| Edition |
[Full screen]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 274 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 274.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Max Greene ; art director, C.P. Norman ; editor, Nick DeMaggio, Sidney Stone ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designers, Oleg Cassini, Margaret Furse. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. |
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Based on the novel by Gerald Kersh. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Two-bit London hustler Harry Fabian aches for a life of ease and plenty. Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime in the form of legendary wrestler Gregorius the Great. But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft, and pummeled flesh, and soon Fabian learns the horrible price of his ambition. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentary by film scholar Glenn Erickson; video interview with director Jules Dassin; excerpts from a 1972 French interview with Dassin; "Two versions, two scores", a look at the two different scores composed for the British and American releases of the film; original theatrical trailer. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Greco-Roman wrestling -- Drama.
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Wrestling promoters -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Wrestling -- Corrupt practices -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Swindlers and swindling -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Organized crime -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Ambition -- Drama.
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Film noir.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008.
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Engel, Samuel G., 1904-1984.
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Eisinger, Jo.
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Widmark, Richard.
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Tierney, Gene.
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Withers, Googie.
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Marlowe, Hugh, 1911-1982.
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Sullivan, Francis L.
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Greenbaum, Mutz.
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Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967.
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Kersh, Gerald, 1911-1968.
Night and the city.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Jules Dassin's Night and the city |
| ISBN |
155940955X |
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9781559409551 |
| Standard No. |
715515015721 |
| Music No. |
CC1607D Criterion Collection |
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