Nightfall (1957)
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, Rudy Bond, Aldo Ray, Frank Albertson
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Nightfall belongs to 13 collections
1. Film Noir (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 54 stars)
2. Features under 91 minutes (public: moderated by epiphany - 50 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 250 Quintessential Noir Films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 37 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 18 stars)
5. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
6. 1,000 Noir Films: They Shot Dark Pictures, Didn't They? (public: moderated by lisa- - 7 stars)
7. List: Noir of the Week (public: moderated by KasperL - 3 stars)
8. Wyoming (public: moderated by Moribunny)
9. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (private: Coheed - 3 stars)
10. Leaving Criterion Channel 6/30/20 (private: owen1218 - 1 star)
11. PSI being off (private: JooJoo)
12. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 37 (private: PeaceAnarchy)
13. Forrest Watch List (private: ForrestQ)
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| Jun 13, 2020 | D Lightman | 60 41% |
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NathanBates | 60 34% |
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Mid-tier noir that might have worked better as a short (even with its already-tiny running time); the characters spend a lot more time talking than doing, and the flashbacks seem to detract from the tension rather than add to it. Bonus points for the unusual character death that is telegraphed early.
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hulot | 80 80% |
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moonsmilk | 7 39% |
| Apr 04, 2020 | Lonewolf2003 | 68 32% |
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There’s a lot to like in the directing and economic storytelling in this late noir. It plays well with expectations about characters; the femme fatale, a charming Anne Bancroft, who contrary to first impressions isn’t one plus a protagonist who’s more vulnerable and scared than the usual streetwise witty noir hero. It’s unfortunate that the miscast Aldo Ray fails to portray this softer side of the character or to deliver any line convincingly, lessening this substantial.
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| Mar 27, 2020 |  |
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| Mar 14, 2020 | marcocev | 50 14% |
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krypt | 86 62% |
| Feb 02, 2020 | tammineni () | 70 40% |
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Yiannos | 50 26% |
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Disappointing Tournier gets off to a good start then plods along until its predictable conclusion. As expected, it's handsomely mounted, but it isn't a patch on Out of The Past or the other notable films Tournier made in the 40's and 50's.
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Em honra do centenário de Jocelyn Brando - que ficou conhecida como irmã e influência de Marlon, mas que teve sua cota de parceria com grandes diretores também. Eu fico tempo sem ver filme do Tourneur e acabo me esquecendo o quanto ele é bom, este também faz parte da fina flor do filme noir e talvez tenha o melhor papel que o Aldo Ray já interpretou, embora eu goste dele nos filmes de Mann e Walsh também. Box Versátil Filme Noir Volume 3.
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A bit too contrived, a bit too full of levity and light-hearted patter to be a really excellent noir, despite its strong premise. Still, far from the worse noir I’ve seen.
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| Apr 19, 2019 | dracular | 50 49% |
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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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| Sep 22, 2010 |  |
JerryJ | 100 94% |
| Aug 23, 2010 | nuotio | 58 59% |
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| Jul 28, 2010 |  |
MartinTeller | 75 55% |
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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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| Jan 19, 2010 | onetwothree | 40 18% |
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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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| Average Percentile 60.43% from 146 Ratings |  |
