Night and the City (1992)

Directed by

Irwin Winkler

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, boxing film, crime film, neo-noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small-time lawyer schemes to get ahead in the boxing promotion world in New York City. His desperate gambles and lies spiral into dangerous conflicts with local gangsters and his own girlfriend.

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What happens

Night and the City is a 1992 American neo-noir crime comedy-drama film and a remake of the 1950 film, itself an adaptation of Gerald Kersh's 1938 novel. The film stars Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange, and is directed by Irwin Winkler from a script by Richard Price. Night and the City was released by 20th Century Fox on October 16, 1992. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $6.2 million against an $18 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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