Night of the Juggler – The 1980s film, starring James Brolin, Julia Carmen and Mandy Patinkin, returns to cinemas with a new 4K restoration

Kino Lorber is releasing a new 4k restoration of Night of the Juggler (1980) by Robert Butler, starring James Brolin, Richard S. Castellano (The Godfather), Julie Carmen (In the Mouth of Madness), Dan Hedaya (Blood Simple), and Mandy Patinkin (The Princess Bride).

Night of the Juggler will open in cinemas in NYC in a new 4K restoration on August 1st at the IFC Center, and September 4th in LA at the American Cinematheque, with James Brolin in attendance for Q&As after select screenings.

The grit and intensity of late-1970s New York City are depicted in stark detail in this relentlessly action-packed cult classic. Twenty-four hours of nerve-jangling tension and suspense begin when a twisted psychotic (Cliff Gorman, Cops and Robbers, All That Jazz) kidnaps a teenage girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer. Her determined father (James Brolin, The Car, The Amityville Horror), a hard-hitting ex-cop, doggedly pursues them through New York’s seamy streets, decaying, burned-out Bronx tenements, and the grimy subterranean corridors beneath the city itself.

Based on the novel by William P. McGivern (The Big Heat, Odds Against Tomorrow), Night of the Juggler is a thrilling example of no-holds-barred, pure adrenaline-fueled filmmaking. The film’s original director Sidney J. Furie (The Ipcress File, The Appaloosa) was replaced by Robert Butler (Up the Creek, Turbulence) a few weeks into production.