Main Cast: Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff Gorman, Alan King, Jack Warden
Release Year: 1992
Country: US
Run Time: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
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 of the original. While embroiled in a lawsuit involving a boxer, Fabian becomes fascinated in the world of championship prizefights. Always susceptible to get-rich-quick schemes, Fabian tries to organize his own big boxing event, but to do that he needs the help of hardnosed promoter Alan King--and to get to King, Fabian uses the promoter's father, former boxer Jack Warden, to act as front man. Fabian scurries around lying and double-dealing in order to sell percentages of the upcoming bout, while King warns Fabian of the consequences should anything unfortunate happen to the ailing Warden. Disaster plagues Fabian as his boxers fail to pass their physicals, and Warden dies while setting up the big event. Pursued by King and his creditors, the terrified Fabian is urged by girlfriend Jessica Lange to get of town. Instead, Fabian decides to face up to his failings for the first time in his life, and stands his ground for the final, fatal confrontation. Like the earlier Widmark film, the 1992 Night and the City is based on a novel by Gerald Kersh. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Eli Wallach - Peck; Barry Primus - Tommy Tessler; Gene Kirkwood - Resnick; Pedro Sanchez - Cuda Sanchez; Michael Badalucco - Elaine's Bartender; Leslie Bart - Boom Boom's Secretary; Peter Bucossi - Attacker; David W. Butler - Bonney; Anthony Canarozzi - Emmet Gorgon; Louis Cantarini - Boxing Official; Philip Carlo - Peck's Guy; Clem Caserta - 2nd Steel Jaw; Mitch Cunningham - Kid at Disco; Joseph D'Onofrio - Mike; Brenda Denmar - Kid's Mom; Ann Devaney - Gorgon's Girl; Tommy A. Ford - Herman; Nathaniel E. Johnson - Kid Client; Frank Jones - Dugan; Cameron Lane - 1st Mugger; Ben Lin - Duk Soo Kim; Victor Machado - Santiago; Rolaslind Malloff - Frieda; Henry Milligan - Cotton; Gerry Murphy - 1st Steel Jaw; Harsh Nayyar - Faruz; Lorenzo Palminteri - Tommy Carver; Joy Philbin - Herself; John Polce - Bouncer; Lou Polo - Jap Epstein; Sharrieff Pugh - 2nd Mugger; Dave Reilly - 2nd Cop; Catherine Russell - Singer; Nandan Sage - Gupta; Kenn Scott - Kid on Phone; Maurice Shrog - Gym Manager; Barry Squitieri - Marty Kaufman; Bert Randolph Sugar - Guy at Bar; Mitchell Tex Low - Delivery Man; Byron Utley - Frisker; Lisa Vidal - Carmen; Deborah Watkins - Nun; Margo Winkler - Judge; Carol Woods - Secretary; Richard Price - Doctor; John Quinn - Bartender; Todd Thaler; Chuck Low - Freddy DiMario
Credit
Charley Beal - Art Director, Nelson McCormick - Associate Producer, Rob Cowan - Co-producer, Richard Bruno - Costume Designer, Irwin Winkler - Director, David Brenner - Editor, James Newton Howard - Composer (Music Score), Peter Larkin - Production Designer, Tak Fujimoto - Cinematographer, Jane Rosenthal - Producer, Harry Ufland - Producer, Mary Jane Ufland - Producer, Irwin Winkler - Producer, Robert Franco - Set Designer, Joe Eisinger - Screenwriter, Richard Price - Screenwriter, Tom Perry - Re-Recording Mixer, Gerald Kersh - Book Author
Night and the City is a 1992 film remake of the 1950 film noirof the same name, and not based on the source novel. The film stars Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange. It involves a two-bit lawyer named Harry Fabian getting caught up in his own scams as he attempts to make it in the seedy world of sports promoting. It departs from the source novel and the original film version by substituting the sport of pro wrestling, which was by the early 1990s targeted mostly at children, with boxing. Like the original 1950 film noirwith the same name, the film is merely released by 20th Century Fox.
