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The Long Night (1947)

APPROVED 101 min  -  Crime | Drama | Film-Noir  -   28 May 1947 (USA)
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Police surround the apartment of apparent murderer Joe Adams, who refuses to surrender although escape appears impossible. During the siege, Joe reflects on the circumstances that led him to this situation.

Director:

Anatole Litvak

Writers:

Jacques Viot (earlier script), John Wexley

Stars:

Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes and Vincent Price
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Henry Fonda ...
Joe Adams
Barbara Bel Geddes ...
Jo Ann
Vincent Price ...
Maximilian the Great
Ann Dvorak Ann Dvorak ...
Charlene
Howard Freeman Howard Freeman ...
Sheriff Ned Meade
Moroni Olsen Moroni Olsen ...
Chief of Police Bob McManus
Elisha Cook Jr. ...
Frank Dunlap
Queenie Smith Queenie Smith ...
Mrs. Tully
David Clarke ...
Bill Pulanski
Charles McGraw Charles McGraw ...
Policeman Stevens
Patty King Patty King ...
Peggy
Davis Roberts Davis Roberts ...
Freddie (as Robert A. Davis)
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Storyline

The credits fade onto a blind man tapping his way down the sidewalk,he enters a dingy boarding house and hears a shot fired in one of the upstairs bedrooms. A door opens from audience POV. A man tumbles out of the door and falls, slides and slithers down two flights of stairs and is dead when he hits the bottom. Then follows nearly 100 minutes of flashback and flashbacks-within-flashbacks about a veteran returing from the war, tired and disillusioned, only to find that he girl he loves has lied to him about her relationship with another man, and that man is sadistic, boastful and tauntful. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Film debut of Barbara Bel Geddes. See more »

Quotes

Maximilian: You know, it's not too easy to kill a man. I ought to know.
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Soundtracks

"Good King Wenceslas"
(uncredited)
Lyrics by John M. Neale
Music: 13th Century folk song See more »