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Released
1987 · FILM

Someone to Watch Over Me

A high-society woman becomes a key witness in a murder case, forcing a driven detective to protect her from killers while navigating the dangerous allure of their growing attraction.

“If you ever see me again, you never saw me before.”

Directed by
Ridley Scott
Written by
Howard Franklin
Runtime
103 min
CrimeDramaRomance

Synopsis

Claire Gregory, a high-society New York figure, witnesses a murder at an upscale nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, who has recently received a promotion, is tasked with her protection.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 Claire SimpsonShot by Steven PosterScored by Michael KamenDesigned by Jim Bissell

Box Office

1987 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$10.3M

Budget$17.0M
Worldwide gross$10.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $3.4M — 33% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $3.4M — 33% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 892 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Mann im Hintergrundde
  • La sombra del testigoes
  • Traquéefr
  • Chi protegge il testimoneit

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