Movie
Nightfall
Overview
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-11-09
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Copa Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Aldo Ray as James Vanning / Art Rayburn
- Anne Bancroft as Marie Gardner
- Brian Keith as John
- James Gregory as Ben Fraser
- Jocelyn Brando as Laura Fraser
- Frank Albertson as Dr. Edward Gurston
- Rudy Bond as Red
- Bess Flowers as Woman at Fashion Show (uncredited)
- Gene Roth as Bartender (uncredited)
- Arline Anderson as Hostess (uncredited)
- María Belmar as Spanish Woman (uncredited)
- Orlando Beltran as Spanish Man (uncredited)
Crew
- Jacques Tourneur - Director
- Stirling Silliphant - Writer
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