Nightfall
Great Day in the Morning
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Nightfall
Directed by Jacques Tourneur.
With Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft.
US, 1957, 35mm, black & white, 78 min.
Print source: HFA
A series of chance occurrences leads an unsuspecting man on a leisurely hunting trip into the middle of a bank robbery gone haywire. Aldo Ray stars as the hunter who encounters two thieves on the lam. He inadvertently finds himself holding their big score, and is accused of murdering his best friend. In the tradition of Tourneur's noir classic Out of the Past, the film shifts time and location, crafting a cinematic space rife with possibility. Anne Bancroft co-stars as the model introduced to Ray as the narrative begins to unfold, and who provides an unusual moment of digression when she showcases the fashions of the times.
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Great Day in the Morning
Directed by Jacques Tourneur.
With Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman.
US, 1956, 35mm, color, 92 min.
Print source: HFA
Union and Confederate soldiers battle over gold in the Colorado Territory as the nation prepares for civil war in this solid Western from Jacques Tourneur. Robert Stack stars as a Southerner sent to make a claim for gold who finds himself distracted by the lure of a proper fashion designer (Mayo) and a tawdry saloon girl (Roman). Although better known for his atmospheric thrillers and noirs, Tourneur proves adept at infusing a studio genre picture with his complex worldview.
Part of film series
Screenings from this program
Ballad of a Soldier / The Forty-First
Nightfall / Great Day in the Morning
Verboten! / Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name / The Jokers
Hearts of the World / True Heart Susie
Anna Christie / The Long Voyage Home
Suddenly Last Summer / The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Quiet Days in Clichy / Henry and June
The Freshman / The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
The Sheep Has Five Legs / The Law is the Law
Hobson's Choice / Sidewalks of London
I Know Where I'm Going / Outcast of the Islands
An Inspector Calls / The Belles of St. Trinian's
Mother Joan of the Angels / Thérèse
Dawn of the Dead / Strange Behavior
