Nightwatch (1997 film)

Nightwatch
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Ole Bornedal
Produced by	Michael Obel
Written by	Ole Bornedal Steven Soderbergh
Starring	Ewan McGregor Patricia Arquette Josh Brolin Lauren Graham Nick Nolte
Music by	Joachim Holbek
Cinematography	Dan Laustsen
Editing by	Sally Menke
Distributed by	Dimension Films
Release dates	April 17, 1998 (1998-04-17)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,278,516 (US)[1]

Nightwatch is a 1997 American horror-thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal, and starring Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin and Nick Nolte. It is a remake of the Danish film Nattevagten (1994), which was also directed by Bornedal.

Plot

Martin is a law school student who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue. When a necrophiliac serial killer begins plaguing the city, Martin finds himself the target of the madman's wrath. The killer seems to be trying to frame Martin; and, when semen is found at the scene of one murder which matches Martin's, he is nearly charged with the murders until his friend James gives crucial evidence which points away from Martin. Martin begins to lose his grip on reality, and, when he is finally kidnapped by the detective in charge of the killings, it is revealed that the detective himself is the killer and planted semen of Martin's to cast suspicion away from himself.

Cast

• Ewan McGregor as Martin Bells
• Patricia Arquette as Katherine
• Josh Brolin as James Gallman
• Lauren Graham as Marie
• Nick Nolte as Inspector Thomas Cray
• Brad Dourif as Duty Doctor
• Alix Koromzay as Joyce
• Lonny Chapman as Old Watchman
• Larry Cedar as Waiter (uncredited)
• Sandra Hess as Student (uncredited)
• John C. Reilly as Deputy Inspector Bill Davis (uncredited)

References

External links

• Nightwatch at the Internet Movie Database
• Nattevagten at the Internet Movie Database
• Nightwatch at allmovie