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Night and the City (1950) | Top 18% · CriticCrunch

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Night and the City

Movie1950·95 min

Night and the City

Directed by Jules Dassin

A drama crime film directed by Jules Dassin.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 18%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.5/10

289 ratings

About Night and the City

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.

Pacing: Gripping (8 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Bleak (1 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Tense
Story Tags: ambition hubris, betrayal, survival of spirit, mid century, sports, london, romantic partners, con artist trickster, anti hero, rise and fall, cat and mouse, organized crime

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Details

Director: Jules Dassin
Language: English

Cast

Richard Widmark, Francis L. Sullivan, Gene Tierney

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How Night and the City Ranks

All movies

Top 18%

1950s movies

Top 33%

Drama movies

Top 17%

1950s Drama movies

Top 35%

★Jules Dassin films#2 of 6

Top 17% Drama movies.

Second-best Jules Dassin film, behind Rififi.

the vibe

Night and the City Vibe

What it feels like

grippingdarkintenseapproachableseriouspersonalbleak

gritty

tense

What it's about

rise & fallcat & mouseambition hubrisbetrayalsurvival of spiritcon artistanti-heroromantic partnerssportsorganized crimelondonmid-century

pacing

gripping 8/9gripping 8/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

bleak 1/9bleak 1/9

texture

grittygritty