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The Big Night

The Big Night
★ 6.8/10•1951•1h 15m•Drama•Thriller

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.

Hugo Butler · Screenplay

Joseph Losey · Director

Ring Lardner Jr. · Screenplay

Joseph Losey · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 15m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 7, 1951

Actors

John Drew Barrymore

John Drew Barrymore

George La Main (as John Barrymore Jr.)

Preston Foster

Preston Foster

Andy La Main

Joan Lorring

Joan Lorring

Marion Rostina

Howard St. John

Howard St. John

Al Judge

Dorothy Comingore

Dorothy Comingore

Julie Rostina

Philip Bourneuf

Philip Bourneuf

Dr. James Cooper

Howland Chamberlain

Howland Chamberlain

Flanagan

Myron Healey

Myron Healey

Kennealy

Emile Meyer

Emile Meyer

Peckinpaugh (as Emil Meyer)

Mauri Lynn

Singer, Terry Angeleus

Robert Aldrich

Robert Aldrich

Ringsider at Fight

Edna Smith

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