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Night and the City

Night and the City (1992)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 33% of users liked it
    (788 ratings)

Night and the City is a remake of the 1950 Richard Widmark vehicle of the same name. Major changes: As played by Robert DeNiro, the Widmark character, one Harry Fabian, is no longer merely a two-bit tout but instead a two-bit lawyer; and the film is set in New York, as opposed to the London setting… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Richard Price
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Oct 11, 1992 Wide
On DVD
Apr 21, 1993
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • David Ansen, Newsweek

    Relish the movie's snappy, low-life high spirits.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    An unnecessary remake? judged by the end result. it's hard to tell what motivated Irwin Winkler, a poor director, to redo the Jules Dassin noir classic of the 1940s; perhaps the opportunity to work with De Niro and Jessica Lange, though neither is good

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Mason W


    Night and the City starring Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange is a good drama set in NYC. Harry (De Niro) is a ambulance chasing lawyer whom is romantically involved with a married woman (Lange) who works at her own bar. A good film to see with the great actors De Niro & Lange.

  • matt s


    So De Niro does great here, and his monologues and way of speaking incessantly are pretty good. But this film, it just feels like this tired, old retread of something out there that's better. Oh wait, it's a remake, that's why! I mean, Warden's good, hell, even… More

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