City of Toronto All Events http://ift.tt/14OY0Bl Night and the City (1950), directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers. Postwar London teeters on the edge of an urban nightmare populated by betrayal, corruption and desperate people. Small time hustler Harry Fabian lurches from one failed scam after another, always looking to "be somebody". He thinks he's found his ticket with legendary wrestler Gregorius the Great. But when things take an ugly turn, Harry learns that when you are "so close to being on top," your fall has a very hard landing. One of the bleakest films ever produced by a major Hollywood studio, this exceptional noir's dark expressionist shadows paint the derelict buildings, riverfront and alleyways with despair.
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