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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1951-12-07
Languageen
Runtime1h 15m
Production

Philip A. Waxman Productions Inc.

6.8(23)
•1951•1h 15m

The Big Night

"Love! Hate! Murder!"

DramaThriller

Overview

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

Director
Joseph Losey
Writing & Screenplay
Hugo ButlerRing Lardner Jr.
Cinematography
Hal Mohr

Principal Cast

12 credited
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)
ML
Mauri LynnSinger, Terry Angeleus

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