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The Long Night

film by Litvak [1947]
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  • Anatole Litvak
    / The Hollywood years

    …returned to Hollywood and directed The Long Night (1947), a film noir that opens with a man (Henry Fonda) barricading himself in his apartment after killing someone; through flashbacks it is revealed how he ended up in the situation. The picture was a box-office failure for RKO, but Litvak’s production…

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    …returned to Hollywood and directed The Long Night (1947), a film noir that opens with a man (Henry Fonda) barricading himself in his apartment after killing someone; through flashbacks it is revealed how he ended up in the situation. The picture was a box-office failure for RKO, but Litvak’s production…

    Read More