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Night and the City

  • 7.9 /10

  • 245

  • 83%

Plot

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.

Cast

Richard Widmark as Harry Fabian
Richard Widmark

as Harry Fabian

Francis L. Sullivan as Philip Nosseross
Francis L. Sullivan

as Philip Nosseross

Gene Tierney as Mary Bristol
Gene Tierney

as Mary Bristol

Googie Withers as Helen Nosseross
Googie Withers

as Helen Nosseross

Stanislaus Zbyszko as Gregorius
Stanislaus Zbyszko

as Gregorius

Herbert Lom as Kristo
Herbert Lom

as Kristo

Hugh Marlowe as Adam Dunn
Hugh Marlowe

as Adam Dunn

Mike Mazurki as The Strangler
Mike Mazurki

as The Strangler

Charles Farrell as Mickey Beer
Charles Farrell

as Mickey Beer

Ada Reeve as Molly
Ada Reeve

as Molly

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 15, 1950

Production Companies

  • 20th Century Fox

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.58 hrs

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An artist without an art. 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. It's shot on location in London, England. H…

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 a…