Night and the City

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.

Cast

Richard Widmark

as Harry Fabian

Francis L. Sullivan

as Philip Nosseross

Gene Tierney

as Mary Bristol

Googie Withers

as Helen Nosseross

Stanislaus Zbyszko

as Gregorius

Herbert Lom

as Kristo

Hugh Marlowe

as Adam Dunn

Mike Mazurki

as The Strangler

Charles Farrell

as Mickey Beer

Ada Reeve

as Molly

Reviews

John Chard

An artist without an art. Night and the City is directed by Jules Dassin and is adapted by Jo Eisinger from the novel written by Gerald Kersh. Starring are Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hebert Lom, Francis L. Sullivan, Mike Mazurki & Stanislaus Zbyszko. The score is composed by...

CinemaSerf

Jules Dassin has assembled a top-drawer cast for this thriller. An on-form Richard Widmark ("Fabian") is a bit of a low-life grifter in London who encounters the huge, but ageing, champion wrestler "Gregorius" (Stanislaus Zbyszko) and concocts a plan that could make them both extremely wealthy men. ...

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