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Release, runtime and language
1978 · 92 mins · English
Directed by
Eddy Matalon
Starring
Robert Carradine, James Mitchum, Jim Walton, David Bloom, Zag Dorison, June Allyson

On the night the power failed during New York City’s famous 1977 blackout, four sadistic criminals escape custody while being transferred. They storm a posh Manhattan apartment complex, seize control, and begin looting and terrorizing the frightened residents, turning the city’s darkness into a nightmare of violence.

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