Nightfall (1957) ( Molis pesei i nyhta ) ( Night fall )

Nightfall (1957) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Molis pesei i nyhta
Alternate Title: Night fall
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
79 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jacques Tourneur

Written By:
Stirling Silliphant
David Goodis

Actors:
Aldo Ray ..... James Vanning
Brian Keith ..... John
Anne Bancroft ..... Marie Gardner
Jocelyn Brando ..... Laura Fraser
James Gregory ..... Ben Fraser
Frank Albertson ..... Dr. Edward Gurston
Rudy Bond ..... Red
Arline Anderson ..... Hostess (uncredited)
Monty Ash ..... Clerk (uncredited)
María Belmar ..... Spanish Woman (uncredited)
Orlando Beltran ..... Spanish Man (uncredited)
Art Bucaro ..... Cashier (uncredited)
Robert Cherry ..... Man on Bus with Radio (uncredited)
George Cisar ..... Bus Driver (uncredited)
Lillian Culver ..... Woman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers ..... Woman at Fashion Show (uncredited)
Joan Fotre ..... Model (uncredited)
Annabelle George ..... Model (uncredited)
Pat Jones ..... Model (uncredited)
Lillian Kassan ..... Model (uncredited)
Betty Koch ..... Model (uncredited)
Jane Lynn ..... Model (uncredited)
Eddie McLean ..... Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Gene Roth ..... Bartender (uncredited)
Walter Smith ..... Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
Maya Van Horn ..... Woman (uncredited)
Winifred Waring ..... Fashion Commentator (uncredited)

Synopsis:

There is money missing from a bank job, an attractive model, an insurance investigator, and two extremely dangerous thugs. James Vanning (Aldo Ray) portrays an innocent man on the run, being pursued by the criminals who stupidly misplaced their take from the crime and think he has it or knows where it is hidden. Add model Marie Gardner (Anne Bancroft) who crossed paths with nice guy Vanning, while he is on the run. This all adds up to a thriller wherein the viewer is drawn into the story and becomes part of the drama. When Marie says 'things that really happen are difficult to explain' it captures the theme of this film. A nice girl helps a nice guy, who is innocent and is drawn into the drama. As tension mounts she says: 'I am always meeting the wrong man, and it leads to doomed relationships.' Marie inadvertently leads Vanning into the hands of the villains. However, she is a pseudo-femme fatale, innocently involved in the intrigue and, like the viewer, is gradually drawn into the plot. Beside one of the more chilling murder scenes for that era, the film has a three part flashback, which takes the viewer from a cityscape and menacing oil wells to the snow-covered plains of Wyoming and back to the streets of Hollywood. The interplay of high contrast images makes it worth seeing, but the story keeps the viewer engaged.

Commercial artist James Vanning (Aldo Ray) and his friend, Dr. Edward Gurston (Frank Albertson), are on a hunting and fishing trip in Wyoming when they stop to help two men whose car has crashed. The pair, John (Brian Keith) and Red (Rudy Bond), turn out to be escaped bank robbers, on the run with 350,000 dollars in stolen cash after a clean getaway, and they don't plan on leaving any witnesses - Gurston is shot dead by Red, using Vanning's hunting rifle, but Vanning survives by accident, knocked cold but alive. He awakens to discover the stolen money, accidentally left behind, and runs with it from the returning killers - he gets away but loses the bag in the blizzard that hits. He manages to make it to the nearest town, but not before the doctor's body is found, with a bullet in it from Vanning's rifle. Now the prime suspect in the murder, Vanning takes it on the lam, hiding out for months - unbeknowst to him, however, he's been under observation for most of that time by Ben Fraser (James Gregory), an investigator from the insurance company whose policy covered the bank that was robbed; and has been found by John and Red - and all of them think that Vanning can lead them to the missing money. But John and Red are perfectly prepared to torture and even maim Vanning to get the money, and they get their chance when he lets his guard down one night to talk to Marie Gardner (Anne Bancroft), a young model he meets in a bar. He manages to get away from his captors after a fierce struggle and makes his way to her place; after convincing her that it's not the police he's running from (which is not entirely true), they take off together, with Fraser and the two hoods only a half-step behind, headed to Wyoming and the spring thaw so he can hunt for the bag and the missing money and prove his innocence.

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. They murder Gurston using Vanning's hunting rifle, but through luck Vanning survives. He's knocked out cold but is still alive. He awakens to discover the stolen money, left behind by mistake, and runs with it from the returning hoods. He gets away but loses the bag in the blizzard. Much later, at a cafe in Los Angeles, Vanning makes the acquaintance of Marie Gardner (Anne Bancroft), a model. He is ambushed by John and Red, but once again gets away. Marie falls for Vanning and travels by bus with him to Wyoming, tailed by an insurance investigator named Fraser (James Gregory) who has been following the case all along. John and Red have found the money and get the drop on the other three. The crooks double-cross one another, however, and one is shot dead. Vanning fights with the other, who is killed by a snow plow. The insurance man will clear Vanning, who is now free to marry Marie.

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