1950
Approved
1h 41m

Summary A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter. View more details

1950
Approved
1h 41m

Night and the City

Directed : Jules Dassin

Written : Jo Eisinger Gerald Kersh Austin Dempster

Stars : Richard Widmark Hugh Marlowe Gene Tierney Googie Withers

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Genres : Thriller Crime Sport Film-Noir

Release date : Jun 27, 1950

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Hammersmith Bridge, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Production companies : Twentieth Century Fox Twentieth Century-Fox Productions

Summary A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter. View more details

Details

Genres : Thriller Crime Sport Film-Noir

Release date : Jun 27, 1950

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Hammersmith Bridge, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Production companies : Twentieth Century Fox Twentieth Century-Fox Productions

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Richard Widmark in Night and the City (1950)

Richard Widmark, Francis L. Sullivan, and Googie Withers in Night and the City (1950)

Gene Tierney and Richard Widmark in Night and the City (1950)

Gene Tierney in Night and the City (1950)

Richard Widmark, Ken Richmond, and Stanislaus Zbyszko in Night and the City (1950)

Ken Richmond in Night and the City (1950)

Ken Richmond and Stanislaus Zbyszko in Night and the City (1950)

Francis L. Sullivan and Googie Withers in Night and the City (1950)

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