Review of Night and the City (1950) by J C — 18 May 2007
A great noir. I have never seen Gene Tierney be so soulful, though she is not really a lead. All of the performances are great, except for one, in my opinion. I found Richard Widmark completely ridiculous as the doomed hero, which I felt marred the beauty of the rest of the film.
Visually the film has the gritty black and white feel of many of Kazan's films, but still has some of the usual 40's Hollywood gloss in many sequences. The plot is wonderfully dark, just the way I like it. A real noir.
This review of Night and the City (1950) was written by J C on 18 May 2007.
Night and the City has generally received very positive reviews.
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