Night and the City

1950

1h 35m

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7.5/10

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Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.

Directors

Jules Dassin

Writers

Gerald Kersh(novel by)

Jo Eisinger(screenplay by)

William E. Watts(writer by)

Stars

Richard Widmark

Francis L. Sullivan

Gene Tierney

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Top cast

Harry Fabian

Philip Nosseross

Mary Bristol

Helen Nosseross

Gregorius

Kristo

Adam Dunn

The Strangler

Mickey Beer

Molly

Nikolas

Beggar (uncredited)

Young Policeman (uncredited)

Clifford Buckton

Policeman (uncredited)

Ernest Butcher

Bert, Street Musician (uncredited)

Peter Butterworth

Thug (uncredited)

Naomi Chance

Nightclub Hostess (uncredited)

Edward Chapman

Hoskins (uncredited)

Directors

Jules Dassin

Writers

Gerald Kersh(novel by)

Jo Eisinger(screenplay by)

William E. Watts(writer by)

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Jules Dassin has assembled a top-drawer cast for this thriller. An on-form Richard Widmark ("Fabian") is a bit of a low-life grifter in London who encounters the huge, but ageing, champion wrestler "Gregorius" (Stanislaus Zbyszko) and concocts a plan that could make them both extremely wealthy men. Of course, the best laid plans never quite work out, and soon his internecine web of lies, deceit and sheer blind optimism have him on the back foot and at the mercy of his business partner "Nosseross" (Francis L. Sullivan) amongst others. The writing provides a framework that allows the actors to shine - sparing appearances from Gene Tierney (like Widmark, himself, just a touch fish-out-of water as ostensibly Londoners with an accent from anywhere but) work well, as does Googie Withers, Herbert Lom and the always dependable Sullivan. There is plenty of action, the pace builds well and there is some gripping wrestling action here too. You can't really help but feel a degree of sympathy for "Fabian" - try as he might, he just has that certain smell of failure abut him. The photography captures well the vivacity of a city still very much recovering from the Blitz, of the optimism of it's population and of the greed and materialism of those pulling strings. Well worth a watch, this film.

Geronimo196727 Dec, 2022