The Long Night (1947)

Directed by

Anatole Litvak

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is trapped in a building as police surround him. The story follows his memories of a love affair that led him there.

tensebleakmelancholicnocturnalclaustrophobicsuspensefultragic

What happens

The Long Night is a 1947 American film noir crime-tragedy directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by RKO Pictures. It is a remake of Le jour se lève (1939) by Marcel Carné. The drama stars Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price and Ann Dvorak. The title of the original French film is an idiom which translates roughly as "dawn is breaking". The Long Night was the first screen appearance by character actress Barbara Bel Geddes and it served as a springboard for Bel Geddes's career. RKO signed Bel Geddes to a seven-year contract. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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