An unnecessary remake? judged by the end result. it's hard to tell what motivated Irwin Winkler, a poor director, to redo the Jules Dassin noir classic of the 1940s; perhaps the opportunity to work with De Niro and Jessica Lange, though neither is good
Night and the City (1992)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:5
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.6/10
Synopsis: A New York hack lawyer gets caught up in the shady, high-risk world of boxing promotion and ends up having to risk everything, including the woman he loves, to stay in the game.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Alan King, Eli Wallach
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Alan King, Eli Wallach, Jack Warden
Director: Irwin Winkler
Director: Irwin Winkler
Composer: James Newton Howard
Screenwriter: Richard Price
Story: Gerald Kersh
Producer: Jane Rosenthal, Irwin Winkler
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