Nightfall
Through a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers. There is money missing from a bank…
Nightfall
Through a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers. There is money missing from a bank job, an attractive model, an insurance investigator, and two extremely dangerous thugs. James Vanning (Aldo Ray) portrays an innocent man on the run, being pursued by the criminals who stupidly misplaced their take from the crime and think he has it or knows where it is hidden. Add model Marie Gardner (Anne Bancroft) who crossed paths with nice guy Vanning, while he is on the run. This all adds up to a thriller wherein the viewer is drawn into the story and becomes part of the drama. When Marie says "things that really happen are difficult to explain" it captures the theme of this film. A nice girl helps a nice guy, who is innocent and is drawn into the drama. As tension mounts she says: "I am always meeting the wrong man, and it leads to doomed relationships." Marie inadvertently leads Vanning into the hands of the villains. However, she is a pseudo-femme fatale, innocently involved in the intrigue and, like the viewer, is gradually drawn into the plot. Beside one of the more chilling murder scenes for that era, the film has a three part flashback, which takes the viewer from a cityscape and menacing oil wells to the snow-covered plains of Wyoming and back to the streets of Hollywood. The interplay of high contrast images makes it worth seeing, but the story keeps the viewer engaged. —Noir-Fan-en-Suisse The artist James "Jim" Vanning meets the model Marie Gardner in a bar, and they have dinner together. When they leave the restaurant, Marie gives her address, but the gangsters John and Red abduct Jim and send Marie home. They want information about a satchel with US$350,000, but Jim tells them that he does not know where it is. They torture Jim, but he escapes and drives to Marie's apartment. He tells her that she is in danger, and he explains that he was camping in the snow in Moose with his friend Dr. Edward Gurston when they saw a car driving off the road. They went to the spot to help the victims, but they are subdued by John and Red. Red shoots and kills the doctor. The criminals believe they are both dead, but Red mistakenly takes the doctor's bag leaving the money behind. When Jim awakes, he flees with the money bag but loses it in the snow. Now the criminals are hunting him while he is also wanted by the police. Meanwhile, the insurance investigator Ben Fraser is also on the track of Jim, but he is curious about his behavior - living a simple life without spending the stolen money. Will Jim prove his innocence? —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nightfall
Crime,Drama,Film-Noir
Film Details
Through a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers. There is money missing from a bank job, an attractive model, an insurance investigator, and two extremely dangerous thugs. James Vanning (Aldo Ray) portrays an innocent man on the run, being pursued by the criminals who stupidly misplaced their take from the crime and think he has it or knows where it is hidden.
Add model Marie Gardner (Anne Bancroft) who crossed paths with nice guy Vanning, while he is on the run. This all adds up to a thriller wherein the viewer is drawn into the story and becomes part of the drama. When Marie says "things that really happen are difficult to explain" it captures the theme of this film.
A nice girl helps a nice guy, who is innocent and is drawn into the drama. As tension mounts she says: "I am always meeting the wrong man, and it leads to doomed relationships." Marie inadvertently leads Vanning into the hands of the villains. However, she is a pseudo-femme fatale, innocently involved in the intrigue and, like the viewer, is gradually drawn into the plot.
Beside one of the more chilling murder scenes for that era, the film has a three part flashback, which takes the viewer from a cityscape and menacing oil wells to the snow-covered plains of Wyoming and back to the streets of Hollywood. The interplay of high contrast images makes it worth seeing, but the story keeps the viewer engaged. —Noir-Fan-en-Suisse The artist James "Jim" Vanning meets the model Marie Gardner in a bar, and they have dinner together.
When they leave the restaurant, Marie gives her address, but the gangsters John and Red abduct Jim and send Marie home. They want information about a satchel with US$350,000, but Jim tells them that he does not know where it is. They torture Jim, but he escapes and drives to Marie's apartment.
He tells her that she is in danger, and he explains that he was camping in the snow in Moose with his friend Dr. Edward Gurston when they saw a car driving off the road. They went to the spot to help the victims, but they are subdued by John and Red.
Red shoots and kills the doctor. The criminals believe they are both dead, but Red mistakenly takes the doctor's bag leaving the money behind. When Jim awakes, he flees with the money bag but loses it in the snow.
Now the criminals are hunting him while he is also wanted by the police. Meanwhile, the insurance investigator Ben Fraser is also on the track of Jim, but he is curious about his behavior - living a simple life without spending the stolen money. Will Jim prove his innocence? —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.