Still of the Night is a 1982 American neo-noir[1] psychological thriller film directed by Robert Benton and starring Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Joe Grifasi, and Jessica Tandy.

[2] Meryl Streep's hair is styled much like Eva Marie Saint's was in North by Northwest, and the city of Glen Cove, New York is featured in both films.

Manhattan psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by glamorous, enigmatic Brooke Reynolds, who works at Crispin's (a fictitious New York auction house modeled after Christie's).

Sam is visited by NYPD Detective Joseph Vitucci but refuses to give any information on Bynum, a patient for two years.

After the police warn him that he could become a target because the killer may believe he knows something, Sam reviews the case files detailing Bynum's affairs with various women at Crispin's, including Brooke.

This includes a strange dream of Bynum's in which he finds a green box in a cabinet in a dark house, and sees a little girl with a bleeding teddy bear, who then follows him up a narrow staircase.

[3] Some scenes were shot at Columbia University, the Trefoil Arch and the Boathouse Cafe in Central Park,[3] and the Museum of the City of New York.

A review in Variety stated: "It comes as almost a shock to see a modern suspense picture that's as literate, well acted and beautifully made as Still of The Night.

[7] In his review for The New York Times, Vincent Canby said that the screenplay "makes inescapable references to such Hitchcock classics as Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest, and Spellbound, among others.