The Big Night

Love! Hate! Murder!

A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.

1h 15m1951TMDb 6.8

English

Crew and Cast

Joseph Losey

Joseph LoseyDirector

John Drew Barrymore

John Drew BarrymoreGeorge La Main (as John Barrymore Jr.)

Preston Foster

Preston FosterAndy La Main

Joan Lorring

Joan LorringMarion Rostina

Howard St. John

Howard St. JohnAl Judge

Dorothy Comingore

Dorothy ComingoreJulie Rostina

Philip Bourneuf

Philip BourneufDr. James Cooper

Howland Chamberlain

Howland ChamberlainFlanagan

Myron Healey

Myron HealeyKennealy

Emile Meyer

Emile MeyerPeckinpaugh (as Emil Meyer)

Mauri LynnSinger · Terry Angeleus

Robert Aldrich

Robert AldrichRingsider at Fight

Storyline

A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.

Philip A. Waxman Productions Inc.

The Big Night poster

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Info

Status: Released
Released: 7 December 1951
Runtime: 1h 15m
TMDB score: 6.8 / 10 (23 votes)

Production

Director: Joseph Losey
Writers: Stanley Ellin, Hugo Butler, Ring Lardner Jr.
Studios: Philip A. Waxman Productions Inc.
Countries: United States of America

Languages

Original: English
Spoken: English