Night Games (1980 film)

Night Games
Night Games
Directed by	Roger Vadim
Screenplay by	Anton Diether; Clarke Reynolds;
Story by	Anton Diether; Barth Jules Sussman;
Produced by	Andre Morgan; Roger Lewis;
Starring	Cindy Pickett; Barry Primus; Joanna Cassidy; Paul Jenkins;
Cinematography	Denis Lewiston
Edited by	William Carruth
Music by	John Barry
Production; companies	Pan Pacific Productions; Golden Harvest
Distributed by	Avco Embassy Pictures (United States); ITC Entertainment (United Kingdom)
Release date	11 April 1980 (New York);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Night Games is a 1980 erotic thriller film directed by Roger Vadim. It was released in France as Jeux de Nuit.^[2]

The film stars Cindy Pickett as a woman still traumatised after being raped as a teenager, and is unable to have a satisfactory sex life with her husband, who eventually leaves her. Left alone in a large house, Valerie drifts into sexual fantasies, while facing danger from another potential rapist.

Joanna Cassidy also stars, as Valerie's best friend. The film was released on CED in 1983 and VHS in 1989, with a running time of 104 minutes. A subsequent DVD release has a running time of only 96 minutes.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Night Games (1980)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
^ "CINEMA 'Games' dull, stupid or merely self-indulgent?". The Canberra Times. 15 September 1981. p. 13. Retrieved 3 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Night Games ( Jeux érotiques de nuit ) ( Love Games )". Amazon. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

[afi-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Night Games (1980)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 13, 2020.

[2] "CINEMA 'Games' dull, stupid or merely self-indulgent?". The Canberra Times. 15 September 1981. p. 13. Retrieved 3 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Night Games ( Jeux érotiques de nuit ) ( Love Games )". Amazon. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

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