#Nightfall

If people know Brian Keith at all nowadays, they know him for playing gruff-but-good men in THE PARENT TRAP, FAMILY AFFAIR and HARDCASTLE AND McCORMICK. But he started his career playing creeps in Noirs like this, 5 AGAINST THE HOUSE, and TIGHT SPOT. He's great at it. #TheNoirCollective #Nightfall

NIGHTFALL (1956) may be a B-noir, but it’s the work of A-list artisans. Jacques Tourneur (OUT OF THE PAST) directed a screenplay by Stirling Silliphant (Oscar winner for IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT), based on a novel by David Goodis (DARK PASSAGE, SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER) #TheNoirCollective #Nightfall

The way Tourneur and D.P. Burnett Guffey shoot the bright, snowy vistas of Teton County, Wyoming in NIGHTFALL reminds me of the gorgeous location photography in OUT OF THE PAST. The juxtaposition of natural beauty w/ dark, urban paranoia. #TheNoirCollective #Nightfall

Pennsylvania native Aldo Ray was a WW II Navy veteran and college athlete who stumbled into acting. Bronx-born Anne Bancroft studied w/ Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. They both came to their naturalism from different routes, but ended up in the right place. #TheNoirCollective #Nightfall

#Nightfall #TheNoirCollective #filmnoir Ahh, a film noir where you can take a breath of fresh air.

Put it in the Louvre. #TheNoirCollective #Nightfall

I love NIGHTFALL (1956) figures out how to allow Aldo Ray and Anne Bancroft to sleep together without violating the Code. #TheNoirCollective #Nightfall

Just look at this movie. #TheNoirCollective #Nightfall

I haven’t said enough about Burnett Guffey’s beautiful cinematography in NIGHTFALL (1956). His differentiation between after-dark Los Angeles and snowy, sun-drenched Wyoming is vital to selling the film’s brilliantly bifurcated narrative. #TheNoirCollective #Nightfall

In a way, NIGHTFALL (1956) feels like Jacques Tourneur's rebuttal to the cynicism of OUT OF THE PAST (1944). Both films play w/ time, but here it works in the hero's favor. He's vindicated — with the help of both a woman and the "law". Its happy ending is earned. #TheNoirCollective #Nightfall

I wish they had given James Gregory his own insurance investigator mystery series, like George Peppard's BANACEK of the 1950s. #TheNoirCollective #Nightfall

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