Directed by:
Jonathan DemmeScreenplay:
David ShaberCinematography:
Tak FujimotoComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin, John Glover, Sam Levene, Charles Napier, Christopher Walken, Jacqueline Brookes, Mandy Patinkin, Max Wright, Joe Spinell (more)VOD (1)
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Roy Scheider (Jaws) stars in this twisting tale of murder and mystery skillfully directed by Jonathan Demme (Married to the Mob) and inspired by the great films of Alfred Hitchcock. Harry Hannan (Scheider) is a government agent still haunted by the violent death of his wife begins to lose everything else dear to him, his colleagues and boss have turned against him, hes lost his apartment to a brainy anthropologist (Janet Margolin) and a psychopath starts sending him death threats. Harry hires a private investigator (Sam Levene) to help him find the identity of the stalker and unravel the intricate puzzle, but it only leads to more questions as the killer gets closer and closer. Based on the novel, The 13th Man by Murray Teigh Bloom. (Kino Lorber)
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It’s not enough that Roy Scheider is traumatized by the death of his wife; he also has to quickly learn Aramaic. Especially the words for revenge, syphilis, and "you’re next." The positives are Tak Fujimoto's kinetic camera work and the charisma of the remaining entry on the death list. However, the tension-building, with all those bells, shower disturbances, and cliff-hanging moments trying desperately to kiss Hitchcock’s plump hand, makes it worse. Fortunately, it was over a decade before the glass-paneled office of Dr. Lecter opened, giving Jonathan Demme time to hone his craft.
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