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City in Fear is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jud Taylor, under the pseudonym Alan Smithee, and written by Peter Masterson based on a story by Albert Ruben.
- Drama
Mar 30, 1980 · City in Fear: Directed by Jud Taylor. With David Janssen, Robert Vaughn, Perry King, Mickey Rourke. Vince Perrino is a burned-out newspaper writer who's goated by his ruthless boss, publisher Harrison Crawford III, into tracking the moves of Tony Pate, a vicious serial killer through a big city.
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- Drama
- Jud Taylor
- 1980-03-30
A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news. ...more.
- 135 min
- 3.6K
- Crud Buddies
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City in Fear. A greedy publisher (Robert Vaughn) wants a boozing columnist (David Janssen) to exploit the panic of a psycho killer (Mickey Rourke) on the loose.
- Mystery & Thriller
- David Janssen
- Jud Taylor
Synopsis. David Janssen had his final role as a boozing newspaper columnist who is hired by circulation-hungry publisher Robert Vaughn to make a page-one celebrity out of a psycho (Mickey Rourke) who has been murdering young blondes.
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A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.