Nightfall

1956 · directed by Jacques Tourneur

Rating

82/100

Hit

yes

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

Nightfall (1956), directed by Jacques Tourneur, rates 82/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Aldo Ray
• Anne Bancroft
• Brian Keith
• James Gregory
• Jocelyn Brando
• Frank Albertson
• Rudy Bond
• Bess Flowers
• Gene Roth
• Arline Anderson

Crew

• Burnett Guffey — Director of Photography
• William A. Lyon — Editor
• George Duning — Original Music Composer
• Stirling Silliphant — Writer

More from Jacques Tourneur

1. Out of the Past (1947) — 83/100 · hit
2. Night of the Demon (1957) — 83/100 · hit
3. Canyon Passage (1946) — 81/100 · hit
4. The Flame and the Arrow (1950) — 80/100 · hit
5. Wichita (1955) — 80/100 · hit
6. The Comedy of Terrors (1964) — 79/100

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