Nightfall (1956)

Directed by

Jacques Tourneur

Genre

film noir, crime thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 104 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man on the run gets tangled in a web of robbery and murder. He struggles to clear his name while being hunted by both criminals and the police.

noirshadowysuspensefulgrittytenseflashback-drivenhardboiledpessimistic

What happens

Nightfall is a 1956 American crime film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Aldo Ray, Brian Keith and Anne Bancroft. The low-budget film is remembered today for camera work by cinematographer Burnett Guffey. It uses flashbacks as a device to tell the story, which was based on a 1948 novel by David Goodis. The theme song, "Nightfall," was composed by Peter De Rose and "Charles Harold" (Charles H. Cuppett), with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and sung by Al Hibbler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• The Man Is Armed (1956)
• Crime Against Joe (1956)
• Walk the Dark Street (1956)
• A Strange Adventure (1956)
• The Killing (1956)
• Terror at Midnight (1956)
• The Way Out (1956)
• A Cry in the Night (1956)