Blackout (1978)

Set during the New York City blackout of July 13th and 14th in 1977. Four escaped criminals (Robert Carradine, Don Granbery, Terry Haig, Victor B. Tyler) invade a posh Manhattan apartment house and rob, rape, kill and terrorize its inhabitants. Directed by Eddy Matalon. Although the movie takes place in New York City, this is a French Canadian film. It's also pretty lousy as well as pointless. The criminals are psychotic, the main cop (James Mitchum) is incompetent, the majority of the apartment house tenants are idiots, who are we to care about? The acting is mediocre with Don Granbery overacting terribly as one of the psycho criminals. The contrived screenplay is stuffed with cliches and there's not a genuine moment of suspense in the entire film. The saddest part is seeing some veteran actors like June Allyson, Ray Milland and Jean Pierre Aumont mired in this mess. With Belinda J. Montgomery and Fred Doederlein.