All Night Long (1962)

Directed by

Basil Dearden

Genre

drama, music

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A jazz musician reworks Shakespeare's Othello into a story of jealousy and manipulation. The drama unfolds during a single evening at an anniversary party in London's 1960s jazz scene. Black-and-white cinematography and live performances by famous jazz musicians set the mood.

tensemelancholicnoirishintimatestylishslow-burndramaticjazz-infused

What happens

All Night Long (also known as Night People) is a 1962 British neo noir drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair, Paul Harris, Marti Stevens, and Richard Attenborough. The story by Nel King and Paul Jarrico (who wrote under the pseudonym "Peter Achilles") is an updated version of William Shakespeare's Othello, set in the London jazz scene of the 1960s. The action takes place in a single evening, during an anniversary party. The black-and-white film features performances by several prominent British jazz musicians – among them John Dankworth and Tubby Hayes – as well as the Americans Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus, who were in the UK in 1961 when filming took place and were recruited to participate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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