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night and the city criterion collection b & w
jules dassin s night and the city opens with cheap grifter harry fabian richard widmark running for his life through the streets of london . harry wants to be big time and he does not care how he raises cash for his schemes . like a junkie he uses and steals from his girlfriend mary gene tierney a singer at the silver fox a seedy nightclub owned by the physically grotesque phil nosseross francis l. sullivan . harry who also works for phil steering unsuspecting customers to the club comes up with a plan to wrest control of professional wrestling from promoter and underworld kingpin kristo herbert lom by manipulating kristo through his father retired wrestling great gregorius stanislaus zbyszko . for financial backing harry turns to phil and phils wife helen googie withers both of whom give him the money but only to further their own ends . when gregorius is accidentally killed by his proteges upcoming opponent strangler mike mazurki and phil realizes that helen is leaving him for harry the scheme quickly unravels . truly a glimpse of hell night and the city s distorted visuals and dark symbolism depict an underworld from which there is no escape and in which redemption comes at a very high price . steve press all movie guide . br br new restored high definition digital transferaudio commentary by film scholar glenn ericksonnew video interview with director jules dassinexcerpts from a 1972 french interview with dassina comparison of the two scores recorded for the british and american releases of the filmoriginal theatrical trailerenglish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impairednew essay by film scholar paul arthur . br br new restored high definition digital transferaudio commentary by film scholar glenn ericksonnew video interview with director jules dassinexcerpts from a 1972 french interview with dassina comparison of the two scores recorded for the british and american releases of the filmoriginal theatrical trailerenglish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impairednew essay by film scholar paul arthur .