Night Slaves is a 1970 American television science fiction-horror film

United States

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 directed by Ted Post

Ted Post

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.

Plot

Clay and Marjorie, an estranged

Estranged

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 married couple, take a vacation together while Clay recuperates from a serious auto accident. They end up in a sleepy little town which seems to be normal, except at night when the townspeople (and Marjorie) turn into zombies, file into trucks and head out of town. They always return by morning, and no one has any memories of the night before. Only Clay is unaffected, and no one believes his story.

Cast

• James Franciscus
  James Franciscus
  James Grover Franciscus was an American actor, known for his roles in the series The Naked City and The Investigators, and in feature films.-Life and career:...
  
   as Clay Howard
• Lee Grant
  Lee Grant
  Lee Grant is an American stage, film and television actress, and film director. She was blacklisted for 12 years from film work beginning in the mid-1950s, but worked in the theatre, and would eventually win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Felicia Carp in the...
  
   as Marjorie Howard
• Scott Marlowe
  Scott Marlowe
  Scott Gregory Marlowe was a versatile American actor of film, television, and stage, who was born and died in Los Angeles, California.-Early film career:...
  
   as Matt Russell
• Andrew Prine
  Andrew Prine
  Andrew Lewis Prine is an American film, stage, and television actor.-Early life and career:Prine was born in Jennings, Florida. After graduation from Andrew Jackson High School in Miami, Prine made his acting debut three years later in an episode of CBS U.S. Steel Hour...
  
   as Fess Beany / Noel
• Tisha Sterling
  Tisha Sterling
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   as Annie Fletcher / Naillil
• Leslie Nielsen
  Leslie Nielsen
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   as Sheriff Henshaw
• Morris Buchanan as Mr. Hale
• John Kellogg
  John Kellogg (actor)
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   as Mr. Fletcher

Release

The film originally aired on September 29, 1970 on the American Broadcasting Company

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 (ABC).

The film has never officially been released on VHS

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 or DVD

DVD

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.