Death Watch
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| Directed by | Bertrand Tavernier |
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| Based on | The Unsleeping Eye by David G. Compton |
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| Cinematography | Pierre-William Glenn |
| Edited by | Michael Ellis Armand Psenny |
| Music by | Antoine Duhamel |
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| Distributed by | Tamasa Distribution |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Countries | France West Germany |
| Languages | English French |
| Box office | $7.6 million |
Death Watch (French: La Mort en direct) is a 1980 science fiction film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is based on the 1973 novel The Unsleeping Eye by David G. Compton. The film was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. The film had 1,013,842 admissions in France and was the 35th most attended film of the year.