Cast
Richard Widmark
Harry Fabian
Francis L. Sullivan
Philip Nosseross
Gene Tierney
Mary Bristol
Googie Withers
Helen Nosseross
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Gregorius
Herbert Lom
Kristo
Hugh Marlowe
Adam Dunn
Mike Mazurki
The Strangler
Charles Farrell
Mickey Beer
Ada Reeve
Molly
Ken Richmond
Nikolas
Alan Tilvern
Beggar (uncredited)
Derek Blomfield
Young Policeman (uncredited)
Clifford Buckton
Policeman (uncredited)
Ernest Butcher
Bert, Street Musician (uncredi...
Peter Butterworth
Thug (uncredited)
Naomi Chance
Nightclub Hostess (uncredited)
Edward Chapman
Hoskins (uncredited)
Clifford Cobbe
Policeman (uncredited)
Patricia Davidson
Nightclub Hostess (uncredited)
Maureen Delaney
Anna O'Leary (uncredited)
Aubrey Dexter
Fergus Chilk (uncredited)
Stanley Escane
Man (uncredited)
Thomas Gallagher
Bagrag, Bar Owner (uncredited)
Rex Garner
Waiter (uncredited)
James Hayter
Figler (uncredited)
George Hirste
Beggar (uncredited)
Hamilton Keene
Charles, American Bartender (u...
Kay Kendall
Helen's Girl (uncredited)
Hubert Leslie
Nightwatchman (uncredited)
Details
Status
Released
Original language
en
Countries
GB
Reviews
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.
Harry Fabian (Widmark) is a hopeless dreamer, a two-bit hustler who aspires to make...
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 and sheer blind optimism have him on the back foot and at the mercy of his busi...
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