Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
Directed by Jules Dassin
london, england
based on novel or book
hustler
wrestling
film noir
soho london
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
Cast
Richard Widmark
Harry Fabian
Francis L. Sullivan
Philip Nosseross
Gene Tierney
Mary Bristol
Googie Withers
Helen Nosseross
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Gregorius
Herbert Lom
Kristo
Hugh Marlowe
Adam Dunn
Mike Mazurki
The Strangler
Charles Farrell
Mickey Beer
Ada Reeve
Molly
Ken Richmond
Nikolas
Alan Tilvern
Beggar (uncredited)
Crew
Jules Dassin
Director
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Casting
Walter Lassally
Focus Puller
Oleg Cassini
Costume Design
Mike Mazurki
Technical Advisor
Popular Reviews
40 reviews
Stockton DavisPRO
7.0★ · 03/04/26
A pretty good movie. Solid acting by Widmark. I also liked the main theme that film explored that simply trying to make a career and make yourself well known will ruin your life and the ones around you that love you. But for some reason I didn’t enjoy the plot. Maybe I wasn’t playing close enough attention but the plot just felt kinda boring. I think it might have helped if the film had used Harry’s girlfriend more in the plot and focused how he “killed” her life. But overall a solid movie.
A pretty good movie. Solid acting by Widmark. I also liked the main theme that film explored that simply trying to make a career and make yourself well known will ruin your life and the ones around you that love you. But for some reason I didn’t enjoy the plot. Maybe I wasn’t playing close enough attention but the plot just felt kinda boring. I think it might have helped if the film had used Harry’s girlfriend more in the plot and focused how he “killed” her life. But overall a solid movie.
Enderek
10.0★ · 02/21/26
The og compelling dickhead movie, I'm like 79% sure Jules Dassin was reincarnated as the Safdie brothers.
The og compelling dickhead movie, I'm like 79% sure Jules Dassin was reincarnated as the Safdie brothers.
Luís Isaac
10.0★ · 01/22/26
Se o Dostoiévski fizesse um filme noir, eu imagino que seria mais ou menos assim.
Se o Dostoiévski fizesse um filme noir, eu imagino que seria mais ou menos assim.
Vaughn
7.3★ · 02/16/25
Why was he telling her to squirt? Should’ve been called “Freak and the City.”
Harry kinda looked like my cousin.
Why was he telling her to squirt? Should’ve been called “Freak and the City.”
Harry kinda looked like my cousin.
grcentm
8.4★ · 09/29/24
artist without an art and uncut gems in the context of a 50s film noir set in london
artist without an art and uncut gems in the context of a 50s film noir set in london
