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Nighthawks

  • 19781978
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 53m
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6.2/10
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Nighthawks (1978)
Drama
A homosexual man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night.A homosexual man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night.A homosexual man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
629
YOUR RATING
    • Ron Peck
    • Ron Peck(idea)
    • Paul Hallam
  • Stars
    • Ken Robertson
    • Tony Westrope
    • Rachel Nicholas James
    • Ron Peck
    • Ron Peck(idea)
    • Paul Hallam
  • Stars
    • Ken Robertson
    • Tony Westrope
    • Rachel Nicholas James
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    • 6User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Maureen Dolan, Rachel Nicholas James, and Ken Robertson in Nighthawks (1978)
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    Ken Robertson
    • Jim
    Tony Westrope
    • Mike
    Rachel Nicholas James
    • Judy
    Maureen Dolan
    • Pat
    Stuart Turton
    • Neal
    • (as Stuart Craig Turton)
    Clive Peters
    • Peter
    Robert Merrick
    • John
    Frank Dilbert
    • American
    Peter Radmall
    • Artist
    Ernest Brightmore
    • Headmaster
    John Angel
      Norman Bateson
      Phillip Beckett
      Derek Chandler
      John Cooper
      Hayden Corlett
      Alan Charles Ellaway
      Alex Hamilton
        • Ron Peck
        • Ron Peck(idea)
        • Paul Hallam
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      • Trivia
        Widely considered the first "commercial" or "commercially released" gay feature film ever made in the U.K., where the story was directly about gay relationships and themes, but which was not about crime (blackmail or murder), or purely stereotypical.
      • Crazy credits
        This film was made possible by a number of individuals and organisations.
      • Connections
        Featured in Strip Jack Naked: Nighthawks II (1991)
      • Soundtracks
        So Long
        Lyrics by Stuart Turton (as Stuart Craig Turton)

        Sung by Pinky Steede

        Recording engineer Gwyn Mathias

      User reviews6

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      7/10
      70's Gay Man in London
      This film is the story of Jim, a man who's a comprehensive (middle) school teacher by day and gay man by night in the late 80's. It was the time before AIDS when Men wore Levi's and mustaches and before Calvin Klein made tighty whities sexy again.

      Jim does the rounds, going to bars to meet men. The string of men lengthens one after the other; some attracted to him some he's attracted to. But, there's never a mutual attraction. As with so many bar-met men, getting to bed is easy, getting to a second date is not.

      The film takes an interesting turn when one day in class, he's asked if he's ` Bent'. He answers yes and then proceeds to answer the other questions that the students pose.

      Like most things in life, this film doesn't end with all the loose threads tied up neatly. However, for those of us that lived through this period, it is an interesting film.
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      • Aug 31, 2001

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      • Release date
        • November 1978 (United States)
        • United Kingdom
        • English
      • Also known as
        • London, England, UK
      • Production companies
        • Nashburgh
        • Four Corner Films
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      • 1 hour 53 minutes
        • Mono

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