Nightfall (1957) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur. The film features Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, among others. The low-budget film is remembered today for camera work by cinematographer Burnett Guffey. The film uses flashbacks as a device to tell the story, which was based on a 1947 novel by David Goodis.
In the film, a commercial artist is hunted by the police for a murder he didn't commit and by criminals fo...
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Nightfall (1957) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur. The film features Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, among others. The low-budget film is remembered today for camera work by cinematographer Burnett Guffey. The film uses flashbacks as a device to tell the story, which was based on a 1947 novel by David Goodis.
In the film, a commercial artist is hunted by the police for a murder he didn't commit and by criminals for stolen money he doesn't have.
The film tells of commercial artist James Vanning (Aldo Ray) and his friend, Dr. Edward Gurston (Frank Albertson). They are on a hunting and fishing trip in Wyoming. They stop to help two men with car problems. The two men, John (Brian Keith) and Red (Rudy Bond), are bank robbers, fleeing with the loot and don't plan on leaving any witnesses. They murder Gurston using Vanning's hunting rifle, but through luck Vanning survives. He's knocked out cold but still alive. He awakens to discover the stolen money, left...
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