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Die Nacht der tausend Augen

Originaltitel: Night Watch
  • 1973
  • 16
  • 1 Std. 39 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
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Die Nacht der tausend Augen (1973)
HorrorMysteryThriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA nervous woman is a witness to murder...but whose?A nervous woman is a witness to murder...but whose?A nervous woman is a witness to murder...but whose?

  • Regie
    • Brian G. Hutton
  • Drehbuch
    • Lucille Fletcher
    • Tony Williamson
    • Evan Jones
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Laurence Harvey
    • Billie Whitelaw
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,3/10
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    • Regie
      • Brian G. Hutton
    • Drehbuch
      • Lucille Fletcher
      • Tony Williamson
      • Evan Jones
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Elizabeth Taylor
      • Laurence Harvey
      • Billie Whitelaw
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    Elizabeth Taylor
    Elizabeth Taylor
    • Ellen Wheeler
    Laurence Harvey
    Laurence Harvey
    • John Wheeler
    Billie Whitelaw
    Billie Whitelaw
    • Sarah Cooke
    Robert Lang
    Robert Lang
    • Mr Appleby
    Tony Britton
    Tony Britton
    • Tony
    Bill Dean
    Bill Dean
    • Inspector Walker
    Michael Danvers-Walker
    Michael Danvers-Walker
    • Sergeant Norris
    Rosario Serrano
    • Dolores
    Pauline Jameson
    Pauline Jameson
    • Secretary
    Linda Hayden
    Linda Hayden
    • Girl in Car
    Kevin Colson
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      • Brian G. Hutton
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      • Tony Williamson
      • Evan Jones
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    7ksf-2

    good suspense from taylor & harvey

    Liz taylor plays ellen wheeler, six years after her last big hit, the comedians. As others have pointed out, night watch feels like a hitchcock film, but was really directed by brian hutton. Hutton had just directed liz in x,y, and zee the year before this, but it's not a well known film. Co-stars laurence harvey as the husband john; harvey only made one film after this, passing away from cancer at 45. In the story, ellen is bored, and suffers from insomnia. And sees strange things going on at the house next door, during a thunder storm. When they call the cops, they find nothing in the old house next door. But that's not the end of the story. Good suspense. Some fun twists and turns. Based on the play by lucille fletcher. Fletcher had also written sorry, wrong number, a blockbuster starring barbara stanwyck. That one also started out as a play, performed on the radio.
    ronaldius

    The end is important in all things.

    The end is important in all things, as we have learned from Ghost Dog, and this is absolutely true when speaking of Night Watch. After about twenty minutes you think you know exactly where the plot will end. It really seems that this is the director's and writer's fault, because they give away too many clues, so I almost instantly lost interest. But after the many dull scenes following the brilliant visualization of Lizzies nightmare comes the unexpected ending. And this makes the whole movie worth watching, but as I've already mentioned: it is mostly the nightmare-scene which deserves the credit.
    7blanche-2

    a little Psycho, a little Gaslight. a little What Lies Beneath. a little Old Dark House, a little Rear Window

    ...and Elizabeth Taylor freaking out!

    Night Watch from 1973 is based on a Broadway play that starred Joan Hackett. Taylor is Ellen Wheeler, married to her busy husband John (Laurence Harvey). They currently have Ellen's best friend Sarah (Billie Whitelaw) visiting. Sarah is having a clandestine affair and sneaks out to meet him.

    One night, during a storm, Ellen swears she saw a murder victim in the old house across the way. Raising her suspicions is the fact that the man (Robert Lang) who lives in the guest house is digging what looks like a grave. The next day, trees have been planted on it. Ellen's past comes into play here, as she keeps remembering an incident from years ago.

    The police, however, can't find anything; Ellen then sees another murder victim and lives in a state of hysteria, paranoid and suspicious of everyone and everything. Her husband has a psychiatrist friend (Tony Britton) speak with her, and it's decided it is best if she goes away for a little rest.

    This is a fun movie, where it seems there is always a horrible storm raging. It contains elements of some other films, as mentioned above. Taylor, who at this point was making a lot of schlock, does a fine job as the unstable Ellen.

    I did know how this ended ahead of time, having seen part of it ages and ages ago, so I didn't have the twist-ending thrill others have had. Nevertheless, it was very entertaining.

    One of Taylor's better films from this period - in the hands of better director, it could have been much stronger, since the story and cast are strong. As it is, it's worth watching.
    8Coventry

    What Ever Happened to Diva La Liz?

    I admit I'm normally not a big Elizabeth Taylor fan, but this movie made me realize it's perhaps solely due to the fact she hasn't starred in many films in my favorite genre of horror! The character of Ellen Wheeler, which she depicts in "Night Watch", easily could have been played by either Joan Crawford or Bette Davis (if they had been, say, 15-20 years younger) and I am a devoted admirer of those two ladies. Taylor is truly excellent and convincing, but she can also rely on a very intelligent screenplay (adapted from a stage play) and an intensely unsettling atmosphere generated by directed Brian G. Hutton. If the premise of "Night Watch" sounds overly familiar or even derivative, it's probably because we have all seen the set-up numerous times before. Mind you, however, the film holds a few surprises in store that you most certainly have not seen before!

    Even though she got remarried with the handsome financial expert John, and always has her best friend Sarah around the house for support, wealthy but ageing diva Ellen Wheeler is still recovering from a mental breakdown caused by her ex-husband. He died in a road accident, in the company of his much younger and ravishing mistress, and this still causes nightmarish illusions and sleepless nights to Ellen. During one of these long nights, she thinks she witness a brutal slaying in the abandoned house across the street. The police don't find any evidence of a crime and, naturally, nobody believes her due to her mental condition and her repeatedly hysterical requests to Inspector Walker to search for a body that presumably doesn't exist. Thus far the synopsis that every horror/thriller fanatic knows by heart, and we usually also have a pretty good idea where it goes from here. And partially it does, but I guarantee you that the denouement of "Night Watch" will differ from what you expect!

    "Night Watch" is a vastly underrated film, especially because the red herrings and plot twists are very simple and straightforward, and yet so incredibly effective! I also must praise Brian G. Hutton, as well as his entire cast and crew, for managing to keep the story compelling and entertaining despite the clichéd framework. Films like this risk to become tedious very quick, but Hutton somehow upholds the mystery and the cast members restrain from putting down their characters as open books. You know you're watching a good suspense/mystery thriller when the complete lack of action isn't really bothering throughout 80-85 minutes. The Grand-Guignol climax is still more than welcome and, for once, you should NOT kick yourself or feel dumb for not being able to guess the end-twist.

    PS: La Liz was quite good-looking at the age of 46, but can you honestly blame any husband for cheating with the unearthly beautiful Linda Hayden?
    6bkoganbing

    The Girl Who Cried Wolf

    Elizabeth Taylor reunites with her Butterfield 8 co-star Laurence Harvey in Night Watch one of her only if not the only venture for her in the horror genre. It also has a bit of Hitchcockian tension in it as well.

    In this film Taylor and Harvey are a married couple who have settled down in a very posh part of London. Harvey is her second husband, the first died in an automobile crash with his young mistress.

    Soon after moving where they are Taylor spots strange goings on like dead bodies at the place next door. But every time the police in the person of Inspector Bill Dean is called there's no evidence of anything. A lot like Doris Day in Midnight Lace.

    Both her husband and best friend Billie Whitelaw try to support Taylor, but it's no avail, she just gets worse and more hysterical and the police are just getting more and more fed up.

    The film has certain parallels to Midnight Lace and also to Gaslight. But don't think you've guessed an ending even with those clues.

    As so many aging Hollywood actresses of the 60s and 70s went into these kinds of films, some did more than others. Apparently Taylor was only satisfied to dip an ankle into this pool.

    Apparently Harvey was desperately ill with the cancer that killed him and he does look gaunt. There is a revealing rear shot in a shower and I'm betting that is not Harvey's bare backside. He does look gaunt. He had an operation that took a lot of intestine out of him and production was stopped mid way according to the Citadel Film series book on the Films of Elizabeth Taylor.

    The next door neighbor Robert Lang has a role in all of this. If you think you know what will happen in Night Watch, believe me you don't.

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      Linda Hayden has said in interviews that production was delayed because of health problems of major cast members: Dame Elizabeth Taylor's heart and back problems and Laurence Harvey battling cancer.
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      Appleby: How nicely you've done the house. Did you know this was three rooms when I was a child? Beautiful, quite beautiful. I do love Indian art. Erotic, violent... your inspiration for this whole scheme, I assume. So charming. Oh... will you be away long?

      Ellen Wheeler: At the moment, that seems to depend on... you Mr. Appleby.

      Appleby: Oh, Mrs. Wheeler... Inspector Walker wouldn't believe me either. But I do admire you. How many "abandoned wives", or cuckolds for that matter, would have had your courage to pull off what you did? I myself, did nothing.

      Ellen Wheeler: It's a great favor to ask you, but since you are so fond of this house...

      Appleby: Yes?

      Ellen Wheeler: Would it be possible for you to stay here and look after it while I'm away?

      Appleby: [flattered] Well... I don't know what to say.

      Ellen Wheeler: The garden too of course. Here are the keys.

      Appleby: [takes the keys] It will be a pleasure. I'll see that nothing is disturbed.

      Ellen Wheeler: Thank you, Mr. Appleby.

      Appleby: No... thank you, Mrs. Wheeler.

    • Verbindungen
      Referenced in The Drive-In Asylum *Double Feature*: Night Watch (1973)/Windows (1980) (2024)
    • Soundtracks
      The Night Has Many Eyes
      by George Barrie & Sammy Cahn

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 9. November 1973 (Westdeutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
    • Sprachen
      • Englisch
      • Spanisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Night Watch
    • Drehorte
      • Bayswater, London, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Brut Productions
      • Nightwatch Films
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      • 1 Std. 39 Min.(99 min)
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