Nightmare (1974)

When a man (Richard Crenna) witnesses a murder from the window of his high rise apartment, he is unable to convince the police the killer lives in the building across from his apartment. When he attempts to investigate himself, it isn't long before he and his girlfriend (Patty Duke) become the killer's next target. Directed by William Hale (S.O.S. TITANIC), this ludicrous made for TV thriller rips off REAR WINDOW. It's so inept that by the end of the movie it ventures into camp. Crenna's victim is such a jerk and behaves so stupidly that no wonder the cop (Vic Morrow) on the case has his doubts about Crenna's veracity. The ending with the killer running after Crenna on the busy streets of New York while brandishing a butcher knife had me snickering. Come on, even in New York a man running after another man with a knife while the guy screams "Help!" on crowded streets would cause some sort of commotion but the pedestrians just look like it's just another day! The inappropriate 70s disco score doesn't help either. With John Travolta, Henry Winkler, Arlene Golonka, Arch Johnson and Doreen Lang.