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Nightfall is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jacques Tourneur released in USA on 23 january 1957 with Aldo Ray

Nightfall (1956)

Nightfall
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Released in USA 23 january 1957
Length 1h18
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Noir,    Crime,    Romance
Rating71% 3.5944253.5944253.5944253.5944253.594425

Nightfall is an American film noir directed in 1957 by Jacques Tourneur. It features 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 1947 novel by David Goodis.

Synopsis

Commercial artist James Vanning (Aldo Ray) and his friend, Dr. Edward Gurston (Frank Albertson), are on a hunting and fishing trip in Wyoming. They stop to help two men whose car has crashed. John (Brian Keith) and Red (Rudy Bond) are bank robbers, fleeing with $350,000 in loot, who don't plan on leaving any witnesses.

Actors

Aldo Ray

(James Vanning / Art Rayburn)Brian Keith

(John)Anne Bancroft

(Marie Gardner)Frank Albertson

(Dr. Edward Gurston)Jocelyn Brando

(Laura Fraser)
And :
James Gregory
Bess Flowers
Rudy Bond
Gene Roth
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