City in Fear is a 1980 Edgar Allan Poe Awarded television drama film. It was directed by Alan Smithee and Jud Taylor and written by Peter Masterson and Albert Ruben. The film stars David Janssen , Robert Vaughn, Mickey Rourke, Perry King, William Prince, Lane Smith, Mary Stuart Masterson and cameo appearance by Kathryn Daley. It is about a psycho. It premiered on March 30, 1980 in the USA..