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Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian (Kiss of Death’s 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 soon learns the horrible price of his ambition. Luminously shot in the streets of London while Hollywood blacklisters back home were closing in on director Jules Dassin (Rififi), Night and the City, also starring Gene Tierney (Leave Her to Heaven), is film noir of the first order, and one of Dassin’s crowning achievements.
Original Release
06/15/1950
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Widmark | Harry Fabian |
Gene Tierney | Mary Bristol |
Googie Withers | Helen Nosseross |
Hugh Marlowe | Adam Dunn |
Francis L. Sullivan | Philip Nosseross |
Herbert Lom | Kristo |
Stanislaus Zbyszko | Gregorius |
Mike Mazurki | The Strangler |
Charles Farrell | Mickey Beer |
Ada Reeve | Molly the Flower Lady / Molly |
Directors
Writers
Jo Eisinger, Gerald Kersh, Austin Dempster, William E. Watts
Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Widmark | Harry Fabian |
Gene Tierney | Mary Bristol |
Googie Withers | Helen Nosseross |
Hugh Marlowe | Adam Dunn |
Francis L. Sullivan | Philip Nosseross |
Herbert Lom | Kristo |
Stanislaus Zbyszko | Gregorius |
Mike Mazurki | The Strangler |
Charles Farrell | Mickey Beer |
Ada Reeve | Molly the Flower Lady / Molly |
Ken Richmond | Nikolas of Athens / Nikolas |
Derek Blomfield | Young Policeman |
Clifford Buckton | Policeman |
Ernest Butcher | Street Musician Bert |
Peter Butterworth | Thug |
Naomi Chance | Nightclub Hostess |
Edward Chapman | Hoskins |
Clifford Cobbe | Policeman |
Patricia Davidson | Night Club Hostess |
Maureen Delaney | Anna O'Leary (Blackmarket) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
Samuel G. Engel | Producer |