Fresh
Jules Dassin, in his direction, manages extraordinarily interesting backgrounds, realistically filmed to create a feeling both of suspense and mounting menace.
Variety Staff, Variety
Night and the City
The inside story of London after dark.
1950 · 1h 35m · Approved
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Jules Dassin
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Night and the City
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.
Director and cast
- Jules Dassin Director
- Richard Widmark as Harry Fabian
- Francis L. Sullivan as Philip Nosseross
- Gene Tierney as Mary Bristol
- Googie Withers as Helen Nosseross
- Stanislaus Zbyszko as Gregorius
- Herbert Lom as Kristo
- Hugh Marlowe as Adam Dunn
- Mike Mazurki as The Strangler
- Charles Farrell as Mickey Beer
- Ada Reeve as Molly
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A pointless, trashy yarn.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
Inclined to go over the top, it all too clearly contains the seeds of Dassin's later -- and disastrous -- pretensions.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh
A moody piece of Wellesian chiaroscuro (shot by Max Greene, ne Mutz Greenbaum) and an occasionally discomfiting underworld plunge.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
Before he met Melina Mercouri and became an Artist, Jules Dassin made a number of worthwhile thrillers as a Hollywood contract director.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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