UK / USA,
1950, 101 min
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))
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