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Aug 4, 2015 · Night and the City is a magnificent story depicted through skillful cinematography, which is enhanced through how each scene is framed. In addition, the mise-en-scene helps develop the strong undercurrents in the film, as feelings such as envy, greed, love, and deceit are depicted.
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In London, the swindler Harry Fabian is an ambitious loser, frequently taking money from his girlfriend Mary Bristol. When he meets the famous Greco-Roman wrestler Gregorius the Great in the arena of his son and the wrestling lord Kristo, he plans a scheme to become successful. He cheats Greorious, promising clean combats in his own arena, and ...
Night and the City is directed by Jules Dassin and is adapted by Jo Eisinger from the novel written by Gerald Kersh. Starring are Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hebert Lom, Francis L. Sullivan, Mike Mazurki & Stanislaus Zbyszko. The score is composed by Franz Waxman and Max Greene is the cinematographer.
A really fine and effective noir read is Night and the City. There is also a film with Night and the City, starring Richard Widmark as Harry. While the film is great in many aspects, as usual with book vs. film, they are really two different animals (although Widmark does personify Fabian effectively).
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- Gerald KERSH
May 14, 2024 · Night and the City is 7325 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 3243 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared but less popular than Wolf.
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Aug 11, 2015 · Audio 6/10. Even if age limits it a bit, the lossless linear 1.0 mono track still impresses. Clean with no noticeable noise or distortion, the track is nicely mixed with excellent volume levels and obvious range. Dialogue is clean and sounds fairly natural, though the music can sound slightly edgy when it tries to go for the higher moments, and ...
