Nightfall (1957)
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Commercial artist James Vanning (Aldo Ray) and his friend, Dr. Edward Gurston (Frank Albertson), are on a hunting and fishing trip in Wyoming when they stop to help two men whose car has crashed. The pair, John (Brian Keith) and Red (Rudy Bond), turn out to be escaped bank robbers, on the run with 350,000 dollars in stolen cash after a clean getaway, and they don't plan on leaving any witnesses... (All Movie Guide)
Country: USA
Directed By: Jacques Tourneur
Written By: David Goodis, Stirling Silliphant
Starring: Anne Bancroft, James Gregory, Brian Keith, Jocelyn Brando, Aldo Ray, Frank Albertson
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Nightfall belongs to 16 collections
1. Film Noir (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 45 stars)
2. Features under 91 minutes (public: moderated by epiphany - 33 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 250 Quintessential Noir Films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 29 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 15 stars)
5. 1,000 Noir Films: They Shot Dark Pictures, Didn’t They? (public: moderated by lisa- - 4 stars)
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Nothing special, and a tad sloppy at times, but generally a very enjoyable piece of film noir that's well plotted and also benefits from featuring quite a bit of snow (seriously, film noir plus snow-covered locations is an awesome combination).
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Starts off fantastic but then stumbles a bit towards an ok ending, seemingly unsure of where to take these characters. It does make up for it somewhat with a surprise or two up its sleeve. Ending aside, it's a fun film and that first half is effectively tense. Aldo Ray isn't a particularly good actor but he's believable as the wrong man on the run and the bit players are memorable, particularly Rudy Bond as a trigger happy goon.
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Not a great film, but a very well-constructed story, with little or no dead spots; this movie just moves along. The payoff was a tad disappointing, but I'd bet this would keep most people's attention all the way until the end.
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"In spite of that tantalizing potential, Nightfall will always just be a promising B picture." - Simon Abrams
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As in Out of the Past, Tourneur uses a flashback structure to reveal the story, but this time he fragments it a lot more, often leaving the viewer guessing why the characters are in their situations. Aldo Ray has a certain quality to him, kind of a teddy bear toughness. And there's a wonderfully grisly death at the end. Other than that, it's not too special but it's plotted well and a few moments of stimulating photography. Bancroft is lovely, but doesn't seem like a good fit for this role.
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seemed ahead of its time, good plot, nothing spectacular in the way of directing, writing, or acting, but a solid movie.
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