City That Never Sleeps (1953)
(Movies) WhenOctober 18, 2019 <m>(Friday)m>WhereAFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (US)
Phone: 301.495.6700
Website: https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/Movies/Details/m-0100002688
Event Details
Special Features: Introduction by Eddie Muller
Cop Johnny Kelly (Gig Young) has had enough of Chicago, both in the mean streets and on the chilly domestic front. He'd run off with his exotic dancer girlfriend Sally "Angel Face" Connors (Mala Powers) if he could only get his hands on enough scratch to stake them to a new start. Thus begins one long, fantastical night in the Windy City, where saints and sinners collide in a pile-up of crimes, and Johnny's dreams and nightmares all come true. This noir oddity, narrated by the city itself, is a low-rent masterpiece of B-moviemaking, evocatively shot by John L. Russell (PSYCHO) and featuring a stellar cast led by noir favorites Marie Windsor and William Talman. Wally Cassell plays the unforgettable "Mechanical Man." (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR/PROD John H. Auer; SCR Steve Fisher. U.S., 1953, b&w, 90 min. NOT RATED