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Night and the City
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Londoner Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) wants to be big-time, and he does not care how he raises cash for his schemes. But soon Harry learns the horrible price of his ambition.
Londoner Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) wants to be big-time, and he does not care how he raises cash for his schemes. But soon Harry learns the horrible price of his ambition.
Actors:
Edward Chapman,
Thomas Gallagher,
Patricia Davidson,
C. Denier Warren,
Arthur Lovegrove,
Naomi Chance,
Ken Richmond
Edward Chapman
13 October 1901, Harrogate, Yorkshire [now North Yorkshire], England, UK
Thomas Gallagher
1898 in Germany
Patricia Davidson
31 August 1926
C. Denier Warren
July 29, 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Arthur Lovegrove
15 July 1913, Fulham, London, England, UK
Naomi Chance
September 18, 1927 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK
Ken Richmond
10 July 1926, London, England, UK
Country:
United States, United Kingdom
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Edward Chapman
13 October 1901, Harrogate, Yorkshire [now North Yorkshire], England, UK
Thomas Gallagher
1898 in Germany
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31 August 1926
C. Denier Warren
July 29, 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Arthur Lovegrove
15 July 1913, Fulham, London, England, UK
Naomi Chance
September 18, 1927 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK
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February 15, 2005
The archetypal film noir.
April 15, 2008
A dark, brooding noir, with Widmark riveting as a hustling promoter who sinks into the quagmire of his own ambitions.
Time Out
January 26, 2006
Inclined to go over the top, it all too clearly contains the seeds of Dassin's later -- and disastrous -- pretensions.
Village Voice
March 25, 2003
A moody piece of Wellesian chiaroscuro (shot by Max Greene, né Mutz Greenbaum) and an occasionally discomfiting underworld plunge.
August 15, 2015
[A] gripping little crime drama.
April 15, 2008
Jules Dassin, in his direction, manages extraordinarily interesting backgrounds, realistically filmed to create a feeling both of suspense and mounting menace.
eFilmCritic.com
April 03, 2005
One of the true-blue noir classics. RIchard Widmark is a certifiable force of nature.
January 01, 2000
Before he met Melina Mercouri and became an Artist, Jules Dassin made a number of worthwhile thrillers as a Hollywood contract director.
Filmcritic.com
February 20, 2005
the rare masterpiece that earns the appellation not by announcing its grand intentions but by following them through with sublime confidence and precision
New York Times
January 28, 2006
A pointless, trashy yarn.
October 07, 2015
One of the best noirs around ... downward-spiral noir in its purest form, even if it trades the traditional urban landscape of the American city for the mean streets of London.