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Nightfall (1956) — Where to Stream · CriticCrunch

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Nightfall

Movie1956·79 min

Nightfall

Directed by Jacques Tourneur

A crime thriller film directed by Jacques Tourneur.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 41%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.9/10

104 ratings

About Nightfall

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

Pacing: Measured (4 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: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Tense
Story Tags: identity self discovery, fate destiny, trauma recovery, mid century, american regional, urban, strangers forced together, everyman, anti hero, escape chase, mystery disappearance, nonlinear flashback, heist robbery, corruption

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Details

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Language: English

Cast

Aldo Ray, Anne Bancroft, Brian Keith

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How Nightfall Ranks

All movies

Top 41%

1950s movies

Top 72%

Crime movies

Top 39%

Jacques Tourneur films#6 of 7

Top 41% All movies.

the vibe

Nightfall Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkintenseapproachableseriouspersonalheartfeltgrittytense

What it's about

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

texture

grittygritty

escape chase

mystery disappearance

nonlinear flashback

identity self discovery

fate destiny

trauma recovery

everyman

anti-hero

strangers forced together

heist robbery

corruption

american regional

urban

mid-century

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

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9