Critic Reviews
Night and the City (1950) Rank 2 Reviews
Expert Review Summary
based on (19) reviews
Click on the numbers to the right of the graph to see reviews of that rating
Fair
1
(0)
Poor
0
(0)
Reviews by Score:
DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
directed by Jules Dassin
UK 1950
Deep within the bowels of shadow-infested London, two-bit hustler Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) struggles to live a life of ease and plenty. Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, Fabian ...read the complete Night and the City movie review at DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
Slant Magazine - DVD Review
User Reviews
by Matthew Watters on March 02, 2009
Criterion deserves enormous praise for forcing a critical reevaluation of the reputation of director Jules Dassin, whose films had been languishing in neglect and obscurity before Criterion brought them to a new audience. Night and the City may stand as ...
by Joseph T. Rodolic... on September 02, 2008
Jules Dassin's direction and Mutz Greenbaum's beautiful, expressionistic photography make Night and the City a masterpiece of the film noir genre. The story takes us through the tightly-controlled underworld of 1950 London's East End operated by an ...
by B. W. Fairbanks "... on June 23, 2008
"Night and the City" is classic film noir based on the Gerald Kersh novel with Richard Widmark as Harry Fabian, a two-bit hustler scheming to become a big-time fight promoter in London.
Widmark is superb in what may be his best performance. He brings ...
by harry salzberg "d... on April 16, 2008
NIGHT AND THE CITY...RIGHT?
almost like macbeth in nature, richard widmark makes choices in his life that can ultimately lead to only one conclusion...along the way are a loyal but weary girlfriend, shady husband and wife business partners, and a ...
by Henahey on June 26, 2007
They dont make them like they used to.Thought that the characters were well fleshed out and the actors that played them were wonderfully played by the likes of Witmark and Lom.Defenitly watch this ...
by Eileen Corder on November 10, 2006
Sadly fatalistic, Jules Dassin's lovely masterpiece, Night and the City, was shot in London in 1950, just as the film maker was being blacklisted in Hollywood. At this point in his career, Dassin was a little like Harry Fabian, an artist without a ...
by Carlos Vazquez Qu... on August 14, 2006
For me, this movie I saw first time perhaps 40 years ago is superb and simply the best I have seen.
We see, this is mainly the story of Harry Fabian, a cheap swindler from London, played superbly by Richard Widmark. But is also the tale of how ...
by S. Henderson on February 10, 2006
To listen to the director tell it in an interview many years later, it's amazing this movie got made at all but apparently the seat-of-the-pants method worked (sort of like CASABLANCA). This movie starts with Harry running and ends with him running (but ...
by Heather L. Parisi... on December 28, 2005
IN A NUTSHELL: may contain plot spoilers
Set in London, this film noir from 1950 is a requiem for a bubbling, manic, con man by the name of Harry Fabian played by Richard Widmark. Fabian is literally an "artist without an art" according to Hugh Marlowe ...
by Joe Sixpack -- S... on December 23, 2005
Another fine film noir by blacklisted American director Jules Dassin... The plot involves a small-time street hustler in London who tries to make his mark as a fight promoter, only to find organized crime's stranglehold over the wrestling business ...
User Comments
del.icio.us
Digg
StumbleUpon
Yahoo! My Web
Facebook
Google Bookmarks
ma.gnolia
Newsvine
reddit
Windows Live
