarah Cooke
    Robert Lang
    Robert Lang
    • Mr Applebyas Mr Appleby
    Tony Britton
    Tony Britton
    • Tonyas Tony
    Bill Dean
    Bill Dean
    • Inspector Walkeras Inspector Walker
    Michael Danvers-Walker
    • Sergeant Norrisas Sergeant Norris
    Rosario Serrano
    • Doloresas Dolores
    Pauline Jameson
    Pauline Jameson
    • Secretaryas Secretary
    Linda Hayden
    Linda Hayden
    • Girl in Caras Girl in Car
    Kevin Colson
    • Carlas Carl
    Laon Maybanke
    • Floristas Florist
    David Jackson
    • Wilsonas Wilson
    • Director
      • Brian G. Hutton
    • Writers
      • Lucille Fletcher(based upon the play by)
      • Tony Williamson(screenplay by)
      • Evan Jones(additional dialogue by)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Linda Hayden has said in interviews that production was delayed because of health problems of major cast members: Dame Elizabeth Taylor's heart and back problems and Laurence Harvey battling cancer.
    • Quotes

      Ellen Wheeler: [into the phone] Inspector Walker? Why didn't you come? Yes... I know. I have something to tell... Yes... I'm leaving in a few minutes. Inspector... there are two dead bodies in that old building. A man and a woman sitting side by side with their throats... cut. Yes, I know... but you must believe me this time. Won't you inspect that house just once more? Well... then send someone else over...

      [Ellen gasps as a loud click is heard and then a dial tone. She hangs up the phone]

      Ellen Wheeler: [breaking character; sinister tone] Heh, I always thought you would say that.

      [Appleby enters applauding]

      Appleby: Bravo. Bravo! Superb! Superb performance. Well... that's it then. Your plan complete in every last detail. Pity you also had to include my Burhams.

      Ellen Wheeler: Sorry about that.

    • Soundtracks
      The Night Has Many Eyes
      by George Barrie & Sammy Cahn

    User reviews47

    Review
    Top review
    Underrated, atmospheric Elizabeth Taylor thriller
    Just bought NIGHT WATCH and watched it tonight when it arrived. I don't think I've seen it since, say, I was a teenager and it was on the late show!

    But it's a Taylor film no one talks about.

    I actually think it's great, in its way (but, as with every Laurence Harvey movie he does with Taylor, I always want to re-cast him with James Mason).

    Anyway, yes, I think it's a smidgen underrated. And has a nice, London-y, shrouded early-'70s melancholy flavor and that neo-Victorian early-'70s thing what with the dark wood and the plush velvet-y furniture and the Tiffany lamps and the overgrown plants and deep shadows and the sprinkling of harpsichord in the score and the occasional fish-eye lens.

    Great twist ending, too!
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    • Release date
      • August 10, 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Nightwatch
    • Filming locations
      • Bayswater, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Brut Productions
      • Nightwatch Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,263,782
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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