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Night of the Juggler (1980)
Directed by Robert Butler
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Overview
An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
Rated R | Length 101 minutes
Actors
James Brolin | Cliff Gorman | Richard S. Castellano | Linda Miller | Barton Heyman | Sully Boyar | Julie Carmen | Abby Bluestone | Dan Hedaya | Mandy Patinkin | Marco St. John | Frank Adu | Nancy Andrews | Rick Anthony | Tony Azito | Sharon Mitchell | Dorothy Lyman | Richard Gant | Rosanna Carter | Serena | Geraldine Smith | Steve Inwood | Tally Brown | Blair Burrows | Joseph Carberry | Rony Clanton | Mila Conway | Armand Dahan | Tony DelGatto | William De Nino | Joanna Featherstone | Luis Figueroa | Robyn Finn | Arthur French | Richard Grant | Hollis Granville | Tito Goya | Delphi Harrington | Robert Hodge | Murray Horwitz | John Randolph Jones | Suzanne Remey Lawrence | Bob Levine | Saundra McClain | Ann McDonough | Arquimedes Mendoza | Timothy Meyers | Jim Moriarty | Mick Murray | Obaka Adedunyo | Ellen O'Mara | Nancy O'Neill | Church Ortiz | Ellen Parker | Lionel Pina | Dadi Pinero | Piro Rodriguez | Steve Ryan | Frank Santos | Themi Sapountzakis | Oksana Stasy | Diana Valentien | David Vasquez | Robert Weil | Samm-Art Williams | Ken Butler | Llewellyn Lafford | Orestes Matacena | Bill Myers | Ronald Sylvers
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/17/2021 | TV | Broadcast | TV | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Had this one on my watchlist for a while so I was pleased to see it on the Cinephobe.tv schedule. The transfer they have isn’t so hot (awful, actually, looks ripped from a 4x3 movie channel broadcast back in the day) but I thought there was a more recent Blu release out now?
Anyways, this would’ve been a *perfect* movie for the BTSNAT TAKES MANHATTAN marathon. Totally shot on location in NYC in a variety of places including 42nd Street. I love seeing NYC depicted in ‘70s film (and ‘80s, to be fair). This one lands right in the middle between both decades but guessing it was shot and produced in 1979*. Still has some of the grime and sweat of that city plus the ethnicity of its inhabitants. Of course, being of this late 70s period also full of ethnic slurs. And full nudity of the women working the peepshows when Brolin’s character is looking for the stripper that witnessed his daughter being abducted.
There’s also some fun early character work by the likes of Mandy Patinkin as the Puerto Rican taxi driver and Dan Hedaya as the vindictive old detective. Julie Carmen is also great. I like the movie a lot but it does get a little weird w/the kidnapper (Cliff Gorman, another solid character actor) and the kid. Brolin is good but looks so out of place with his Grizzly Adams appearance throughout the movie.
*had its first screening in January 1980 so definitely a film of the 1970s.
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