Night and the City

Harry Fabian is running for dear life in a pitch black setting. He wants to make it big and doesn’t care where the money comes from that’ll help him succeed. He’s always stealing money from his girlfriend, Mary, a singer at the Silver Fox, a nightclub owned by the repulsive Phil Nosseross. But Harry has a plan: he wants to take control of the professional wrestling game from veteran wrestler Gregorius. When Gregorius dies, Harry’s plan will be revealed through a fleeting glance of hell, distorted visual effects and dark symbolism. The Night and the City is a masterly combination of two filming styles: the lighting of expressionism and the cinematography of the film noir by auteur Jules Dassin.
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Script: Jo Eisinger, based on the novel by Gerald Kersh
Cinematography: Max Greene
Editing: Nick De Maggio, Sidney Stone
Sound: Peter Handford, Roger Heman
Music: Franz Waxman
Actors: Richard Widmark (Harry Fabian), Gene Tierney (Mary Bristol), Googie Withers (Helen Nosseross), Hugh Marlowe (Adam Dunn), Francis L. Sullivan (Philip Nosseross)
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Productions, Ltd.
Producers: Samuel G. Engel
Art Direction: C.P. Norman
Costumes: Oleg Cassini, Margaret Furse
Format: 35mm B&W
Production Country: U.S.A.
Production Year: 1950
Duration: 101
Distribution in Greece: Seven Films, Ioannis DrepasT.-F. +30 210 3818777drepas@sevenfims.gr www.sevenfilms.gr

Jules Dassin

Filmography

1944 The Canterville Ghost (fiction)
1948 The Naked City (fiction)
1950 Night and the City (fiction)
1955 Rififi (fiction)
1960 Never on Sunday (fiction)
1964 Topkapi (fiction)
1970 Promise at Dawn (fiction)
1974 The Rehearsal
1981 Circle of Two (fiction)