Nightfall is a film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur. It features Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, and Anne Bancroft. The low-budget film is remembered today for camera work by cinematographer Burnett Guffey. It uses flashbacks as a device to tell the story, which was based on a 1947 novel by David Goodis. In the film, a man is hunted by the police for a murder he didn't commit and by criminals for stolen money he doesn't have. Commercial artist James Vanning and his friend, Dr. Edward Gurston , are on a hunting and fishing trip in Wyoming. They stop to help two men whose car has crashed. John and... Red are bank robbers, fleeing with $350,000 in loot, who don't plan on leaving any witnesses. They murder Gurston using Vanning's hunting rifle, but through luck Vanning survives. He's knocked out cold but is still alive. He awakens to discover the stolen money, left behind by mistake, and runs with it from the returning hoods. He gets away but loses the bag in the blizzard. Much later, at a cafe in Los Angeles, Vanning makes the acquaintance of Marie Gardner , a model.
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| Release date: | January 23, 1957 |
| Directed by: | Jacques Tourneur |
| Runtime: | 78 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ted Richmond |
| Music by: | George Duning |
| Cinematography: | Burnett Guffey |
| Screenplay by: | David Goodis, Stirling Silliphant |
| Genre: | Thriller |