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Night and the City. Night and the City is a 1950 British film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney and Googie Withers. [1] It is based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Kersh. Shot on location in London and at Shepperton Studios, the plot revolves around an ambitious hustler who meets continual failures ...
- April 1950 (United Kingdom)
- Samuel G. Engel
Night and the City: Directed by Jules Dassin. With Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe. A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
- (15K)
- Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Jules Dassin
- 1950-06-28
Night and the City. Londoner Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary (Gene Tierney ...
- (22)
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Jules Dassin
- Crime, Drama
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Richard Widmark. ... Harry Fabian. Gene Tierney. ... Mary Bristol. Googie Withers.
Night and the City. Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) longs for “a life of ease and plenty.”. Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he tries to hatch a lucrative plan with a famous wrestler. But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft, and pummeled flesh—and Fabian ...
- Harry Fabian
A film noir about a small-time hustler who tries to become a promoter and con a famous wrestler, but his schemes backfire and he faces a tragic fate. Learn about the plot, cast, trivia, and more of this classic film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney.
Night and the City (1950) is an excellent title for a film noir - nighttime scenes and cityscapes are two of noir's iconic elements, after all. It also describes Hollywood during the years of commie-hunting and blacklisting that began in the late 1940s and persisted for more than a decade, wrapping the entertainment industry in dark clouds of suspicion.
