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title: 'City in Fear (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jud Taylor'
released: '1980-01-01'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/city-in-fear-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080540/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# City in Fear (1980)

1980 · United States


## Synopsis

City in Fear is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jud Taylor, under the pseudonym Alan Smithee, and written by Peter Masterson based on a story by Albert Ruben. The film, starring David Janssen, Robert Vaughn, Mickey Rourke, Susan Sullivan and Perry King, follows a newspaper's attempts to sensationalize the killing spree of a psychopath.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jud Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/jud-taylor)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leonard Rosenman](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-rosenman)

## Cast

- [Mickey Rourke](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rourke)

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