The Big Night (1951)

Directed by

Joseph Losey

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy witnesses his father being brutally beaten by a man. He then sets out on a journey through the city to confront the attacker and seek revenge.

tensemelancholicgrittynoir-ishatmosphericbroodingemotionally raw

What happens

The Big Night is a 1951 American film noir directed by Joseph Losey and starring Preston Foster, Joan Lorring and John Drew Barrymore (billed as John Barrymore, Jr.) in his first starring role. The film is based on a script written by Joseph Losey and Stanley Ellin, based on Ellin's 1948 novel Dreadful Summit. Hugo Butler and Ring Lardner Jr. also contributed to the screenplay, but both men were admitted communists, and following Lardner's conviction for contempt of Congress, they were uncredited when the film was first released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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