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On the Night of the Fire(Movie, 1939)

1h 34min | Genres: Crime, Drama
On the Night of the FireRating: 2.8/5 (with 44 votes)
On the Night of the Fire, released in the United States as The Fugitive, is a 1939 British thriller film, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Ralph Richardson and Diana Wynyard. The film is based on the novel of the same name by F. L. Green. It was shot on location in Newcastle upon Tyne and was released shortly after the outbreak of World War II. It is regarded as an early example of British film noir, with the kind of subject matter and filming style which fell completely out of favour during the war years – when British studios felt that cinemagoers would want either light entertainment and escapism or topical patriotic propaganda pieces – and would not be taken up again until the later 1940s. Film critic David Quinlan describes the film as "grim but gripping". Andrew Spicer, in his book European Film Noir, writes: "A riveting psychological study. With its sustained doom-laden atmosphere, Krampf’s expressive cinematography, its adroit mixture of location shooting and Gothic compositio... ()
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About On the Night of the Fire

A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), Italian (IT)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/26/1939
Director of Photography: Günther Krampf
Composer: Miklós Rózsa
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"The Fugitive"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:38252, Added: 03/10/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024