Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.
- new york city
- police
- investigation
- serial killer
- police officer killed
- slasher
- maniac
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tom Atkins
Frank McCrae
Bruce Campbell
Jack Forrest
Laurene Landon
Theresa Mallory
Richard Roundtree
Commissioner Pike
- William Smith — Captain Ripley
- Robert Z'Dar — Matt Cordell
- Sheree North — Sally Noland
- Nina Arvesen — Regina Sheperd
- Nick Barbaro — Councilman
- Lou Bonacki — Detective Lovejoy
- Barry Brenner — Coroner
- Victoria Catlin — Ellen Forrest
- James Dixon — Clancy
- Corey Michael Eubanks — Bremmer
- Jill Gatsby — Cassie Philips
- Directed
- William Lustig
- Written
- Larry Cohen
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 546 ratings
- Studio
- Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1988 · You’re hereManiac Cop
Where it starts.
Maniac Cop 2
1990
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
