City in Fear

Year: 1980

Runtime: 136 mins

Language: English

Directors: Alan Smithee, Jud Taylor

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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.

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