Night and the City
Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) longs for “a life of ease and plenty.” Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he tries to hatch a lucrative plan with a famous wrestler. But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft, and pummeled flesh—and Fabian soon learns the horrible price of his ambition. Luminously shot in the streets of London while Hollywood blacklisters back home were closing in on director Jules Dassin, Night and the City, also starring Gene Tierney, is film noir of the first order, and one of Dassin’s crowning achievements.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Complete 101-minute British version of the film
- Audio commentary from 2005 with film scholar Glenn Erickson
- Interview with director Jules Dassin from 2005
- Excerpts from a 1972 television interview with Dassin
- Comparison of the scores for the British and American versions of the film by historian Christopher Husted
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Paul Arthur
New cover by Owen Smith
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Complete 101-minute British version of the film
- Audio commentary from 2005 with film scholar Glenn Erickson
- Interview with director Jules Dassin from 2005
- Excerpts from a 1972 television interview with Dassin
- Comparison of the scores for the British and American versions of the film by historian Christopher Husted
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Paul Arthur
New cover by Owen Smith
Cast
- Richard Widmark
- Harry Fabian
- Gene Tierney
- Mary Bristol
- Googie Withers
- Helen Nosseross
- Hugh Marlowe
- Adam Dunn
- Francis L. Sullivan
- Philip Nosseross
- Herbert Lom
- Kristo
- Stanislaus Zbyszko
- Gregorius
- Mike Mazurki
- The Strangler
- Charles Farrell
- Mickey Beer
Credits
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Screenplay
- Jo Eisenger
- From the novel by
- Gerald Kersh
- Music
- Franz Waxman
- Cinematography
- Max Greene
- Art direction
- C. P. Norman
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