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Bookmark this pageThe Long Night (1947)
Director: Anatole Litvak
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From Time Out Film Guide
Hollywood's cannibalisation (sometimes shot for shot) of Carné's Le Jour se lève. Bowdlerised and tricked out with a silly happy ending, but a better film than critics allowed at the time with Carné's film under threat of definitive suppression to make way for it. Excellent performances (with Price at his smarmiest, and Fonda only a shade self-pitying where Jean Gabin gave the role sheer, mutinous power), but above all a wonderful noir sheen from Sol Polito's camerawork.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Anatole Litvak
Producer: Anatole Litvak, Robert Hakim, Raymond Hakim
Cast: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price, Ann Dvorak, June Duprez, Queenie Smith, Elisha Cook Jr, Howard Freeman full cast
Duration: 97 mins
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