Nightwatch (1997) is an American horror thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal and starring Ewan McGregor (
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace), Patricia Arquette (
Ed Wood), Josh Brolin (
Jonah Hex) and Nick Nolte (
48 Hours).
Law student Martin Bells (Ewan McGregor) is hired as a night watchman at a hospital morgue. A string of gruesome prostitute murders committed by a necrophiliac serial killer quickly point to him as the lead suspect in the investigation carried out by Inspector Thomas Cray (Nick Nolte). At the same time, Martin slowly discovers clues that point to the real perpetrator.
