Night and the city
By: 20th Century-Fox presents ; screen play by Jo Eisinger ; produced by Samuel G. Engel ; directed by Jules Dassin
Contributors: Widmark, Richard, actor; Tierney, Gene, actor; Withers, Googie, actor; Marlowe, Hugh, 1911-1982, actor; Sullivan, Francis L., actor; Lom, Herbert, actor; Kersh, Gerald, 1911-1968; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: Two-DVD special edition.
Series: The Criterion collection -- 274; Criterion collection -- 274.
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Organized crime; Wrestling; Corrupt practices; Drama; Greco-Roman wrestling; Wrestling promoters; Ambition; Swindlers and swindling; Film adaptations
Other titles: Night & the city; Container of (work): Night and the city (Motion picture : 1950); Container of (work): Night and the city (Motion picture : 1950). British version.
Description: Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian aches for a life of ease and plenty. With a history of nowhere schemes, he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime. But there is no easy money in this underworld and soon Fabian learns the horrible price of his ambition.
Notes: Based on the novel by Gerald Kersh.

DVD release of the 1950 motion picture.

Full screen (1.33:1).

Special features: Alternate presentation of the British version of the film (101-minutes); Audio commentary from 2005 with film scholar Glenn Erickson ; Interview with director Jules Dassin from 2005 ; Excerpts from a 1972 television interview with Dassin ; Comparison of the scores for the British and American versions of the film ; Trailer ; An essay by film scholar Paul Arthur.

Cinematography, Max Greene ; editors, Nick De Maggio, Sidney Stone ; music, Franz Waxman.

Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.

In English with optional English SDH subtitles.