Night and the City

Director	Jules Dassin
Year	1950
Country	USA
Runtime	1h 36m
Language	English
Format	DCP
TMDB	View entry

Synopsis

Taking place in London and based upon a novel the director claimed to have never read, Jules Dassin’s 1950 masterpiece NIGHT AND THE CITY is relentless in its depiction of the formidable bleakness possessing the difficult situations our protagonist (Richard Widmark) must travel through to achieve a better life for himself.  Equally formidable is the performance of Gene Tierney, bringing life to a wonderfully complex femme fatale full of inner torment as crushing as the suffocating chiaroscuro-laden city that surrounds her. (Davis Rivera)

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