Night and the City

June. 15,1950      
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.

Richard Widmark as  Harry Fabian
Googie Withers as  Helen Nosseross
Francis L. Sullivan as  Philip Nosseross
Gene Tierney as  Mary Bristol
Hugh Marlowe as  Adam Dunn
Herbert Lom as  Kristo
Stanislaus Zbyszko as  Gregorius
Mike Mazurki as  The Strangler
Charles Farrell as  Mickey Beer
Ada Reeve as  Molly

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