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Nightfall

1h 18m

Directed by Jacques Tourneur • 1956 • United States
Starring Brian Keith, Aldo Ray, Anne Bancroft

Directed by Jacques Tourneur from one of the masterful, despairing novels of David Goodis, NIGHTFALL is the tale of an innocent man trapped in a senseless and lethal web of seduction and crime. The cinematography by noir specialist Burnett Guffey (HUMAN DESIRE, THE BROTHERS RICO) captures the shadowy, neon-lit city as well as a vast and borderless winter landscape, ranking among his greatest achievements.

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