Night and the City
Year:
1950
Production Country:
Great Britain / USA
Melodrama of a racket of wrestling promotions in London.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Harry Fabian Richard Widmark
- Mary Bristol Gene Tierney
- Helen Nosseross Googie Withers
- Adam Dunn Hugh Marlowe
- Phil Nosseross Francis L. Sullivan
- Kristo Herbert Lom
- Gregorius Stanislaus Zbysko
- The Strangler Mike Mazurki
- Mickey Beer Charles Farrell
- Molly Ada Reeve
- Nikolas Ken Richmond
- [Figler] James Hayter
- [Hoskins][GB prints only] Edward Chapman
- [Googin] Gibb McLaughlin
- [Fergus Chilk] Aubrey Dexter
- [Yosh] Russell Westwood
- [Anna O'Leary] Maureen Delaney
- [Bagrag] Thomas Gallagher
- [young policeman] Derek Blomfield
- [Bert, street musician] Ernest Butcher
- [Pinkney] Eliot Makeham
- [Mrs Pinkney] Betty Shale
- [Cozen] Tony Sympson
- [messenger boy] Brian Weske
- [cabby] Frank Pettitt
- [bartender] Hamilton Keene
- [small American] C. Denier Warren
- [American] Macdonald Parke
- [American] Eddy Reed
- [Strangler's opponent] Ray St. Bernard
- [referee] Lew Marco
- [a second] Walter Magnée
- [beggar] George Hirste
- [beggar] John Mann
- [beggar] Alan Tilvern
- [beggar] Len Sharp
- [dwarf] Chunky Pattison
- [policeman] Clifford Buckton
- [policeman] Clifford Cobbe
- [watchman] Charles Paton
- [nightwatchman] J. Hubert Leslie
- [cashier] Johnnie Schofield
- [waiter] Rex Garner
- [thug] Peter Butterworth
- [thug] Arthur Lovegrove
- [.] Freddie Watts
- [.] Stanley Escane
- [.] Philip Ray
- [.] John Sharp
- [.] John Rudling
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Jules Dassin
- Assistant Director [GB prints only] George Mills
- Assistant Director [GB prints only] Percy Hermes
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] John Street
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Douglas Hermes
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Jack Green
- [Assistant Director (2nd Unit)] Anthony Hearne
- [Continuity] Peggy McClafferty
- [Assistant Continuity] Hazel Swift
Production
- © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Produced by [GB and US prints] Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd
- Produced and Released by [US prints only] Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Released through [GB prints only] Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- [Executive Producer] Darryl F. Zanuck
- Produced by Samuel G. Engel
- [Associate Producer] Otto Lane
- [Unit Manager] Percy Hermes
- Production Manager [GB prints only] Ronald Kinnoch
- [Assistant Production Manager] Albert Pearl
- Personal Asst to the Producer [GB prints only] Freddie Fox
- Personal Asst to the Producer [GB prints only] R.E. Dearing
- [Production Secretary] Noreen Hipwell
- [Produced] at London Film Studios Shepperton
Casting
- [Casting] Weston Drury Jr
- [Casting Assistant] Peggy Smith
- [Casting Assistant] John Jones
Writing
- Screen Play by Jo Eisinger
- [Contributing Writer] William E. Watts
- Based on the Novel by Gerald Kersh
Photography
- Director of Photography Max Greene
- [Director of Photography (2nd Unit)] Jo Jago
- Camera Operator [GB prints only] Austin Dempster
- [Camera Operator (2nd Unit)] Hal Britten
- [Focus Puller] Godfrey Godar
- [Focus Puller (2nd Unit)] Walter Lassally
- [Clapper Loader] David Oxenham
- [Clapper Loader (2nd Unit)] Eddie Earp
- [Grip] Joe Vincent
- [2nd Grip] V. Butler
- [2nd Grip] A. Southall
Stills
- [Stills] Arthur Evans
Editing
- Film Editor [GB and US prints] Sidney Stone
- Film Editor [US prints only] Nick De Maggio
Design
- Art Director C.P. Norman
- [Draughtsman] Ted Clements
- [Draughtsman] Peter Murton
- [Draughtsman] George Beech
Costumes
- Costumes for Miss Tierney Designed by Oleg Cassini
- Costumes for Miss Withers Designed by Margaret Furse
- [Wardrobe Supervisor] Ivy Baker
- [Wardrobe Master] Arthur Newman
- [Wardrobe Mistress] Evelyn Gibbs
- [Wardrobe Assistant] Len Hubbard
Make-up
- [Make-up] Dave Aylott
- [Assistant Make-up] Eric Allwright
- [Hairstyling] Barbara Ritchie
- [Hairstyling] Iris Tilley
Music
- Music Composed by [GB prints only] Benjamin Frankel
- Music [US prints only] Franz Waxman
- [Song, 'Here's to Champagne'] Noel Gay
- [Singing Voice Double for Ms Tierney] Maudie Edwards
- Musical Director [GB prints only] Muir Mathieson
- Orchestration [US prints only] Edward B. Powell
- [Orchestration] Eric Rogers
- [Orchestration] Bernard Mayers
- [Orchestration] Cyril J. Mockridge
Sound
- Sound Recordist [GB and US prints] Peter Handford
- Sound Recordist [US prints only] Roger Heman
- [Sound Camera Operator] John Streeter
- [Sound Maintenance] Charles Van De Goor
- [Sound Floor Assistant] Hugh Strain
- [2nd Floor Assistant] Kevin Sutton
- Sound System Western Electric
- [Boom Operator] Bill Cook
- Sound Editor [GB prints only] Esmond Seal
Consultant
- [Technical Adviser on Wrestling] Mike Mazurki
- [Technical Adviser on Wrestling] Mickey Wood
- [Wrestling Trainer/Adviser] Walter Magnée
Publicity
- [Publicity] Ernest Betts
- [Unit Publicity] Arthur Allighan
