
About the film
For cynical tabloid journo Richard Dees, facts are always stranger than fiction. Every headline is a dead-line. Serial killers, UFO abductions, tales of molestation, mayhem and murder. To some the tales are mere sleazy fantasy – but his faithful readers believe. And now there's a new story: The Night Flier. What is it that travels by night in a dark-winged Cessna, lands at secluded airfields and murders local residents? Dees begins to track the unknown killer in a Cessna of his own, uncovering clues that reveal a pilot more terrifying than he could have ever imagined.
- Directed by
- Mark Pavia
- Released
- April 30, 1997
- US theatrical
- November 15, 1997
- Certification
- R
- Country
- Italy, United States of America
- Starring
- Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan, Michael H. Moss, John Bennes, Beverly Skinner, Rob Wilds, Richard K. Olsen, Elizabeth McCormick, J.R. Rodriguez
- Language
- English
- Origin
- US
- Studios
- New Amsterdam Entertainment, Stardust International, Medusa Film
- Written by
- Mark Pavia, Jack O'Donnell
- Produced by
- Mitchell Galin, David R. Kappes, Richard P. Rubinstein
- Cinematography
- David Connell
- Music
- Brian Keane
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Box office
- $125,397
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