Night and the City

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Cast & Crew

Richard Widmark
Harry Fabian

Gene Tierney
Mary Bristol

Googie Withers
Helen Nosseross

Stanislaus Zbyszko
Gregorius

Jules Dassin
Director

Austin Dempster
Writer

Jo Eisinger
Writer

Gerald Kersh
Writer

Samuel G. Engel
Producer

Darryl F Zanuck
Executive Producer

Benjamin Frankel
Original Music

Franz Waxman
Original Music

Noel Gay
Original Song

Don George
Original Song

Lionel Newman
Original Song

Mutz Greenbaum
Cinematographer

Nick DeMaggio
Film Editing

Sidney Stone
Film Editing

C. P. Norman
Art Director

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Audience Reviews for Night and the City

• Mar 05, 2013

  Wonderful grittiness. A film noir of film noirs. Excellent.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Apr 16, 2012

  Belongs on the list of the greatest film noirs of all time. This is a very well produced film. I was blow away by how good this was. The best part has to be the acting. Why can't they act like they did back then now-a-days? This also had great character development. I got to know what drove the characters and what they where like. This film got straight to the point and didn't waist any time with unnecessary scenes. I found it interesting that the main character was a hustler throughout the film and in the end he still was a hustler only to have hurt himself. People never change. I guess that's the moral of the story if I'm not mistaken. The writing was also really good. I had a hard time keeping up but for the most part I understood it. That wrestling scene was very well directed. It was a cool scene nevertheless. If you like classic film noir then you can't miss this one.
  Eduardo T Super Reviewer
• Feb 10, 2011

  Imagine Charles Dickens had to make a bit of extra money by writing B-movies in Hollywood and you might get close to imagining this haunting, wonderful film. It fuses the best traditions of film noir with a very British atmosphere: a cast of character actors playing vividly drawn and desperate people. There's a mournful tone to the whole film, like a boat's siren drifting across a foggy Thames. All the characters seem to be reaching for their hearts desire, wanting to believe in a dream of a better tomorrow, in something that's real and true for them. But they rip into each other trying to get there. That gives the film a poignant, tragic trajectory. A compelling central performance by Richard Widmark as Harry Fabian, a man with flair and drive and an infectious hope, but a man who lacks something like the moral fibre to be honest. A man always looking for a shortcut. A nearly-great man, an almost classically tragic figure. Googie Withers is a revelation as Helen, a woman who seems cynical but has hopes and dreams just like Fabian (just like all our characters). So much I haven't even mentioned, the sweaty muscular wrestling scenes are are action scenes of the best kind, in that they drive and skew the plot as well as holding our attention. So many good performances. And a film that speaks to our hopes and our flaws and the tragic spaces between the two. Any Londoner or person who loves the atmosphere of that city should check it out too, some lovely old footage of Trafalgar Square and Picadilly.
  Cassandra M Super Reviewer
• Sep 05, 2010

  One of my absolute favourite film noirs. I love Widmark in this movie, I think this is his best performance ever. The story is realistic, exciting, and dramatic. I love this movie, it's one of my favourites.
  Aj V Super Reviewer