Nighthawks
Year:
1978
Production Country:
Great Britain
The story of a man who leads a double life, as a respectable geography teacher by day; and by night, a gay man hanging out in gay bars, looking for a longterm relationship, but usually encountering only one-night stands. He eventually becomes uneasy with this dual existence and feels that he is being unfair on his pupils by evading their questions. At last he confesses to a female colleague and opens up to his class, but then receives a severe rebuke from the school headmaster.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Jim Ken Robertson
- Judy Rachel Nicholas James
- Peter Clive Peters
- Neal Stuart Craig Turton
- Mike Tony Westrope
- Pat Maureen Dolan
- John Robert Merrick
- American Frank Dilbert
- artist Peter Radmall
- headmaster Ernest Brightmore
- cast member Jon Angel
- cast member Norman Bateson
- cast member Philip Beckett
- cast member Derek Chandler
- cast member John Cooper
- cast member Haydn Corlett
- cast member Alan Charles Ellaway
- cast member Alex Hamilton
- cast member Frank Honoré
- cast member Roland Jeffery
- cast member Leo Madigan
- cast member Neil Simpson
- cast member Allan Stafford
- cast member Peter Thomas
- cast member Kris Watson
- cast member Colin Batteson
- cast member Peter Bradley
- cast member Billy Browne
- cast member Ian Buckley
- cast member Geoff Clarkson
- cast member Emmanuel Cooper
- cast member Martin Corbett
- cast member Gary Duckworth
- cast member Kevin Embrey
- cast member Laurence Furness
- cast member Tony Godden
- cast member Ian Hayward
- cast member Piers Headley
- cast member Derek Jarman
- cast member Nigel Kent
- cast member Bob Knight
- cast member Susan Lloyd
- cast member Pat Loveless
- cast member Raymond Pooley
- cast member Clive Ramsey
- cast member Steve Rotherforth
- cast member Bill Thornycroft
- cast member Ian Townson
- cast member John Warburton
- [] Nicky Price
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Ron Peck
- [Director] Assisted by Paul Hallam
Production
- © Nighthawks
- a Four Corners Films production Four Corners Films
- Presents Nashburgh
- Produced by Ron Peck
- Produced by Paul Hallam
- Production Patsy Nightingale
- Production [Assistant] Colm Clifford
- Production [Assistant] François Théault
- Production [Assistant] Stuart Craig Turton
- Production [Assistant] Keith Cavanagh
- Production [Assistant] Deborah Dyer
- Production [Assistant] Robert Fielding
- Production [Assistant] Richard Krupp
Writing
- Written by Ron Peck
- Written by Paul Hallam
- From an idea by Ron Peck
Photography
- Camera Joanna Davis
- Camera [1st Assistant] Patrick Duval
- Camera [1st Assistant] Sebastian Dewsbery
- Camera [2nd Assistant] Ian Owles
- Camera [2nd Assistant] Steve Shaw
- Lighting Wilfried Thust
- Lighting [1st Assistant] Alan Bernstein
- Lighting [2nd Assistant] Marian Shapiro
- Lighting [2nd Assistant] John C. Taylor
Editing
- Editing Richard Taylor
- Editing Mary Pat Leece
- Editing [Assistant] Debra Daley
- Editing [Assistant] Tim Horrocks
Design
- Design Back Streets
- Design Jan Sendor
- Design [Assistant] Frank Biggs
- Design [Assistant] Andreas Demitriou
- Design [Assistant] Bill Hayes
- Design [Assistant] Rhys Thomas
Film processing
- Film Processed and Printed by Kay Laboratories
Music
- Music Composed by David Graham Ellis
- Lyrics by Stuart Craig Turton
Sound
- [Music] Recording Engineer Gwyn Mathias
- Music Recorded at Berwick Street Studios
- Sound Diana Ruston
- Sound [Assistant] Terry Hardy
- Sound [Assistant] Anthea Kennedy
- Mix by Peter Rann
Consultant
- And with thanks to Alex Billeter
- And with thanks to Beryl Chapman
- And with thanks to Colm Clifford
- And with thanks to Chris Heaume
- And with thanks to Alan Wakeman
- And with thanks to Paul Walentiewicz
- We would like to thank ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
- We would like to thank Don Boyd
