Un estafador de poca monta y un vendedor de clubes nocturnos se aprovecha de algunas circunstancias fortuitas y trata de convertirse en un gran jugador como promotor de lucha libre.Un estafador de poca monta y un vendedor de clubes nocturnos se aprovecha de algunas circunstancias fortuitas y trata de convertirse en un gran jugador como promotor de lucha libre.Un estafador de poca monta y un vendedor de clubes nocturnos se aprovecha de algunas circunstancias fortuitas y trata de convertirse en un gran jugador como promotor de lucha libre.
- Nikolas of Athens
- (as Ken. Richmond)
- Diner
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- Young Policeman
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- Policeman
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- Bert
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- Thug
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- Nightclub Hostess
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- Hoskins
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Argumento
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- CuriosidadesDirector Jules Dassin made the film while in the process of being blacklisted. Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck told him it could possibly be the last film he'd ever direct, so he should shoot the most expensive scenes first so the studio wouldn't be able to blacklist him until it was completed.
- PifiasAs Harry is being chased through the streets of London at night, he runs down a set of stairs, then turns and runs down a lit street. In the foreground, the cameraman and director's shadows are clearly outlined against the street.
- Citas
Adam Dunne: Harry is an artist without an art.
Mary Bristol: What does that mean?
Adam Dunne: Well, that is something that could make a man very unhappy, Mary, groping for the right level, the means with which to express himself.
Mary Bristol: Yes, he is that. Is not he? I like that, Adam. It is a very nice thought.
Adam Dunne: Yes, but it can be dangerous.
- Versiones alternativasThere are two versions of this film: the British release and the International/American release. Some examples are: a differing voice-over speech; some changed dialogue; the opening scene where Harry returns home after 3 days away is a different take and the nightclub scenes are longer in the British version. The scores of the two films are also entirely different and alternate shots are used at the ending in the British version.
- ConexionesEdited into American Cinema: Film Noir (1995)
- Banda sonoraHere's to Champagne
(uncredited)
Written by Noel Gay
Performed by Gene Tierney (voice dubbed by Maudie Edwards)
Honestly this film deserves to rank up there with the likes of The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, or Out of the Past. The scenes of our "hero" Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark, at his best) being chased through London's East End are as starkly beautiful as anything you'll ever see on film. For several minutes there isn't a single shade of gray, everything is literally black or white and the camera itself seems to have joined in hunting Harry. Then there's the long, semi-grotesque wrestling scene that took me totally by surprise, it's like something out of Fellini.
Widmark is utterly believable as Fabian, a charming two-bit grifter who works as a "club tout" but hatches one ill-fated get-rich-quick scheme after another. The rest of the cast is excellent as well, there isn't a cardboard character in the bunch, except maybe Harry's girl Marry (Gene Tierney) though its really more a flaw in the character than the actress. Mary's saintliness may be the writers' only slip-up though, every other character has the sort of depth that makes the film a joy to watch. They inexorably follow their own motivations, which, of course, rely on those of someone else, who inevitably has a goal of his or her own, which will eventually derail the plan of someone whom someone else is counting on (actually, the film is a little less twisted than this review ;-) Criterion has just (2/05) recently released Night and the City and never has the phrase "filmed in glorious black and white" been more appropriate. Before this film seemed to lurk in the shadows of AMC or TCM, only occasionally showing its face, as if it were one of the genre's minor works. Now, if you haven't seen it you have no excuse, and you're only hurting yourself.
- Ham_and_Egger
- 2 mar 2005
Selecciones populares
- How long is Night and the City?Con tecnología de Alexa
Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Idioma
- Títulos en diferentes países
- Siniestra obsesion
- Localizaciones del rodaje
- Hammersmith Bridge, Hammersmith, Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido(Harry runs across this bridge after leaving Figler's hideout, running to Anna O'Leary's boat shop)
- Empresas productoras
- Ver más compañías en los créditos en IMDbPro
Taquilla
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 43.024 US$
- Duración1 hora 41 minutos
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1