Saturday Movie Screening: The Long Night (1947)
Date and Time
June 23, 2012
Location
Event Details
Joe Adams, a factory worker trapped inside his third-floor apartment after gunning down a mysterious gentleman, reconstructs the events leading up to the shooting through an intricate series of flashbacks. (97 mins.)
Series: Noir, the dark side of Hollywood
Additional Contributors: Hakim, Raymond; Hakim, Robert; Litvak, Anatole; Viot, Jacques; Price, Vincent; Dvorak, Ann; Fonda, Henry; Bel Geddes, Barbara; Wexley, John; Cook, Elisha
Publisher: New York - Kino on Video
Credits: Director of photography, Sol Polito ; editor, Robert Swink ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Performers: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price, Ann Dvorak, Howard Freeman, Moroni Olsen, Elisha Cook Jr., Queenie Smith, David Clarke, Charles McGraw, Patty King, Robert A. Davis.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1947
Based on film Le jour se lève, which was based on a story by Jacques Viot
Special features include: Essay on the production ; gallery of photographs and artwork ; excerpts from Le jour se lève
Based on film Le jour se lève, which was based on a story by Jacques Viot
Special features include: Essay on the production ; gallery of photographs and artwork ; excerpts from Le jour se lève
Statement of Responsibility: an RKO Radio Picture ; Robert and Raymond Hakim present an Anatole Litvak production ; screen play by John Wexley ; produced by Robert and Raymond Hakim and Anatole Litvak ; directed by Anatole Litvak.