Directed by:
Jules DassinScreenplay:
Jo EisingerCinematography:
Mutz GreenbaumCast:
Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Herbert Lom, Mike Mazurki, Ken Richmond, Edward Chapman (more)Plots(1)
Adapted from Gerald Kersh's classic crime novel, Night and the City is a consummate Film Noir classic which presents a fevered and paranoid vision of London by night - a city still shattered and skeletal from wartime bombing. Richard Widmark stars as Harry Fabian, a small-time spiv with big dreams who worms his way into the dangerous world of wrestling rackets, and who comes into conflict with a vengeful club owner (Francis Sullivan) and a tough gangster (Herbert Lom). Harry's long-suffering girlfriend (Gene Tierney) tries to save him - but can Harry outrun his fate? (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Richard Widmark
USA
Best movies:
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Night and the City (1950)
Gene Tierney
USA
Best movies:
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Night and the City (1950)
Googie Withers
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Night and the City (1950)
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Hugh Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
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Night and the City (1950)
Francis L. Sullivan
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)
Night and the City (1950)
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
Herbert Lom
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
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Mike Mazurki
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Ken Richmond
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
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Edward Chapman
UK
Best movies:
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Night and the City (1950)
Charles Paton
UK
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Night and the City (1950)
Blackmail (1929)
Piccadilly (1929)
Gibb McLaughlin
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Night and the City (1950)
Kay Kendall
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
Doctor in the House (1954)
Genevieve (1953)
Alan Tilvern
UK
Best movies:
Love and Death (1975)
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Night and the City (1950)
James Hayter
India
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Eliot Makeham
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
The Citadel (1938)
Scrooge (1951)
Derek Blomfield
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Tony Sympson
UK
Best movies:
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Night and the City (1950)
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Peter Butterworth
UK
Best movies:
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Night and the City (1950)
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Clifford Buckton
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
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