Category: 31
All Genres: Thriller, Horror
Release Year: 1997
Country: USA
Runtime: 101
Rating: (0)
Languages: English
Director: Ole Bornedal
Sound: Dolby Digital
Taglines:

  • He's the prime suspect in a terrifying mystery. The police are after him and so is the murderer.
  • In the mind of the police, he's the prime suspect. In the eyes of a killer, he's the next victim.
  • What if someone you trusted was setting you up? What if you were the final piece in a brilliant serial killer's puzzle? The night holds the secret.
  • He's a full-time college student who just took the wrong part-time job. Now he's the final piece in a brilliant serial killer's puzzle.


    • Writing by: Ole Bornedal – (film Nattevagten)
    Ole Bornedal – (screenplay) and
    Steven Soderbergh – (screenplay)

    Produced by: Cary Granat – executive producer
    Daniel Lupi – line producer
    Michael Obel – producer
    Bob Weinstein – executive producer
    Harvey Weinstein – executive producer

    Cast: Ewan McGregor – Martin Bells
    Nick Nolte – Inspector Thomas Albert Cray
    Patricia Arquette – Katherine
    Josh Brolin – James Gallman
    Lauren Graham – Marie
    Brad Dourif – Duty Doctor
    Alix Koromzay – Joyce
    Erich Anderson – Newscaster
    Lonny Chapman – Johnson, Old Watchman
    Scott Burkholder – College Professor
    Michael Matthys – Guy in Pub

    Music: Joachim Holbek
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: Ewan McGregor plays a law student who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue. He begins to discover…
    Plot: Ewan McGregor plays a law student who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue. He begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a serial of murders.

    Movie Quotes: Inspector Thomas Cray: Have you ever been killed before? I'll be back in a minute.


    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Throughout the end credits sequence, phrases “I'll show you a hell of a time,” “I'm so horny,” and “AHHH!” can be heard.

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the opening sequence, when the gunman takes aim the second time, you can see two flashes from the gun, but only one shot is heard.

    Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • The black and white picture of the guy on death row in the cabin is the same one used in the original version of this movie (Nattevagten (1994)).
    • The photograph on the bulletin board at the guard desk that Martin notices when he shows up for his first shift and asks the old watchman about, is a famous photo of Lewis Thornton Powell (also known as Lewis Paine or Lewis Payne), a conspirator with John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
    • Originally Ole Bornedal wanted Harrison Ford to play the part of Inspector Thomas Albert Cray.