The Big Night (1951)
Love! Hate! Murder!
A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.
- Date of release
- 1951-12-07
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Joseph Losey
Casting
- John Drew Barrymore — George La Main (as John Barrymore Jr.)
- Preston Foster — Andy La Main
- Joan Lorring — Marion Rostina
- Howard St. John — Al Judge
- Dorothy Comingore — Julie Rostina
- Philip Bourneuf — Dr. James Cooper
- Howland Chamberlain — Flanagan
- Myron Healey — Kennealy
- Emile Meyer — Peckinpaugh (as Emil Meyer)
- Mauri Lynn — Singer, Terry Angeleus
- Robert Aldrich — Ringsider at Fight
- Edna Smith
Interesting facts
The Big Night is a 1951 American film noir directed by Joseph Losey and starring Preston Foster, Joan Lorring and John Drew Barrymore in his first starring role. The film is based on a script written by Joseph Losey and Stanley Ellin, based on Ellin's 1948 novel Dreadful Summit. Hugo Butler and Ring Lardner Jr. also contributed to the screenplay, but both men were admitted communists, and following Lardner's conviction for contempt of Congress, they were uncredited when the film was first released.
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