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Night and the City

1950 · 95 min

A restless, shadowy descent through London's underworld, gripping and pitiless, with a desperate hustler scrambling toward a doom you can feel coming.

Directed by
Jules Dassin
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Starring
Richard Widmark, Francis L. Sullivan, Gene Tierney
Tagline
The inside story of London after dark.
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.

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Directed by
Jules Dassin
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Starring
Richard Widmark, Francis L. Sullivan, Gene Tierney
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • greed
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, crime, thriller
Directed by
Jules Dassin
Written by
William E. Watts, Jo Eisinger, Austin Dempster
Starring
Richard Widmark, Francis L. Sullivan, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Herbert Lom, Hugh Marlowe, Mike Mazurki
Music
Benjamin Frankel, Franz Waxman
Cinematography
Mutz Greenbaum
Runtime
95 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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