Dark City
1950 · Movie · NR · 98 min · ★ 6.5 · 58% critics
After a crooked poker game ruins an outsider, a group of small-time gamblers find themselves under growing pressure from the police, their own guilt, and a vengeful figure who begins closing in. What starts as a scam turns into a tense chase shaped by fear, regret, and uneasy attempts at redemption.
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Details
- Years
- 1950
- Release date
- 1950-10-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 58/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (48 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy mid-century crime stories with guilt, pressure, and steady menace, especially if Black Angel or Pitfall worked for you; Not for you if you want nonstop action or a tightly wound thriller.
Pros: tense revenge setup; gritty crime mood; strong lead performance | Cons: uneven pacing; distracting song breaks; payoff feels flat
Themes
- poker
- gambling
- con man
- film noir
- series of murders
- hanged man
- bribery
- women singer
Cast & crew
Charlton Heston
as Danny Haley
Lizabeth Scott
as Fran Garland
Viveca Lindfors
as Victoria Winant
Dean Jagger
as Captain Garvey
Don DeFore
as Arthur Winant
Jack Webb
as Augie
Ed Begley
as Barney
Harry Morgan
as Soldier
Walter Sande
as Swede
Mark Keuning
as Billy Winant
Directed by William Dieterle