Union City (film)

Union City
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMark Reichert
Written byMark Reichert
Based on"Union City: The Corpse Next Door"
by Cornell Woolrich
Produced byMonty Montgomery
Starring
CinematographyEdward Lachman
Edited by
  • Lana Jokel
  • J. Michaels
Music byChris Stein
Production
company
Kinesis Ltd.[1]
Distributed byDaltyn Film Works, Inc.[1]
Release dates
  • May 17, 1980 (1980-05-17) (Cannes)
  • September 26, 1980 (1980-09-26) (New York City)
Running time
87 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[1]

Union City is a 1980 American neo-noir[3] crime mystery film directed by Mark Reichert and starring Deborah Harry, Dennis Lipscomb, and Everett McGill. Based on the short story "Union City: The Corpse Next Door" by Cornell Woolrich, the film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 1980, before opening in New York City on September 26, 1980, and in Los Angeles on August 5, 1981.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Union City (1980) – History". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Union City (1980) – Details". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth, eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5.