| The Night Strangler | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:The_Night_Strangler.jpg) Jo Ann Pflug and Darren McGavin in The Night Strangler | |
| Genre | Crime Horror |
| Written by | Richard Matheson |
| Directed by | Dan Curtis |
| Starring | Darren McGavin Simon Oakland Jo Ann Pflug Richard Anderson |
| Music by | Bob Cobert |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Dan Curtis |
| Production location | 20th Century Fox Studios |
| Cinematography | Robert B. Hauser |
| Editor | Folmar Blangsted |
| Running time | 74 minutes (TV premiere) 90 minutes (DVD) |
| Production company | ABC Circle Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | January 16, 1973 |
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The Night Strangler is an American made for television horror film which first aired on ABC on January 16, 1973, as a sequel to The Night Stalker.[1] In the film, an investigative reporter assigned to series of killings comes to suspect the murderer is an immortal with superhuman strength.
The Night Strangler proved almost as popular as its predecessor, garnering strong ratings and eventually prompting ABC to order a TV series. Neither writer Richard Matheson nor producer/director Dan Curtis was involved in the TV series. In the United States, the TV movie ran (without commercials) approximately 74 minutes. ABC planned to release the film overseas as a theatrical release and had additional footage shot, rounding out the movie to 90 minutes.[2]
- ^ "The Night Strangler". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ The Night Stalker Companion by Mark Dawidziak