Londoner Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) wants to be big-time, and he does not care how he raises cash for his schemes. But soon Harry learns the horrible price of his ambition.
July 30, 1891 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
January 5, 1897 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
1 April 1879, Jodlowa, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Jodlowa, Podkarpackie, Poland]
December 23, 1932 in Stockwell, London, England, UK
12 March 1917, Karachi, Sindh, British India
5 November 1918, London, England, UK
30 January 1911, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
13 October 1901, Harrogate, Yorkshire [now North Yorkshire], England, UK
March 16, 1887 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
5 August 1920, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
19 July 1884, Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
16 October 1899, Bucklow, Cheshire, England, UK
March 29, 1898 in London, England, UK
26 December 1914, Sunrise Township, Minnesota, USA
15 July 1913, Fulham, London, England, UK
May 24, 1890 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
September 18, 1927 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK
6 January 1903, London, England, UK
31 August 1926
May 21, 1927 in Withernsea, Yorkshire, England, UK
3 March 1874, London, England, UK
10 July 1906, London, England, UK
July 29, 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 February 1919, Bramhall, Cheshire, England, UK
10 July 1926, London, England, UK
23 April 1907, Lonuvla, India
6 August 1900, Dublin, Ireland
August 15, 2015
[A] gripping little crime drama.
January 26, 2006
Inclined to go over the top, it all too clearly contains the seeds of Dassin's later -- and disastrous -- pretensions.
March 25, 2003
A moody piece of Wellesian chiaroscuro (shot by Max Greene, né Mutz Greenbaum) and an occasionally discomfiting underworld plunge.
April 15, 2008
Jules Dassin, in his direction, manages extraordinarily interesting backgrounds, realistically filmed to create a feeling both of suspense and mounting menace.
January 01, 2000
Before he met Melina Mercouri and became an Artist, Jules Dassin made a number of worthwhile thrillers as a Hollywood contract director.
February 20, 2005
the rare masterpiece that earns the appellation not by announcing its grand intentions but by following them through with sublime confidence and precision
February 15, 2005
The archetypal film noir.
April 03, 2005
One of the true-blue noir classics. RIchard Widmark is a certifiable force of nature.
April 15, 2008
A dark, brooding noir, with Widmark riveting as a hustling promoter who sinks into the quagmire of his own ambitions.
January 28, 2006
A pointless, trashy yarn.
October 07, 2015
One of the best noirs around ... downward-spiral noir in its purest form, even if it trades the traditional urban landscape of the American city for the mean streets of London.
