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A Stranger Is Watching

  • 19821982
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  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
801
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A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
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The 11-year old daughter and girlfriend of a man whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years earlier are kidnapped by the same killer. Held captive in a bunker ... Read allThe 11-year old daughter and girlfriend of a man whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years earlier are kidnapped by the same killer. Held captive in a bunker below Grand Central Station, the two plot their escape while the police try to track the k... Read allThe 11-year old daughter and girlfriend of a man whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years earlier are kidnapped by the same killer. Held captive in a bunker below Grand Central Station, the two plot their escape while the police try to track the kidnapper.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
801
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  • Director
    • Sean S. Cunningham
  • Writers
    • Mary Higgins Clark(novel)
    • Earl Mac Rauch(screenplay)
    • Victor Miller(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kate Mulgrew
    • Rip Torn
    • James Naughton
  • Director
    • Sean S. Cunningham
  • Writers
    • Mary Higgins Clark(novel)
    • Earl Mac Rauch(screenplay)
    • Victor Miller(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kate Mulgrew
    • Rip Torn
    • James Naughton
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    • 22User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    Kate Mulgrew and Rip Torn in A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
    Kate Mulgrew and Shawn von Schreiber in A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
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    Kate Mulgrew
    Kate Mulgrew
    • Sharon Martin
    Rip Torn
    Rip Torn
    • Artie Taggart
    James Naughton
    James Naughton
    • Steve Peterson
    Shawn von Schreiber
    Shawn von Schreiber
    • Julie Peterson
    Barbara Baxley
    Barbara Baxley
    • Lally
    Stephen Joyce
    Stephen Joyce
    • Detective Taylor
    James Russo
    James Russo
    • Ronald Thompson
    Frank Hamilton
    Frank Hamilton
    • Bill Lufts
    Maggie Task
    • Mrs. Lufts
    Roy Poole
    Roy Poole
    • Walter Kurner
    Maurice Copeland
    • Roger Perry
    Eleanor Phelps
    Eleanor Phelps
    • Glenda Perry
    Joanne Dorian
    • Nina Peterson
    Stephen Strimpell
    Stephen Strimpell
    • Detective Marlowe
    David Allen Brooks
    David Allen Brooks
    • Big Bum
    • (as David Brooks)
    William Hickey
    William Hickey
    • Maxi
    Jennie Ventriss
    • Kathy Green
    • (as Jenny Ventriss)
    Jason Robards III
    Jason Robards III
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    • Director
      • Sean S. Cunningham
    • Writers
      • Mary Higgins Clark(novel)
      • Earl Mac Rauch(screenplay)
      • Victor Miller(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      In the roughly 40 years since this film was made, it remains the only motion picture or television production of Shawn von Schreiber.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)

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    That Which Does Not Kill Us...
    Director Sean S. Cunningham's A STRANGER IS WATCHING is about depraved psychopath, Artie Taggart (Rip Torn), who rapes and murders a woman in front of her young daughter. A couple of years later, Taggart returns to the scene of the crime, kidnaps the daughter, as well as her dad's new girlfriend, Sharon (Kate Mulgrew). Whisked away to Taggart's secret lair beneath Grand Central Station, Sharon must protect the girl, while trying to find a way out of their dire situation.

    Cunningham proves that he's not just a director of slasher films, building up suspense rather than relying only on jumps and jolts. There are deaths, some semi-brutal, but not repetitive. The underground location is perfectly claustrophobic and grim. For his part, Rip Torn is quite menacing, in an unhinged, could-kill-you-at-any-moment sort of way. Ms. Mulgrew plays Sharon as resourceful and resilient. Recommended for fans of crime drama-thrillers...
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    • Release date
      • December 17, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Unheimlich
    • Filming locations
      • New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Heron Communications
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,519,559
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,519,559
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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