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A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
William Bryant
- Lt. Calloway
- (as Bill Bryant)
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- TriviaActors who appeared in the film's television version who didn't appear in the cinema movie included Rossano Brazzi, Joanna Pettet, Paul Shenar, James Olson, and William Prince. Warren Miller reprised his role as "The Sniper" and Charlton Heston shot three short new scenes for the television version. Heston's hair is of a noticeably different color in these new scenes.
- GoofsWhen Pratt, the SWAT team member, is climbing up to the stadium lights platform, he is first shown in a long shot climbing up the fixed rung ladder attached to the platform's support pole. A close-up then shows Pratt climbing up the steel extension ladder that he used a moment before to ascend to the support pole. A wide shot then shows him ascending the fixed rung ladder on the support pole again.
- Alternate versionsOriginally with a straightforward plot about a homicidal sniper acting alone and a SWAT team hunting him down, the network-TV version adds 30 minutes of side story, making the sniper a hired hand for a band of robbers, acting as a cover-up for an art heist. This version was conceived during negotiations between Universal Pictures and NBC in 1978, because NBC refused to air a film centered around a homicidal sniper. This version is sometimes aired on broadcast TV in the USA. In this version, the copyright and legal information titles are left out!
- ConnectionsEdited into The Day After (1983)
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As a fan of suspense, I definitely have rated this film as a classic edge-of-your seat cliffhanger. It contained all of the elements of a real-life thriller. The actual mounting of the suspense itself up until the end is the most rewarding effect this film possesses. As frightening and terrifying as the climax was, it nevertheless demonstrated how the actions of one individual can cause a catastrophe to unfold.
- williampalmer552
- Jun 8, 2001
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- Two Minute Warning
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- $6,700,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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