''Night Creature'' (also known as ''Out of the Darkness'') is a 1978 American

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. The screenplay was by Hugh Smith. Its plot follows a group of visitors on an island who are stalked by a vicious leopard that a big-game hunter has let loose to hunt.

Plot

Cast

as Alex McGregor *

as Leslie *

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as Ross * Lesly Fine as Peggy *

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as Georgia * Prakit Yaungsri as Tom

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''Night Creature''
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