| Nightwing | |
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| Directed by | Arthur Hiller |
| Written by | Martin Cruz Smith Steve Shagan Bud Shrake |
| Produced by | Martin Ransohoff |
| Starring | Nick Mancuso David Warner Kathryn Harrold |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher Jr. |
| Edited by | John C. Howard |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5.5 million[1] |
Nightwing is a 1979 American horror film directed by the Canadian filmmaker Arthur Hiller. The screenplay was written by Martin Cruz Smith, Steve Shagan and Bud Shrake, based on the 1977 novel of the same title by Smith. The movie's tagline is "Day belongs to man, but night is theirs!" It was one of many imitators of the 1975 film Jaws. Such movies about animals gone wild were popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These included Grizzly (1976), Orca (1977), Tentacles (1977), The Pack (1977), Piranha (1978), Alligator (1980) and Great White (1980).