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Released
1978 · FILM

Blackout

The night the power failed.... and the shock began!

Directed by
Runtime
92 min
ActionThriller

Synopsis

Thriller about four sadistic criminals who, after escaping during a transfer, take over a posh Manhattan apartment complex and start looting and terrorizing its occupants during New York City's famous 1977 blackout.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Debra KarenShot by Jean Jacques TarbesScored by Didier VasseurDesigned by Jocelyn Joly

Also known as

  • Die Bestiende
  • Apagón en Nueva Yorkes

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