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Night and the City (1950)
Directed by Jules Dassin
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Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Richard Widmark | Francis L. Sullivan | Gene Tierney | Googie Withers | Stanislaus Zbyszko | Herbert Lom | Hugh Marlowe | Mike Mazurki | Charles Farrell | Ada Reeve | Ken Richmond | Alan Tilvern | Derek Blomfield | Clifford Buckton | Ernest Butcher | Peter Butterworth | Naomi Chance | Edward Chapman | Clifford Cobbe | Patricia Davidson | Maureen Delaney | Aubrey Dexter | Stanley Escane | Thomas Gallagher | Rex Garner | James Hayter | George Hirste | Hamilton Keene | Kay Kendall | Hubert Leslie | Arthur Lovegrove | Jack Mandeville | John Mann | Lew Marco | Gibb McLaughlin | MacDonald Parke | Frank Pettitt | Charles Paton | Chunky Pattison | Philip Ray | Eddy Reed | John Rudling | Harold Sanderson | Johnnie Schofield | Betty Shale | John Sharp | Leonard Sharp | Ray St. Bernard | Tony Sympson | Harry Terry | C. Denier Warren | Freddie Watts | Brian Weske | Russell Westwood
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/27/2011 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Another classic noir film, I chose this as it once again featured Gene Tierney, who I had just watched in Laura and Where The Sidewalk Ends.
Tierney’s role here is strictly supporting the amazing Richard Widmark who just tears through scenery left and right as the perennial sad sack hustler, Harry Fabian.
Always scheming, betraying the ones he loves, including Tierney, Harry wouldn’t know a moral if he tripped over it.
Almost completely filmed at night in post-war London, Night and the City shows the underbelly of this epic city through stark shadows and hard edges; just like the characters it portrays.
If you love noir, this one’s a classic, and it’s streaming on Nexflix.
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