A Stranger Is Watching

Oct 28, 1982

1h 32m

★ 4.5

Beneath New York's Grand Central Station, a killer can hide, victims can disappear... and a million witnesses will never know it happened.

Overview

A twisted man holds a TV newswoman and a girl hostage in the bowels of Grand Central Station.

Genres

Drama

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Heron Communications

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

A Stranger Is Watching Trailers

Cast

Sharon Martin

Kate Mulgrew

Artie Taggart

Rip Torn

Steve Peterson

James Naughton

Julie Peterson

Shawn von Schreiber

Lally

Barbara Baxley

Detective Taylor

Stephen Joyce

Ronald Thompson

James Russo

Maxi

William Hickey

Big Bum

David Allen Brooks

Videotape Technician

Jason Robards III

Galloway

Read Morgan

Penitentiary Guard

Gary Klar

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