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Night Watch

Night Watch

Mystery · Thriller · Horror · 1973

A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.

Movie details

Night Watch

“Once her nightmare begins...the terror never ends!”

1973 Mystery · Thriller · Horror 1h 39m

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

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A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Night Watch?

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Brian G. Hutton

Written by

Tony Williamson · Evan Jones

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Ellen Wheeler

Laurence Harvey

Laurence Harvey

John Wheeler

Billie Whitelaw

Billie Whitelaw

Sarah Cooke

Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Appleby

Tony Britton

Tony Britton

Tony

Bill Dean

Bill Dean

Inspector Walker

M

Michael Danvers-Walker

Sergeant Norris

Court is in session

Put Night Watch on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.