The Big Night

Dec 7, 1951

1h 15m

★ 6.9

Love! Hate! Murder!

Overview

A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Philip A. Waxman Productions Inc.

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Cast

George La Main (as John Barrymore Jr.)

John Drew Barrymore

Andy La Main

Preston Foster

Marion Rostina

Joan Lorring

Al Judge

Howard St. John

Julie Rostina

Dorothy Comingore

Dr. James Cooper

Philip Bourneuf

Flanagan

Howland Chamberlain

Kennealy

Myron Healey

Peckinpaugh (as Emil Meyer)

Emile Meyer

Singer, Terry Angeleus

Mauri Lynn

Ringsider at Fight

Robert Aldrich

Edna Smith

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