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Nighthawks (1978)

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Film details

Featuring

Ken Robertson Rachel Nicholas James Clive Peters
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1978
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

The story of a man who leads a double life, as a respectable geography teacher by day; and by night, a gay man hanging out in gay bars, looking for a longterm relationship, but usually encountering only one-night stands. He eventually becomes uneasy with this dual existence and feels that he is being unfair on his pupils by evading their questions. At last he confesses to a female colleague and opens up to his class, but then receives a severe rebuke from the school headmaster.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Jim
    
    Ken Robertson
  - Judy
    
    Rachel Nicholas James
  - Peter
    
    Clive Peters
  - Neal
    
    Stuart Craig Turton
  - Mike
    
    Tony Westrope
  - Pat
    
    Maureen Dolan
  - John
    
    Robert Merrick
  - American
    
    Frank Dilbert
  - artist
    
    Peter Radmall
  - headmaster
    
    Ernest Brightmore
  - cast member
    
    Jon Angel
  - cast member
    
    Norman Bateson
  - cast member
    
    Philip Beckett
  - cast member
    
    Derek Chandler
  - cast member
    
    John Cooper
  - cast member
    
    Haydn Corlett
  - cast member
    
    Alan Charles Ellaway
  - cast member
    
    Alex Hamilton
  - cast member
    
    Frank Honoré
  - cast member
    
    Roland Jeffery
  - cast member
    
    Leo Madigan
  - cast member
    
    Neil Simpson
  - cast member
    
    Allan Stafford
  - cast member
    
    Peter Thomas
  - cast member
    
    Kris Watson
  - cast member
    
    Colin Batteson
  - cast member
    
    Peter Bradley
  - cast member
    
    Billy Browne
  - cast member
    
    Ian Buckley
  - cast member
    
    Geoff Clarkson
  - cast member
    
    Emmanuel Cooper
  - cast member
    
    Martin Corbett
  - cast member
    
    Gary Duckworth
  - cast member
    
    Kevin Embrey
  - cast member
    
    Laurence Furness
  - cast member
    
    Tony Godden
  - cast member
    
    Ian Hayward
  - cast member
    
    Piers Headley
  - cast member
    
    Derek Jarman
  - cast member
    
    Nigel Kent
  - cast member
    
    Bob Knight
  - cast member
    
    Susan Lloyd
  - cast member
    
    Pat Loveless
  - cast member
    
    Raymond Pooley
  - cast member
    
    Clive Ramsey
  - cast member
    
    Steve Rotherforth
  - cast member
    
    Bill Thornycroft
  - cast member
    
    Ian Townson
  - cast member
    
    John Warburton
  - []
    
    Nicky Price
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Ron Peck
  - ©
    
    Nighthawks
  - a Four Corners Films production
    
    Four Corners Films
  - Presents
    
    Nashburgh
  - Produced by
    
    Ron Peck
  - Produced by
    
    Paul Hallam
  - Production
    
    Patsy Nightingale
  - Production [Assistant]
    
    Colm Clifford
  - Production [Assistant]
    
    François Théault
  - Production [Assistant]
    
    Stuart Craig Turton
  - Production [Assistant]
    
    Keith Cavanagh
  - Production [Assistant]
    
    Deborah Dyer
  - Production [Assistant]
    
    Robert Fielding
  - Production [Assistant]
    
    Richard Krupp
  - [Director] Assisted by
    
    Paul Hallam
  - Written by
    
    Ron Peck
  - Written by
    
    Paul Hallam
  - From an idea by
    
    Ron Peck
  - Camera
    
    Joanna Davis
  - Camera [1st Assistant]
    
    Patrick Duval
  - Camera [1st Assistant]
    
    Sebastian Dewsbery
  - Camera [2nd Assistant]
    
    Ian Owles
  - Camera [2nd Assistant]
    
    Steve Shaw
  - Lighting
    
    Wilfried Thust
  - Lighting [1st Assistant]
    
    Alan Bernstein
  - Lighting [2nd Assistant]
    
    Marian Shapiro
  - Lighting [2nd Assistant]
    
    Taylor, John
  - Editing
    
    Richard Taylor
  - Editing
    
    Mary Pat Leece
  - Editing [Assistant]
    
    Debra Daley
  - Editing [Assistant]
    
    Tim Horrocks
  - Design
    
    Back Streets
  - Design
    
    Jan Sendor
  - Design [Assistant]
    
    Frank Biggs
  - Design [Assistant]
    
    Andreas Demitriou
  - Design [Assistant]
    
    Bill Hayes
  - Design [Assistant]
    
    Rhys Thomas
  - Film Processed and Printed by
    
    Kay Laboratories
  - Music Composed by
    
    David Graham Ellis
  - Lyrics by
    
    Stuart Craig Turton
  - [Music] Recording Engineer
    
    Gwyn Mathias
  - Music Recorded at
    
    Berwick Street Studios
  - Sound
    
    Diana Ruston
  - Sound [Assistant]
    
    Terry Hardy
  - Sound [Assistant]
    
    Anthea Kennedy
  - Mix by
    
    Peter Rann
  - And with thanks to
    
    Alex Billeter
  - And with thanks to
    
    Beryl Chapman
  - And with thanks to
    
    Colm Clifford
  - And with thanks to
    
    Chris Heaume
  - And with thanks to
    
    Alan Wakeman
  - And with thanks to
    
    Walentowicz, Paul
  - We would like to thank
    
    ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
  - We would like to thank
    
    Don Boyd

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