Night and the City
“The inside story of London after dark.”
1950 · 1 h 36 min
Jules DassinCast
Richard Widmark 
Gene Tierney 
Googie Withers 
Hugh Marlowe Francis L. Sullivan 
Herbert Lom
Credits
Written by: Jo Eisinger
Plot
A second-rate London con man looks for a big angle, with his schemes endangering those around him.
Sinekatalog’s take
Jules Dassin's noir is frantic and bleak, with a desperate Richard Widmark.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (16,914 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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