Night and the City

1950 · directed by Jules Dassin

Rating
80/100
Hit
yes

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.

Night and the City (1950), directed by Jules Dassin, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Richard Widmark
  • Francis L. Sullivan
  • Gene Tierney
  • Googie Withers
  • Stanislaus Zbyszko
  • Herbert Lom
  • Hugh Marlowe
  • Mike Mazurki
  • Charles Farrell
  • Ada Reeve

Crew

  • Mutz Greenbaum — Director of Photography
  • Nick DeMaggio — Editor
  • Sidney Stone — Editor
  • Benjamin Frankel — Original Music Composer
  • Franz Waxman — Original Music Composer
  • Jo Eisinger — Screenplay
  • Austin Dempster — Writer
  • William E. Watts — Writer

More from Jules Dassin

  1. Rififi (1955) — 85/100 · hit
  2. Thieves' Highway (1949) — 84/100 · hit
  3. Brute Force (1947) — 79/100
  4. Topkapi (1964) — 78/100
  5. The Naked City (1948) — 76/100
  6. Never on Sunday (1960) — 69/100

How these numbers work: Methodology