Les Forbans de la nuit (1950)
Londres. Harry Fabian, un petit truand paranoïaque et mégalomane, plus ambitieux qu'intelligent, exerce les fonctions de rabatteur pour le compte de Phil Nosseross, patron du Silver Fox, une boîte de nuit du quartier de Soho, à Londres. Dans l'espoir de faire rapidement fortune, il décide d'organiser des combats de lutte gréco-romaine truqués. Un vieux lutteur, le Grand Gregorius, et la femme de son patron, qui tous deux poursuivent leur propre chimère, l'aident à trouver des fonds. Mais Harry s'attaque au monopole de Kristo. Et celui-ci, qui se trouve être le père de Gregorius, n'entend pas que quelqu'un d'autre le concurrence sur ce terrain...
Directeur:
Jules Dassin
écrivain:
Jo Eisinger
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Richard Widmark as Harry Fabian |
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Francis L. Sullivan as Philip Nosseross |
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Gene Tierney as Mary Bristol |
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Googie Withers as Helen Nosseross |
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Stanislaus Zbyszko as Gregorius |
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Herbert Lom as Kristo |
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Hugh Marlowe as Adam Dunn |
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Mike Mazurki as The Strangler |
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Charles Farrell as Mickey Beer |
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Ada Reeve as Molly |
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Ken Richmond as Nikolas |
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Alan Tilvern as Beggar (uncredited) |
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Derek Blomfield as Young Policeman (uncredited) |
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Clifford Buckton as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Ernest Butcher as Bert, Street Musician (uncredited) |
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Peter Butterworth as Thug (uncredited) |
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Naomi Chance as Nightclub Hostess (uncredited) |
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Edward Chapman as Hoskins (uncredited) |
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Clifford Cobbe as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Patricia Davidson as Nightclub Hostess (uncredited) |
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Maureen Delaney as Anna O'Leary (uncredited) |
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Aubrey Dexter as Fergus Chilk (uncredited) |
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Stanley Escane as Man (uncredited) |
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Thomas Gallagher as Bagrag, Bar Owner (uncredited) |
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Rex Garner as Waiter (uncredited) |
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James Hayter as Figler (uncredited) |
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George Hirste as Beggar (uncredited) |
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Hamilton Keene as Charles, American Bartender (uncredited) |
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Kay Kendall as Helen's Girl (uncredited) |
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Hubert Leslie as Nightwatchman (uncredited) |
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Arthur Lovegrove as Thug (uncredited) |
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Jack Mandeville as Man in Alley (uncredited) |
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John Mann as Beggar (uncredited) |
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Lew Marco as Referee (uncredited) |
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Gibb McLaughlin as Googin (uncredited) |
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MacDonald Parke as American from Chicago (uncredited) |
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Frank Pettitt as Cab Driver (uncredited) |
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Charles Paton as Watchman (uncredited) |
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Chunky Pattison as Dwarf (uncredited) |
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Philip Ray as Man (uncredited) |
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Eddy Reed as American from Chicago (uncredited) |
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John Rudling as Man (uncredited) |
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Harold Sanderson as Man at Wrestling Match (uncredited) |
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Johnnie Schofield as Cashier (uncredited) |
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Betty Shale as Mrs. Pinkney (uncredited) |
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John Sharp as Man (uncredited) |
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Leonard Sharp as Beggar (uncredited) |
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Ray St. Bernard as The Strangler's Opponent (uncredited) |
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Tony Sympson as Cozen (uncredited) |
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Harry Terry as Man on Dock (uncredited) |
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C. Denier Warren as American from Chicago (uncredited) |
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Freddie Watts as Man (uncredited) |
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Brian Weske as Messenger Boy (uncredited) |
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Russell Westwood as Yosh (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jules Dassin | Director |
| Production | Samuel G. Engel | Producer |
| Writing | Gerald Kersh | Novel |
| Camera | Mutz Greenbaum | Director of Photography |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Jo Eisinger | Screenplay |
| Art | C.P. Norman | Art Direction |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Peter Handford | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | William E. Watts | Writer |
| Writing | Austin Dempster | Writer |
| Editing | Nick DeMaggio | Editor |
| Editing | Sidney Stone | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Aylott | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Anthony Hearne | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Arthur Allighan | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Noreen Hipwell | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Ritchie | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Percy Hermes | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Arthur Newman | Wardrobe Master |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Music Director |
| Production | R. E. Dearing | Producer's Assistant |
| Sound | Hugh Strain | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Walter Lassally | Focus Puller |
| Production | John Jones | Casting Assistant |
| Sound | Eric Rogers | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Mike Mazurki | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Casting |
| Production | Bert Pearl | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Arthur Evans | Still Photographer |
| Directing | John Street | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Gibbs | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iris Tilley | Hairstylist |
| Art | George Beech | Draughtsman |
| Camera | David Oxenham | Clapper Loader |
| Costume & Make-Up | Oleg Cassini | Costume Design |
| Production | Ernest Betts | Publicist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eric Allwright | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Kevin Sutton | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Jo Jago | Additional Director of Photography |
| Production | Ronald Kinnoch | Production Manager |
| Art | Peter Mullins | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | V. Butler | Grip |
| Camera | A. Southall | Grip |
| Sound | Bernard Mayers | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Peter Mullins | Third Assistant Director |
| Camera | Eddie Earp | Clapper Loader |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Furse | Costume Design |
| Sound | Edward B. Powell | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Jack N. Green | Third Assistant Director |
| Camera | Joe Vincent | Grip |
| Production | Weston Drury Jr. | Casting |
| Production | Percy Hermes | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Godfrey A. Godar | Focus Puller |
| Directing | Peggy McClafferty | Continuity |
| Art | Peter Murton | Draughtsman |
| Camera | Hal Britten | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Cyril J. Mockridge | Orchestrator |
| Directing | George Mills | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ted Clements | Draughtsman |
| Sound | Charles Van der Goor | Sound |
| Camera | Austin Dempster | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ivy Baker | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Directing | Douglas Hermes | Second Assistant Director |