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                   Night and the City (1950) UK Version
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STARS...........: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers
DIRECTOR........: Jules Dassin
WRITERS.........: Jo Eisinger, Gerald Kersh, Austin Dempster
GENRE...........: Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042788
RUNTIME.........: 1h 41mn
SIZE............: 5.78 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC ()
BITRATE.........: 8000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1440x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.33:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO...........: English AAC 1.0 200kbps VBR
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: BFI Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2021-09-16


Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) longs for “a life of ease and plenty.” Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he tries to hatch a lucrative plan with a famous wrestler. But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft, and pummeled flesh—and Fabian soon learns the horrible price of his ambition. Luminously shot in the streets of London while Hollywood blacklisters back home were closing in on director Jules Dassin, Night and the City, also starring Gene Tierney, is film noir of the first order, and one of Dassin’s crowning achievements.

The film's British version was five minutes longer, with a more upbeat ending and featuring a completely different film score. Dassin endorsed the American version as closer to his vision