Night Game (1989)
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20% of users liked it
(52 ratings)
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… More 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. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi
- Directed By
- Peter Masterson
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1989 Wide
- Studio
- HBO Video
Critic Reviews
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Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
An average serial-killer thriller made watchable by the always interesting Roy Scheider.
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Cast
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Roy Scheider
as Mike Seaver
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Karen Young
as Roxy
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Richard Bradford
as Nelson
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Paul Gleason
as Broussard
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Carlin Glynn
as Alma
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Renée O'Connor
as Lorraine Beasley
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Kevin Page
as Andy
- Lane Smith
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Anthony Palmer
as Mendoza
