Night and the City 1950

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: A pointless, trashy yarn. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Before he met Melina Mercouri and became an Artist, Jules Dassin made a number of worthwhile thrillers as a Hollywood contract director. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: Inclined to go over the top, it all too clearly contains the seeds of Dassin's later -- and disastrous -- pretensions. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Jules Dassin, in his direction, manages extraordinarily interesting backgrounds, realistically filmed to create a feeling both of suspense and mounting menace. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: A moody piece of Wellesian chiaroscuro (shot by Max Greene, ne Mutz Greenbaum) and an occasionally discomfiting underworld plunge. Read more