Night Without Stars

Night Without Stars (1951)

A partially blind Englishman retires to the French Riviera. He meets and falls for the Widow of a French Resistance fighter but is horrified when he discovers she is involved with smugglers and murderers.

Data di uscita
1951-04-03
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (4)
Durata
1 h 26 min
Generi
Crime
Regista
Anthony Pelissier

Cast

Curiosità

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Night Without Stars is a 1951 British black-and-white dramatic thriller film directed by Anthony Pelissier and starring David Farrar, Nadia Gray and Maurice Teynac. The screenplay was by Winston Graham based on his 1950 novel of the same name. The film was produced by Hugh Stewart.

Production

It was shot at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by art director Alex Vetchinsky and costumes by Pierre Balmain.

Producer Hugh Stewart called the film "quite stylish" but was unhappy with the casting:

The central character was a man who was going blind, and resentful of this fact – prickly and awkward, but nevertheless one should see the charm. And I wanted David Niven to play this. And Richard Hamer who was in charge of the theatres at that time, 1946, said, "Niven? He's finished!" ... And I had David Farrar. Well David Farrar was a very capable sort of actor, but totally wrong for this particular part, the film didn't do particularly well.

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