Night and the City
Londoner Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) wants to be big-time, and he does not care how he raises cash for his schemes. But soon Harry learns the horrible price of his ambition.
16 October 1899, Bucklow, Cheshire, England, UK
6 August 1900, Dublin, Ireland
July 29, 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 November 1920, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
May 21, 1927 in Withernsea, Yorkshire, England, UK
11 September 1917, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
13 October 1901, Harrogate, Yorkshire [now North Yorkshire], England, UK
3 March 1874, London, England, UK
May 24, 1890 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
31 August 1926
1898 in Germany
December 23, 1932 in Stockwell, London, England, UK
1 April 1879, Jodlowa, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Jodlowa, Podkarpackie, Poland]
10 July 1906, London, England, UK
July 30, 1891 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
5 August 1920, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
23 April 1907, Lonuvla, India
March 29, 1898 in London, England, UK
26 December 1914, Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
12 March 1917, Karachi, Sindh, British India
25 December 1907, Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ternopil, Ukraine]
5 November 1918, London, England, UK
August 31, 1907 in South Norwood, Surrey, England, UK
31 August 1920, London, England, UK
4 February 1919, Bramhall, Cheshire, England, UK
19 July 1884, Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
6 January 1903, London, England, UK
April 03, 2005
One of the true-blue noir classics. RIchard Widmark is a certifiable force of nature.
January 28, 2006
A pointless, trashy yarn.
October 07, 2015
One of the best noirs around ... downward-spiral noir in its purest form, even if it trades the traditional urban landscape of the American city for the mean streets of London.
February 20, 2005
the rare masterpiece that earns the appellation not by announcing its grand intentions but by following them through with sublime confidence and precision
August 15, 2015
[A] gripping little crime drama.
April 15, 2008
Jules Dassin, in his direction, manages extraordinarily interesting backgrounds, realistically filmed to create a feeling both of suspense and mounting menace.
January 26, 2006
Inclined to go over the top, it all too clearly contains the seeds of Dassin's later -- and disastrous -- pretensions.
April 15, 2008
A dark, brooding noir, with Widmark riveting as a hustling promoter who sinks into the quagmire of his own ambitions.
January 01, 2000
Before he met Melina Mercouri and became an Artist, Jules Dassin made a number of worthwhile thrillers as a Hollywood contract director.
February 15, 2005
The archetypal film noir.
March 25, 2003
A moody piece of Wellesian chiaroscuro (shot by Max Greene, né Mutz Greenbaum) and an occasionally discomfiting underworld plunge.
