Night and the city
Two=bit hustler Harry Fabian(Richard Widmark) aches for a life of ease and plenty .Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes,he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime in the form of legendary wrestler Gregorius the Great (Stanislaus Zbyszko).But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances,bottomless graft,and pummeled flesh-and soon Fabian learns the horrible price of his ambition.Luminously shot in the streets of London,Jules Dassin's Night and the City is film nior of the first order and one o the director's crowning achievements.
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