Night and the City

Night and the City (1950)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Release date

1950-06-15

Country

United Kingdom

Production

20th Century Fox

Genre

Drama, Crime, Thriller

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

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Director

Jules Dassin

Actors

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

William E. Watts, Austin Dempster

Producer

Samuel G. Engel, Darryl F. Zanuck

Operator

Mutz Greenbaum

Composer

Franz Waxman

Artist

Peter Mullins

Audition

Weston Drury Jr., Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Editing

Sidney Stone, Nick DeMaggio
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• Director Jules Dassin (1911-2008) filmed this movie while the process of adding his name to the "blacklist" was underway. Studio head Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) of "20th Century Fox" told Dassin that this might be the last film of his career and advised him to film the most expensive scenes first, so that the studio would not consider firing him before the film was completed.
• Richard Widmark (1914-2008) lost a considerable amount of weight during filming due to the constant running.
• Director Jules Dassin claimed that he did not read the novel of the same name (1938) by Gerald Kersh (1912-1968), which served as the literary basis for this adaptation, until he had finished working on the film.
• Darryl F. Zanuck ordered this film, set in London, to be shot so that the film company could access at least a portion of the financial funds frozen there in accordance with British legislation of the time, which was characterized by protectionism in the film industry.
• Director Jules Dassin (1911-2008) filmed this movie while the process of blacklisting him was underway. Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979), head of 20th Century Fox studio, told Dassin that this might be his last film and advised him to shoot the most expensive scenes first, so that the studio wouldn't consider firing him before the film was completed.