Night and the City (1950)

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Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) is a London hustler with ambitious plans that never work out. (imdb)

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Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Crime

Country: UK

Directed By: Jules Dassin

Written By: Jo Eisinger, Gerald Kersh, Austin Dempster, William E. Watts

Starring: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Mike Mazurki, James Hayter, Kay Kendall, Stanislaus Zbyszko

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Night and the City belongs to 50 collections

1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 154 stars)

2. Film Noir (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 54 stars)

3. Martin Scorsese's Film School: The 85 Films You Need to See to Know Anything About Film (public - 38 stars)

4. They Shoot Pictures 250 Quintessential Noir Films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 37 stars)

5. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 27 stars)

6. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)

7. Best of criticker: Top 250 (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 21 stars)

8. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 18 stars)

9. Doubling The Canon (public - 13 stars)

10. Con Artist(s) (public: moderated by iceblox - 12 stars)

11. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)

12. List: Essential Noirs in The Rough Guide to Film Noir's Canon (public: moderated by KasperL - 10 stars)

13. BFI 100 key Noir films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 8 stars)

14. Best of criticker: Suspense / Thriller (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 8 stars)

15. Best of criticker: Crime (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 8 stars)

16. Criticker top 250 (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 8 stars)

17. BFI Film Classics (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 7 stars)

18. 1,000 Noir Films: They Shot Dark Pictures, Didn't They? (public: moderated by lisa- - 7 stars)

19. Black and White Photography (public: moderated by JooJoo - 6 stars)

20. David Thomson's 1000 Films (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 6 stars)

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23. London (public: moderated by djross - 4 stars)

24. Foreign Classic Film Noir (public: moderated by Shmendrek - 4 stars)

25. TimeOut Magazine's 100 best British films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 3 stars)

26. List: Noir of the Week (public: moderated by KasperL - 3 stars)

27. Remade (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 3 stars)

28. Best of criticker: Film Noir (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 2 stars)

29. Average Percentile >70 (public: moderated by peyrin - 2 stars)

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Date	User	Rating
Jan 20	HakkaMex	7 _70%
Jan 18	seroş	96 _59%
Jan 09	Durronfo	73 _73%
Jan 03	Cheezy Dub	80 _81%
Jan 01	Panunzio	85 _91%
Dec 30, 2020	zakkyliar	70 _53%
Nov 24, 2020	zzzorf	60 _43%
Nov 19, 2020	MadMan	80 _35%
I didn't care what happened to any of the characters. I respect the gutsy ending though.
Nov 14, 2020	doomy1986	64 _29%
Oct 28, 2020	Colin19	79 _30%
Oct 13, 2020	iameren	8 _66%
Oct 06, 2020	Tetsu	85 _73%
Oct 06, 2020	mattd124	93 _94%
Sep 28, 2020	Opio	60 _57%
Sep 22, 2020	JonnyTwotabs	89 _82%
Sep 09, 2020	90sCoffee	77 _72%
Aug 30, 2020	TMDaines	90 _94%
Aug 17, 2020	Fulgance	80 _73%
Aug 17, 2020	Timon88	86 _91%
Fantastic.It has a steady, slow-burning intensity with climactic scenes that are operatic in their conception and scope. Richard Widmark as the clever hustler--"an artist without an art"--is a wonder: he moves like a modern dancer, and one can't help pulling for the poor, naïve schlub. The rest of the cast is uniformly great, especially Francis L. Sullivan as the club owner, and Googie Withers as his wife--I'll never understand why she wasn't a bigger star.
Aug 10, 2020	belfastboy	90 _93%
Aug 06, 2020	Flekk710	68 _56%
Jul 04, 2020	kappeuter	90 _98%
Jun 26, 2020	TheShiznit	75 _97%
Jun 25, 2020	speedking	80 _84%
Jun 24, 2020	mjoc0723	60 _57%
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Jun 03, 2020	bybrt	90 _94%
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May 14, 2020	yousefmo22	60 _0%
May 13, 2020	manwithbeard	85 _81%
Apr 29, 2020	quake	87 _85%
Apr 26, 2020	lance20000	100 _92%
Richard Widmark is the perfect antihero. Charming, high energy, and the biggest weasel in noir. So much of Night and the City is reliant on Fabian's manic hustler energy who is desperate for the big score he's always been after. It's a thriller to see him scheme and play friends, colleagues, and fellow hoods to get what he wants. And it's heartbreaking to see the straight people fall for his schtick. Noir shows better than any other genre just how destructive a leech can be.
Apr 14, 2020	konekonoir	41 _39%
Apr 09, 2020	moonsmilk	9 _80%
Apr 03, 2020	Cloudynow	70 _59%
Apr 01, 2020	cankutozturk	80 _93%
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Dec 31, 2019	istavritos	70 _38%
Dec 31, 2019	Bolido	85 _86%
Dec 31, 2019	ti89	90 _88%
Nov 19, 2019	TychoCelchuu	89 _86%
Oct 13, 2019	fruscijohn	90 _83%
Oct 11, 2019	Sayyadî	82 _91%
Sep 14, 2019	Bytor	87 _76%
Sep 06, 2019	Buff	50 _75%
Aug 23, 2019	Candiru	90 _95%
Aug 22, 2019	gurkov	60 _38%
Aug 15, 2019	HoneyB	72 _45%
Aug 13, 2019	account2	75 _91%
Aug 09, 2019	bal3x	90 _96%
Jun 18, 2019	quotidian	6 _26%
Jun 14, 2019	Nangijala	95 _98%
Jun 12, 2019	Anomaly	87 _89%
An intense noir that never stops once it gets going and builds to a heart-pounding conclusion where no one truly wins. The control of shadows, especially shadows falling upon the actor's faces, is probably the best I've ever seen. And of course I must give praise to Widmark, for a performance that grabs you right from the get-go.
Jun 02, 2019	DeLarge	85 _48%
May 30, 2019	kafka1325	76 _94%
May 27, 2019	Slowjoe	79 _88%
Apr 26, 2019	rojatume	85 _86%
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Dec 18, 2018	kurt19151	80 _43%
Dec 05, 2018	mathiasa	70 _77%
Dec 01, 2018	buddhalou	80 _74%
Nov 23, 2018	Blair	89 _84%
Nov 22, 2018	allneonslike	75 _78%
Nov 19, 2018	peyrin	55 _25%
The lead is just the right amount of batshit crazy, but unfortunately the rest of the setting doesn't give him much material to riff off of.
Nov 17, 2018	Dom92	80 _65%
Nov 10, 2018	monclivie	75 _53%
Nov 04, 2018	PepeCamello	90 _95%
Oct 29, 2018	domv	87 _91%
Sep 09, 2018	Zepheus	70 _72%
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Jun 06, 2018	empire434	86 _90%
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Dec 30, 2016	JJ1986	70 _76%
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Nov 26, 2016	votefordeniz	80 _63%
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Nov 07, 2016	GrimsChild	35 _25%
Nov 02, 2016	Nroo	85 _92%
Oct 30, 2016	zkas1225	78 _73%
Oct 26, 2016	M-B-M	8 _95%
Oct 21, 2016	blanketstate	9 _89%
Oct 06, 2016	Dominoes1992	85 _52%
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Mar 10, 2016	RodopLu	58 _36%
Mar 10, 2016	theficionado	100 _97%
Harry Fabian is a great character, whose last name speaks to his campaign of misdirection, deception, & inevitable retreat. Striving for "ease & plenty," Fabian possesses a manic energy that propels him through every confrontation & problem; his solution is inevitably some form of betrayal or deceit. His appetite for status ill fits with his capriciousness; there couldn't be a greater contrast with the smooth operators who yield real power, who regard their ill-gotten gains as a prerogative.
Feb 23, 2016	Lionel Hutz	71 _71%
Feb 05, 2016	mfjlefou	80 _73%
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Dec 28, 2015	pmcinern	90 _87%
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Oct 24, 2015	hulot	80 _80%
watched: 2015, 2020
Oct 21, 2015	joachimt	90 _96%
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Oct 16, 2015	ehk2	49 _62%
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Aug 21, 2015	Skerringer	84 _92%
Aug 17, 2015	Sane	79 _78%
Aug 10, 2015	Mr. Mxyzptlk	100 _0%
Aug 02, 2015	Maaxwell	75 _70%
Widmark is fantastic and the supporting cast are strong (though Tierney barely gets a chance to shine), and the story moves at a good pace, chronicling the downfall of a lowly hustler who overplays his own hand in trying to outsmart his enemies. There are a few nice twists and turns to this noir, but the ending feels a little abrupt and unbelievable despite its effective lack of sentimentality.
Jul 20, 2015	bensonmum2	80 _84%
Jul 19, 2015	syenigun	11 _34%
Jul 16, 2015	thirdeye42	78 _81%
Jun 09, 2015	shanno	60 _57%
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Jul 10, 2014	Andrew13	94 _87%
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