The Long Night (1947 film)

The Long Night is a 1947 American film noir directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by RKO. It is a remake of Le Jour Se Lve 1939 by Marcel Carn. The drama stars Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price and Ann Dvorak. The title of the original French film is an idiom which translates roughly as dawn is breaking.

A dead man tumbles down a flight of stairs. When the police arrive at the topfloor apartment of Joe Adams Henry Fonda, he shoots at them through the door.The sheriff calls in reinforcements and sets up snipers on nearby rooftops. Adams, in his room, begins a recollection of the events leading up to this, beginning with his first chance encounter with Jo Ann Barbara Bel Geddes, who works in a flower shop. It turns out they had been raised in the same orphanage. ........

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