# Night and the City (1950)

> A desperate London grifter turns an aging wrestling legend into the centerpiece of a doomed scheme for wealth, dragging himself into a tightening web of lies.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/11568

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Drama, Crime
- Director: Jules Dassin
- Cast: Richard Widmark, Francis L. Sullivan, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Herbert Lom, Hugh Marlowe, Mike Mazurki
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042788/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: bleak, frantic, paranoid, classic noir night, cinephile viewing

## Synopsis

A hustler's blind ambition leads him down a path of self-deception and ruin.

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- [The Third Man (1949)](https://ember.film/movie/845)

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