Police surround the apartment of apparent murderer Joe Adams, who refuses to surrender although escape appears impossible. During the siege, Joe reflects on the circumstances that led him to... Read allPolice surround the apartment of apparent murderer Joe Adams, who refuses to surrender although escape appears impossible. During the siege, Joe reflects on the circumstances that led him to this situation.Police surround the apartment of apparent murderer Joe Adams, who refuses to surrender although escape appears impossible. During the siege, Joe reflects on the circumstances that led him to this situation.
Melinda Byron
- Peggy
- (as Patty King)
Davis Roberts
- Freddie
- (as Robert A. Davis)
Fred Aldrich
- Ticket Taker
- (uncredited)
Murray Alper
- Mac - Bartender
- (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
- Millie - Saloon Waitress
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Barbara Bel Geddes. She was signed to a seven-year contract with RKO after this film. Director Anatole Litvak cast her after seeing her on Broadway as the female lead in "Deep Are the Roots", which played at the Fulton Theatre for 477 performances beginning 26 September 1945.
- GoofsWhen Joe from inside his apartment shoots at the cops who are standing outside his door; it leaves bullet holes in the door. But on a following cut after speaking with the little girl and going back into his apartment; there are no bullet holes on the interior side of the door.
- Quotes
Maximilian: [to Jo-Ann] You have sharp nails like a little animal. Maybe that's what I like about you.
- Crazy creditsOpening card: "...the night is long That never finds the day..." William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, Scene III
- ConnectionsFeatured in Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982)
Featured review
Polito shines in melonoir
The Long Night is a partially commendable knock-off of Max Ophuls outstanding 1939 Jour se Leve (Daybreak). With fine performances coming from the four principles and cinematographer Sol Polito's superb camera work it remains a gripping suspense most of the way before collapsing under the weight of its mawkish Hollywood ending.
Vet Joe Adams ( Henry Fonda) meets Jo Ann (Barbara Bel Geddes) down at the plant and bond immediately as former orphans. A romance ensues but an unctuous travelling magician, Maxmillian the Great ( Vincent Price) is determined to have her to himself. Max, using the sleaziest of tactics makes Joe snap and he shoots Max before holding up against the law in his top floor apartment.
Told in flashback, Fonda delivers his typical man of conviction and incertitude found in his best 40s work. A perfect example of isolation ( cold eyes, bony features ) and captured perfectly in the shadowy confines of his apartment by lens man Sol Polito, the film's finest asset delivering both interesting angles as well as a challenging light in shots that at times threatens to go pitch black. Daring for its time an unseen until decades later in some classics ( Apocalypse, GF2) Polito
Anatol Litvak's direction gets mired in some heavy melodrama along the way but Bel Geddes displays a wonderful touching Joan Fontaine like innocence while Ann Dvorak matches her with a cynical world weary turn as Max's assistant. Price steals the picture though as the low life Max as well as get the best lines, excusing his callousness to others with " Am I to be blamed for having a superior imagination."
An excellent looking, uniformly well performed film that allows the melodrama to pull the plug and shut off the power.
Vet Joe Adams ( Henry Fonda) meets Jo Ann (Barbara Bel Geddes) down at the plant and bond immediately as former orphans. A romance ensues but an unctuous travelling magician, Maxmillian the Great ( Vincent Price) is determined to have her to himself. Max, using the sleaziest of tactics makes Joe snap and he shoots Max before holding up against the law in his top floor apartment.
Told in flashback, Fonda delivers his typical man of conviction and incertitude found in his best 40s work. A perfect example of isolation ( cold eyes, bony features ) and captured perfectly in the shadowy confines of his apartment by lens man Sol Polito, the film's finest asset delivering both interesting angles as well as a challenging light in shots that at times threatens to go pitch black. Daring for its time an unseen until decades later in some classics ( Apocalypse, GF2) Polito
Anatol Litvak's direction gets mired in some heavy melodrama along the way but Bel Geddes displays a wonderful touching Joan Fontaine like innocence while Ann Dvorak matches her with a cynical world weary turn as Max's assistant. Price steals the picture though as the low life Max as well as get the best lines, excusing his callousness to others with " Am I to be blamed for having a superior imagination."
An excellent looking, uniformly well performed film that allows the melodrama to pull the plug and shut off the power.
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- Language
- Also known as
- A Time to Kill
- Filming locations
- Youngstown, Ohio, USA(archive footage)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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