Description:
Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) aches for a life of ease and plenty. Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime in the form of legendary wrestler Gregorius the Great (Stanislaus Zbyszko). But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft, and pummeled flesh—and soon Fabian learns the horrible price of his ambition. Luminously shot in the streets of London, Jules Dassin’s Night and the City is film noir of the first order and one of the director’s crowning achievements.
Special Features:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by film scholar Glenn Erickson
- Video interview with director Jules Dassin
- Excerpts from a 1972 French interview with Dassin
- "Two Versions, Two Scores," a look at the two different scores composed for the British and American releases of the film
- New essay by film critic Paul Arthur
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
