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David Goodis (story)
Stirling Silliphant (writer)
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13 May 1957 (Sweden) more
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YOU COULD GO TO THE MOVIES EVERY DAY FOR FIVE YEARS---BEFORE YOU'D SEE ANOTHER PICTURE WITH SO MANY THRILLS AND SO MUCH SUSPENSE! (original print ad - all caps)
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(2 articles)
Streets Of No Return: The Unfaithful—Introductory Remarks By Noir Historian Dan Hodges
(From Twitch. 6 August 2008, 12:08 PM, PDT)
Streets of No Return: The Dark Cinema of David Goodis—Interview With Curator Steve Seid
(From Twitch. 31 July 2008, 11:33 AM, PDT)
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A decent Film-Noir more (23 total)
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(Complete credited cast) | Aldo Ray | ... | James Vanning / Art Rayburn |
| Brian Keith | ... | John |
 | Anne Bancroft | ... | Marie Gardner |
| Jocelyn Brando | ... | Laura Fraser |
| James Gregory | ... | Ben Fraser |
| Frank Albertson | ... | Dr. Edward Gurston |
| Rudy Bond | ... | Red |
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78 min
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Jacques Tourneur's Nightfall follows the classic Film-Noir pattern: a man hunted by someone for something he did in the past, a beautiful woman, expressionist black and white photography etc..
The action of the film takes place in Chicago where James Vanning (Aldo Ray), meets in a bar a beautiful young fashion model Marie Gardner (Anne Bancroft). There is instant liking between them. Everything seems fine till James is picked up by two strange individuals whom as we understand he knew before and who begin to interrogate him, threatening his life, about a big amount of money that he supposedly possess and that actually belongs to them. James manages to escape and takes refuge at Marie's home. He's obliged to tell her the story about his past that led those to men to hunt him. The story which is shown to us in flash back sequences.
Though Nightfall doesn't stand comparison to Jacques Tourneur Film-Noir masterpiece Out of the Past, it's still quite an interesting film generally well acted with some very good dialogs in it and the most remarkable end sequence that probably served as an inspiration for the ending of brothers' Coen Fargo. 7/10