Night and the City
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United Kingdom · 1950
1h 35m
Director Jules Dassin
Starring Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe
Genre Drama, Thriller
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When an overly ambitious grifter, Harry Fabian, encounters a famous Greco-Roman wrestler, he dreams up a scheme to become his promoter. Will this finally be his ticket to financial freedom or will this conman be burned once again?
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An excellent film, perhaps one of Dassin's best. Richard Widmark manages to portray grifter Harry Fabian in a way that highlights his simultaneously sympathetic and negative qualities.