George Bynum, a patient of Manhattan psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice, is brutally murdered.
Soon afterwards, Dr. Rice is visited by Bynum's co-worker and mistress Brooke Reynolds and by the investigating officer Detective Vitucci. As Dr. Rice reviews the case notes on his sessions with Bynum, he starts his own investigation.
At the same time, he finds himself falling for enigmatic blonde Brooke, despite her increasingly suspicious behaviour.
The closer Rice comes to the truth, the more he puts his own life in danger...
With plenty of Red Herrings on the menu, still of the night may satisfy the appetite of people wanting a good old fashioned thriller with many a plot hole, but seeing as this was released after the far superior dressed to kill, I can understand why it's universally ignored.
The cast are fine and all put in great performances,but it doesn't hold any surprises, and when you think for a second it may pull the rug from under you, it doesn't and goes for the most reasonable explanation.
It's Hitchcock for Grandma, it doesn't offend, Schieder and Streep look comfortable, and the most threatening thing in the whole thing is when Schieder gets his coat stolen.
It could have been a damn fine movie if the writers went for the totally bonkers instead.
Soon afterwards, Dr. Rice is visited by Bynum's co-worker and mistress Brooke Reynolds and by the investigating officer Detective Vitucci. As Dr. Rice reviews the case notes on his sessions with Bynum, he starts his own investigation.
At the same time, he finds himself falling for enigmatic blonde Brooke, despite her increasingly suspicious behaviour.
The closer Rice comes to the truth, the more he puts his own life in danger...
With plenty of Red Herrings on the menu, still of the night may satisfy the appetite of people wanting a good old fashioned thriller with many a plot hole, but seeing as this was released after the far superior dressed to kill, I can understand why it's universally ignored.
The cast are fine and all put in great performances,but it doesn't hold any surprises, and when you think for a second it may pull the rug from under you, it doesn't and goes for the most reasonable explanation.
It's Hitchcock for Grandma, it doesn't offend, Schieder and Streep look comfortable, and the most threatening thing in the whole thing is when Schieder gets his coat stolen.
It could have been a damn fine movie if the writers went for the totally bonkers instead.