Night Game [Blu-ray]

Director: Peter Masterson Peter Masterson

Overview

Night Game is a sweetly irreverent, low-key comedy which is also an engaging crime thriller. Mike Seaver (Roy Scheider), an ex-ballplayer who's now a homicide detective with the Galveston police, has to solve some vicious grappling-hook murders, somehow linked to hometown-wins by the Houston Astros baseball team. Engaged to cute, young, blonde concession-owner Roxy (Karen Young), Steve must juggle his romance with Roxy while at the same time watching out for her. Roxy is just the type of woman who the murderer stalks, brutally murdering them and leaving their bodies by the boardwalk where Roxy manages her concession with her mother Alma (Carlin Glynn). While the premise of the plot is somewhat hard to believe, the entire cast turns in solid performances as colorful, offbeat characters. The script, by Spencer Eastman and Anthony Palmer is well-written and highly amusing with a level of gallows wit uncommon in a crime thriller. The climax, although obvious to all but the most unsophisticated movie-goer, doesn't spoil the fun of this unusual film which is stylishly staged and sufficiently gripping.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/31/2015
UPC:	0887090093804
Original Release:	1989
Rating:	R
Source:	Olive
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	14,799

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Roy Scheider	Mike Seaver
Karen Young	Roxy
Richard Bradford	Nelson
Paul Gleason	Broussard
Carlin Glynn	Alma
Alex Garcia	Sil Baretto
Lane Smith	Witty
Anthony Palmer	Mendoza
Kevin Page	Andy
Renée O'Connor	Lorraine Beasley
Pino Donaggio	Composer

Technical Credits

Anthony Palmer

Spencer Eastman

Peter Masterson	Director
Moshe Diamant	Executive Producer,Producer
George Litto	Producer
Eduard Sarlui	Executive Producer,Producer
Anthony Palmer	Screenwriter
Spencer Eastman	Screenwriter