---
title: 'Nightwing (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arthur Hiller'
released: '1979-06-22'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nightwing-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079631/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nightwing (1979)

1979 · 105 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

Nightwing is a 1979 American horror film directed by the Canadian filmmaker Arthur Hiller. The screenplay was written by Martin Cruz Smith, Steve Shagan and Bud Shrake, based on the 1977 novel of the same title by Smith. The movie's tagline is "Day belongs to man, but night is theirs!" It was one of many imitators of the 1975 film Jaws.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arthur Hiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hiller)
- **Screenplay:** [Martin Cruz Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-cruz-smith)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-mancini)
- **Producer:** [Martin Ransohoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-ransohoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Rosher Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-rosher-jr)

## Cast

- [David Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-warner)
- [Nick Mancuso](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-mancuso)
- [Stephen Macht](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-macht)
- [Kathryn Harrold](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-harrold)

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