night lights
still of the night
when a man is brutally stabbed to death only death only his psychiatrist can expose the killer in this taut well acted and beautiful made daily variety suspense thriller staring roy scheider and best actress oscar winners meryl steep and jessica tandy . dr. sam rice scheider is a successful new york psychiatrist who becomes unwittingly involved in a murder investigation after his client is found dead . first the police come looking for answers and then brooke reynolds steep the deceaseds beautiful mysterious mistree comes looking for a whole lot more defying objectivity rice succumbs to brookes innumerable charms but soon begins to suspect that she knows more than shes letting on . determined to solve the case rice with the help of his therapist mother tandy pours over session notes in search of clues . but with each step he takes towards uncovering the hidden secret ... he falls ever more certainly into the killers deadly trap . written and directed by kramer vs. kramers robert benton and filled with startling hitchcock style nuances still of the night is an eerily staged and cleverly crafted mystery a comtemporary thriller of the highest order .
vhs pg 91 minutes mgm ua