Night and the City

"The inside story of London after dark."

Jun 28 1950 Approved 1h 41m
Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

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.

Plot

Harry Fabian is a London hustler with ambitious plans that never work out. One day, when he encounters the most famous Greco-Roman wrestler in the world, Gregorius, at a London wrestling arena run by his son Kristo, he dreams up a scheme that he thinks will finally be his ticket to financial independence. As Fabian attempts to con everyone around him to get his scheme to work, he of course only ends up conning himself. This is an interesting tale of blind ambition, self-deception, broken dreams, and how a man who always thinks he's ahead of the game ends up tripping himself very badly.

Written by

Jo Eisinger, Gerald Kersh, Austin Dempster

Directed by

Jules Dassin

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
15,869
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
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Popularity
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