Nighthawks

A closeted gay teacher hides his sexuality from his colleagues and students while he cruises bars and discos at night in the ’70s., The first British film to realistically portray gay life, Ron Peck’s landmark feature follows a man who is a respectable teacher by day and hangs out in gay bars by night., The dual life of a homosexual schoolteacher is chronicled in this drama. By day, he is the model of an upstanding educator, but at night, he creeps out to feed his deepest desires., A closeted gay teacher hides his sexuality from his colleagues and students while he cruises bars and discos at night in the ’70s. Landmark at the time, but dated now. Ken Robertson, Tony Westrope. Ron Peck directed.