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Night and the City (1992)

 -  Crime | Drama  -  1993 (Austria)
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The story about a cheating and incompetent lawyer (Harry Fabian) who suddenly gets obsessed on becoming a boxing promoter.

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Peck
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Tommy Tessler
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Resnick
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Steel Jaw #1 (as Gerry Murphy)
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Emmett Gorgon
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Judge Parker
Maurice Shrog ...
Gym Manager
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Robert DeNiro and Jessica Lange are the most impossible couple. He's a failed lawyer. She's a common waitress. Together they get in a downward spiral, as they can't seem to deal with there problems. The lawyer just failed winning a case in court against a famous boxing organiser and he wants revenge by catching the organizer on his own territory: boxing. Although he knows nothing about boxing, with his fine talk he finds the help of a couple of people like the brother of his new enemy. But the relationship with his waitress doesn't make things double as hard. Written by info@edwinvanoorschot.nl

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Rated R for strong language | See all certifications »
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1993 (Austria)  »

Also Known As:

La loi de la nuit  »

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$6,202,756 (USA)
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Trivia

Rupert Murdoch has said in interviews he loathes this film. See more »

Quotes

Judge Parker: Fabian - get the fuck out of my court.
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Version of Night and the City (1950) See more »

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"Love Doesn't Matter"
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Ever get that sense of incompleteness?
20 August 1999 | by (Westside, USA) – See all my reviews

If so, and you enjoy it, then perhaps this is the movie for you. The casting people loaded this film with a lot of good, solid character actors, but apparently forgot a cohesive plot and a story to go with all these screen gems.

This movie goes to further serve that De Niro can make a vehicle, not matter how rusted and barely running, watchable. The way he develops his characters is always attention-grabbing and this picture is no different.

This film starts off in a bunch of different directions, then does the old bait and switch, but doesn't really go anywhere. The ending is possibly one of the worst of all time, it seems like whoever was directing this just went on whatever whim struck him at the time and at the end of two hours, the producers just got bored and stopped the show. Ultimately unfulfilling and unless you are a huge De Niro fan, a complete waste of 2 hours. If you do sit through it, please accept my best wishes that you are able to enjoy it without screaming, "Where is the payoff?" for most of the time it takes for viewing.


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