Stranger by Night

Stranger by Night
VHS/DVD cover of "Stranger by Night"
Directed by	Gregory Dark
Produced by	Andrew W. Garroni Rick Filon (co-producer, as Richard Filon) Walter Gernert (executive producer) Craig Thurman Suttle (line producer)
Written by	Rick Filon Daryl Haney
Starring	Steven Bauer Jennifer Rubin William Katt
Music by	Ashley Irwin
Edited by	James Avalon (as Kent Smith)
Production company	B.O.P. Films
Distributed by	New City Releasing
Release dates	November 23, 1994 (1994-11-23)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Stranger by Night is a 1994 action film starring Steven Bauer, Jennifer Rubin and William Katt. It was directed by Gregory Dark. The film was released on November 23, 1994.^[1]

Background

The film stars Steven Bauer as Bobby Corcoran, Jennifer Rubin as Dr. Anne Richmond and William Katt as Troy Rooney. Others in the film include Michael Parks as Detective Larson, Luca Bercovici as Stan Richmond, Michele Greene as Lisa and J.J. Johnston as Bobby's father.^[2]

Following the film's original release on VHS in America, the film remains available on DVD today in America only. It was first released on DVD in 1997 by A-Pix Entertainment,^[3] before a "Collector's Edition" was released as part of the "Gold Series" in 2000 by Unapix.^[4] In 1998, the DVD was released as a double movie feature with the 1994 film The Seventh Floor, starring Brooke Shields.^[5][6]

The film's tagline reads "In the dark...Can you tell a killer from a cop?"^[7]

Plot

Detective Bobby Corcoran and his partner, Detective Larson, are on the hunt for a vicious serial killer. As the murderous villain stalks the city streets leaving carnage in his wake, Corcoran begins to experience blackouts and sudden fits of anger. As the detectives pursue the case, they uncover evidence suggesting that one of them may be responsible for the mysterious deaths.^[8]

Cast

• Steven Bauer as Bobby Corcoran
• Jennifer Rubin as Dr. Anne Richmond
• William Katt as Troy Rooney
• Michael Parks as Detective Larson
• Luca Bercovici as Stan Richmond
• Michele Greene as Lisa
• J.J. Johnston as Bobby's Father
• Ashley Laurence as Nicole Miller
• Marla Rubinoff as Sammy
• Gary Lee Davis as Henry Herodonti
• Claire Yarlett as Sue Rooney
• Rebecca Rocheford as Melissa

Reception

Sandra Brennan of Allmovie gave the film one and a half stars out of five, writing "In this crime thriller, a pair of police detectives investigates a series of related killings. As the evidence mounts, it becomes chillingly apparent that one of the two gumshoes is the guilty party."^[9]

Both Video Movie Guide 2002^[10] and VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever gave the film two out of five stars.^[11]

Entertainment Weekly awarded the film a B- grade and wrote "Despite obvious plotting and the most annoying soundtrack this side of Flashdance, Stranger by Night is still worth watching for a bravura performance by veteran video star William Katt in a role that would work perfectly in a big-screen Quentin Tarantino version of Starsky and Hutch. Unfortunately, Katt's wonderfully obnoxious cop is only peripheral to this tale of a tough-guy detective Steven Bauer whose alcoholic blackouts are followed by discoveries of dead hookers and a parade of red herrings. None of these do anything but make you wish Katt were on screen more."^[12]

References

External links

• Stranger by Night at the Internet Movie Database