Night of the Juggler

Night of the Juggler

1980 · 101 min · EN · R · 6.8 (38 votes)
Dir. Robert Butler · Starring James Brolin, Cliff Gorman, Richard S. Castellano, Linda Miller, Barton Heyman, Sully Boyar · Music Artie Kane

“In the heart of every victim is a hero and he'll tear apart a city to prove it.”

ActionCrimeThriller

When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.

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This is a relentless, gritty urban thriller, plunging you into a tense, anxious hunt through the seamy underbelly of 1980s New York. It's a dark, propulsive journey fueled by desperation and a primal need for justice, steeped in a raw, neo-noir aesthetic that feels authentically hard-boiled.

tensegrittyanxiousrelentlessdarkpropulsiveneo-noirgritty urban realism1980s crime thriller aestheticvengeanceurban decaydesperationpaternal protection
ransompsychopathmanhattan, new york citychild kidnappingneo-noir