Sleepless Nights (1979)
New Cinema cofounder Becky Johnston recently described this little-seen feature as “an East Village reinvention of the Otto Preminger movie *Laura*” that plays “fast and loose with the noir detective genre.”
Director: Becky Johnston
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Rene Ricard as |
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John Lurie as |
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Eric Mitchell as |
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Maripol as |
| Directing | Becky Johnston | Director |
| Writing | Becky Johnston | Writer |
| Writing | Gary Indiana | Writer |
| Production | Becky Johnston | Producer |
| Production | Maripol | Producer |
| Crew | Michael Oblowitz | Cinematography |
| Sound | John Lurie | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Evan Lurie | Original Music Composer |