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.
"The inside story of London after dark."
Top Billed 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
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
J John ChardVerified TMDB Critic
2019-02-06
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 it big and never want for money again. Over hearing retired wrestling superstar Gregorius (Zbyszko) bemoaning the fake...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2022-12-27
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 business partner "Nosseross" (Francis L. Sullivan) amongst others. The writing provides a framework that allows the actors to s...
