Who directed the 1978 film that Hank Searls wrote a novelization for?
Hank Searls Henry Hunt "Hank" Searls (born August 10, 1922) is an American author and screenwriter. His novels included "The Crowded Sky" (1960), which was adapted as a film with Dana Andrews and Rhonda Fleming, "The Penetrators" (1965, writing as Anthony Gray), and "The Pilgrim Project" (1964), which was adapted as the 1968 film "Countdown". Searls also wrote the novelizations for the films "Jaws 2" (1978) starring Roy Scheider and Murray Hamilton and "" (1987) starring Michael Caine and Lorraine Gary.
Nightwing (film) Nightwing is a 1979 American horror film directed by Arthur Hiller. The screenplay by Martin Cruz Smith, Steve Shagan, and Bud Shrake is based on the 1977 novel of the same title by Smith. Its tagline is "Day belongs to man, but night is theirs!" It was one of many "Jaws" rip-offs that were popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including "" (1977), "Tentacles" (1977), "The Pack" (1977), "Piranha" (1978), "Alligator" (1980) and "Great White" (1980). It also was Hiller's only horror film.