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Nightfall is a 1956 American crime film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Aldo Ray, Brian Keith and Anne Bancroft. The low-budget film is remembered today for camera work by cinematographer Burnett Guffey. It uses flashbacks as a device to tell the story, which was based on a 1948 novel by David Goodis.
Nightfall: Directed by Jacques Tourneur. With Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando. Through a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Jacques Tourneur
- 1957-01
Laura Fraser. James Gregory. Ben Fraser. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In rural Wyoming, James Vanning (Aldo Ray) aids stranded motorists John (Brian Keith) and Red (Rudy Bond)....
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- Aldo Ray
- Jacques Tourneur
- Crime, Drama
With an unravelling story that doesn’t in the end bear too much close inspection, Nightfall is a late period film noir which follows form fairly closely, with its pair of malignant hoods ― one smart (played by Brian Keith) ― and one plain dumb and brutal ― played by Rudolph Bond.
Nightfall (1956) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Play Trailer. THE BLACK BAG... with $350,000 in loot! THE BLACK DRESS... with a beautiful pick-up girl inside! THE BLACK NIGHT... made for lovers... and killers! Overview. An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit. Jacques Tourneur. Director. David Goodis. Novel.
Through a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers. There is money missing from a bank job, an attractive model, an insurance investigator, and two extremely dangerous thugs.
