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The Big Night is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Losey released in USA on 7 december 1951 with John Drew Barrymore

The Big Night (1951)

The Big Night
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Released in USA 7 december 1951
Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller
Rating63% 3.1513953.1513953.1513953.1513953.151395

The Big Night is a 1951 American black-and-white film noir directed by Joseph Losey, that features John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster and Joan Lorring. The feature is based on a script written by Joseph Losey and Stanley Ellin, based on Ellin's novel Dreadful Summit. Hugo Butler and Ring Lardner, Jr. also contributed to the screenplay, but were uncredited when the film was first released.

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On his teenaged son Georgie's birthday, Andy LaMain is beaten with a cane by Al Judge, a crippled newspaperman. He does not fight back, confusing Georgie, who also wonders why his widower Dad's girlfriend Frances did not come to the birthday party.

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