Nighthawks | 1981 | UK Quad
Nighthawks is a 1981 film directed by Bruce Malmuth and was produced by Martin Poll. The screenplay was written by David Shaber based on his and Paul Sylbert story. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta, Nigel Davenport, Rutger Hauer, Hilary Thompson, Joe Spinell and Walter Mathews. The storyline follows NYPD police detective Deke DaSilva who gets transferred into the new new anti-terrorist unit from the undercover division and is pretty hostile to the idea. The unit is run by a British expert who suspects a major terrorist is in town and his message is shoot to kill. Initially the story for Nighthawks was planned to be The French Connection III with Gene Hackman's reprising his role Popeye Doyle and teaming up with a wisecracking cop. Howe...
