John Cassavetes prowls the night in a lost 70s pilot that never was.
The story of three people - a press agent, a private detective and a nightclub owner - whose careers require them to spend most of the night awake and on the prowl. In the pilot episode, Carmine manages to rescue Smitty's night club from being demolition and manages to resurrect a fading star's acting career.
Acting
Cassavetes bringing raw indie intensity to network television.
Direction
Donner crafting moody nightscapes before Superman.
Director
Richard Donner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard Donner directed this between episodes of The Twilight Zone and The Man from U.N.C.L.E., still years from The Omen and Superman.
June Havoc, playing faded star Vantura Davis, was a real vaudeville survivor—Gypsy Rose Lee's sister, bringing genuine showbiz archaeology to a role about resurrection.
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