Les Forbans de la nuit (1950)
Night and the City
Réalisateur : Jules Dassin
Scénaristes : Gerald Kersh, Jo Eisinger, William E. Watts, Austin Dempster
95 minutes
Status : Released
Langue : English
Pays : United Kingdom
Société de production : 20th Century Fox
Synopsis
Londres. Harry Fabian, un petit truand paranoïaque et mégalomane, plus ambitieux qu'intelligent, exerce les fonctions de rabatteur pour le compte de Phil Nosseross, patron du Silver Fox, une boîte de nuit du quartier de Soho, à Londres. Dans l'espoir de faire rapidement fortune, il décide d'organiser des combats de lutte gréco-romaine truqués. Un vieux lutteur, le Grand Gregorius, et la femme de son patron, qui tous deux poursuivent leur propre chimère, l'aident à trouver des fonds. Mais Harry s'attaque au monopole de Kristo. Et celui-ci, qui se trouve être le père de Gregorius, n'entend pas que quelqu'un d'autre le concurrence sur ce terrain...
- Richard Widmark - Harry Fabian
- Francis L. Sullivan - Philip Nosseross
- Gene Tierney - Mary Bristol
- Googie Withers - Helen Nosseross
- Stanislaus Zbyszko - Gregorius
- Herbert Lom - Kristo
- Hugh Marlowe - Adam Dunn
- Mike Mazurki - The Strangler
- Charles Farrell - Mickey Beer
- Ada Reeve - Molly
- Ken Richmond - Nikolas
- Alan Tilvern - Beggar (uncredited)
- Derek Blomfield - Young Policeman (uncredited)
- Clifford Buckton - Policeman (uncredited)
- Ernest Butcher - Bert, Street Musician (uncredited)
- Peter Butterworth - Thug (uncredited)
- Naomi Chance - Nightclub Hostess (uncredited)
- Edward Chapman - Hoskins (uncredited)
- Clifford Cobbe - Policeman (uncredited)
- Patricia Davidson - Nightclub Hostess (uncredited)
- Maureen Delaney - Anna O'Leary (uncredited)
- Aubrey Dexter - Fergus Chilk (uncredited)
- Stanley Escane - Man (uncredited)
- Thomas Gallagher - Bagrag, Bar Owner (uncredited)
- Rex Garner - Waiter (uncredited)
- James Hayter - Figler (uncredited)
- George Hirste - Beggar (uncredited)
- Hamilton Keene - Charles, American Bartender (uncredited)
- Kay Kendall - Helen's Girl (uncredited)
- Hubert Leslie - Nightwatchman (uncredited)
- Arthur Lovegrove - Thug (uncredited)
- Jack Mandeville - Man in Alley (uncredited)
- John Mann - Beggar (uncredited)
- Lew Marco - Referee (uncredited)
- Gibb McLaughlin - Googin (uncredited)
- MacDonald Parke - American from Chicago (uncredited)
- Frank Pettitt - Cab Driver (uncredited)
- Charles Paton - Watchman (uncredited)
- Chunky Pattison - Dwarf (uncredited)
- Philip Ray - Man (uncredited)
- Eddy Reed - American from Chicago (uncredited)
- John Rudling - Man (uncredited)
- Harold Sanderson - Man at Wrestling Match (uncredited)
- Johnnie Schofield - Cashier (uncredited)
- Betty Shale - Mrs. Pinkney (uncredited)
- John Sharp - Man (uncredited)
- Leonard Sharp - Beggar (uncredited)
- Ray St. Bernard - The Strangler's Opponent (uncredited)
- Tony Sympson - Cozen (uncredited)
- Harry Terry - Man on Dock (uncredited)
- C. Denier Warren - American from Chicago (uncredited)
- Freddie Watts - Man (uncredited)
- Brian Weske - Messenger Boy (uncredited)
- Russell Westwood - Yosh (uncredited)
