The Big Night

Directed by Joseph Losey
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December 7, 1951    75mThriller, Drama,
6.360%43%6.7
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George La Main, just turned 17, suffers growing pains and is anxious to prove his manhood. That night, George's adored father Andy is savagely beaten by sportswriter Al Judge. Traumatized and unable to learn why it happened, George goes gunning for Judge. His mission becomes an odyssey through the town's seamy side, and his coming of age is more of a trial by fire than he bargained for.
  • John Drew BarrymoreGeorge La Main (as John Barrymore Jr.)
  • Preston FosterAndy La Main
  • Joan LorringMarion Rostina
  • Howard St. JohnAl Judge
  • Dorothy ComingoreJulie Rostina
  • Philip BourneufDr. James Cooper
  • Howland ChamberlainFlanagan
  • Myron HealeyKennealy
  • Emile MeyerPeckinpaugh (as Emil Meyer)
  • Mauri LynnSinger, Terry Angeleus
  • Robert AldrichRingsider at Fight
  • Edna Smith
  • Joseph LoseyDirector / Screenplay
  • Stanley EllinNovel
  • Hugo ButlerScreenplay
  • Ring Lardner, Jr.Screenplay
  • Philip A. WaxmanProducer
  • Nicolai RemisoffArt Direction
  • Edward G. BoyleSet Decoration
  • Hal MohrDirector Of Photography

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