Nighthawks

Nighthawks

Nighthawks is a 1981 thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta, and Nigel Davenport. It was directed by Bruce Malmuth. The original music score was composed by Keith Emerson. The story revolves around the lives of two NYPD police detectives, Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva and Det. Sgt. Matthew Fox who work undercover, and a terrorist Heymar Reinhardt, alias Wulfgar . In the prologue, set in the late night to early morning hours on New Year's Eve 1979, three armed assailants attempt a mugging on a supposedly unsuspecting woman, who...
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quick facts
Release date:April 4, 1981
Directed by:Bruce Malmuth, Gary Nelson
Rated:R (USA)
Runtime:99 Minutes
Producer:Herb Nanas, Martin Poll
Editor:Stanford C. Allen, Christopher Holmes, Virginia Katz, Darren T. Holmes
Music by:John Carcavas, Keith Emerson
Screenplay by:David Shaber, Paul Sylbert
Estimated budget:$1,000,000
Genre:Thriller, Action

Cast of Nighthawks

Rutger Hauer
Rutger Hauer
Wulfgar
Born:January 23, 1944
Age:68
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Deke DaSilva
Born:July 6, 1946
Age:65
Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams
Matthew Fox
Born:April 6, 1937
Age:75
Lindsay Wagner
Lindsay Wagner
Irene
Born:June 22, 1949
Age:62
Nigel Davenport
Nigel Davenport
Born:May 23, 1928
Age:83
Joe Spinell
Joe Spinell
Born:Oct. 28, 1936
Died:Jan. 13, 1989

Film director of Nighthawks

Bruce Malmuth
Bruce Malmuth
Born: February 4, 1934
Died: June 29, 2005

Bruce Malmuth was an American actor and film director. Malmuth began making documentaries while serving in the Army, where he met baseball announcer Walter Red Barber. After his military career, Malmuth directed the New York Yankee games at WPIX radio before entering the film and television...
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Gary Nelson
Gary Nelson
Born: 1934
Age: 78

Gary Nelson is an American television and film director. He has directed many well-known television series, including Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, Gilligan's Island and Happy Days among dozens of others. In addition, Nelson has directed five films, including two for Walt Disney Pictures. In...
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Music contributors for Nighthawks

Keith Emerson
Keith Emerson

Keith Noel Emerson is an English keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, The T-Bones, The...
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Filming locations for Nighthawks

New York City
New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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