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The Big Night is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Losey released in USA on 7 december 1951 with John Drew Barrymore
The Big Night (1951)
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Add to a movie listThe Big Night is a 1951 American black-and-white film noir directed by Joseph Losey, that features John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster and Joan Lorring. The feature is based on a script written by Joseph Losey and Stanley Ellin, based on Ellin's novel Dreadful Summit. Hugo Butler and Ring Lardner, Jr. also contributed to the screenplay, but were uncredited when the film was first released.
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On his teenaged son Georgie's birthday, Andy LaMain is beaten with a cane by Al Judge, a crippled newspaperman. He does not fight back, confusing Georgie, who also wonders why his widower Dad's girlfriend Frances did not come to the birthday party.Actors
John Drew Barrymore
(George La Main (as John Barrymore Jr.))
Preston Foster
(Andy La Main)
Joan Lorring
(Marion Rostina)
Isabella Rossellini
(Gabriella)
Howard St. John
(Al Judge)
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