| Nightfall | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Tourneur |
| Produced by | Ted Richmond |
| Written by | David Goodis (story) Stirling Silliphant |
| Starring | Aldo Ray Brian Keith |
| Cinematography | Burnett Guffey |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 23, 1957 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 78 min |
| Language | English |
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Nightfall is a 1957 black-and-white film directed by Jacques Tourneur. The film, considered film noir, stars Aldo Ray, Brian Keith and Anne Bancroft. The low-budget film is remembered today for camera work by cinematographer Burnett Guffey. The film uses flashbacks as a device to tell the story, which was based on a 1947 novel by David Goodis. In the film, a commercial artist is hunted by the police for a murder he didn't commit and by criminals for stolen money he doesn't have.
Reaction
Writer Spencer Selby called the film a "paranoid thriller which seems to be Tourneur's return to some of the territory he explored in Out of the Past."
Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Aldo Ray | James Vanning |
| Brian Keith | John |
| Anne Bancroft | Marie Gardner |
| Jocelyn Brando | Laura Fraser |
References
- ^ Spencer Selby (1984). Dark City: The Film Noir. McFarland Classic. ISBN 0-7864-0478-7.
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