Fear City

Fear City

5.4IMDb Score
Released:1984-07-18
Duration:95 min
Director:Abel Ferrara
Actors:Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith, Rossano Brazzi
Production:Castle Hill Productions, Rebecca Productions, Zupnik-Curtis Enterprises, 20th Century Fox

Overview:

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.

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