Nightstick (film)

Nightstick
Written byJames J. Docherty
Directed byJoseph L. Scanlan
StarringBruce Fairbairn
Kerrie Keane
Walker Boone
Leslie Nielsen
Robert Vaughn
John Vernon[1]
Music byRobert O. Ragland
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMartin Walters
CinematographyRobert Fresco
Editors
  • Daniel Radford
  • Richard Wells
Running time95 minutes
Production companies
  • Calfilm Productions Ltd.
  • Screenvest I
Original release
ReleaseSeptember 1987 (1987-09)

Nightstick, also released as Calhoun, is a 1987 Canadian-American made-for-television action film which had theatrical release and later released to video and to theaters outside the United States.[2] Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan, the film stars Bruce Fairbairn, Kerrie Keane, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Vaughn, and John Vernon.[3]

Under the working title of Cahoun, production began December 1986 shooting on locations in Toronto and New York.[4]

Plot

Jack Calhoun (Bruce Fairbairn) is a "renegade cop" assigned by his boss Thad Evans (Leslie Nielsen) to ward off a group of terrorists.

Cast

  • Bruce Fairbairn as Jack Calhoun
  • Kerrie Keane as Robin Malone
  • Walker Boone as Roger Bantam
  • Tony De Santis as Jerry Bantam
  • David Mucci as Pat Bantam
  • Robert Vaughn as Ray Melton
  • Leslie Nielsen as Thad Evans
  • Eric Murphy as Thomas Grant
  • Philip Akin as Price
  • John Vernon as Adam Beardsly
  • Mark McManus as Banker #2
  • Chris Benson as Sam
  • Ron White as Sid Stanton
  • Glen Chin as Hop Sing
  • Tony Rosato as Tony
  • Jackie Richardson as Woman Singing
  • Roger Dunn as Sgt. Finn
  • François Klanfer as Dr. Case
  • Diana Reis as Gloris Grant
  • Sam Moses as Omar
  • George Hevenor as Banker #1
  • Patricia Moffatt as Banker #3
  • Nicholas Pasco as Charlie
  • Orest Ulan as FBI Agent Wilkins
  • Dave Arkell as FBI Agent Spradley
  • Howard Jerome as Mel Silverman
  • Michael A. Miranda as Ismael
  • Errol Slue as Floyd Edwards
  • Aloa El Sayed as Young Arab
  • Corinne Conley as Lynette Beardsly
  • Reg Dreger as Alley Cop
  • John Gardiner as Police Commissioner
  • Phillip Jarrett]as Airport Cop #1
  • Ralph Small as Airport Cop #2
  • Catherine Gallant as Nurse Maria
  • Alan Fawcett as Dr. Fred
  • Angelo Rizacos as Jimmy Reilly

Reception

References

  1. ^ "Nightstick (1987)".
  2. ^ Nash, Jay Robert; Nash, Stanley Ralph (1988). The Motion Picture Guide ... Annual. Cinebooks. p. 204. ISBN 9780933997165.
  3. ^ Nash, Jay Robert (1 April 1997). The Motion Picture Guide 1988 Annual: The Films of 1987. Cinebooks. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-933997-16-5.
  4. ^ Pecchia, David (31 December 1986). "The Movie Chart". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 July 2016.


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