City That Never Sleeps

Looks a bit cheap but has some recognizable stars and generally very good photography. The climax is a thrilling sequence on the elevated tracks. Talman is riveting as the vicious magician-turned-hitman. Most unusual is the character played by Chill Wills, who appears as a sort of guardian angel for Young. Very, very odd. In general, it's a satisfying look at the seedier side of humanity... a little slow to get started, but has some dynamite scenes and intriguing moments.

The story of a cop toying with turning to the dark side for money, love and hatred of being a cop. Normally it's pretty clear in these films whether the cop will will see the light of public service or succumb to the temptation of criminality, but this one does a good job of keeping things suspenseful and genuinely unclear right up to the end. The hard boiled performances and cinematography give the film an atmosphere that makes it feel darker than it probably would be on paper.

As the elements of a better film, but the narration struggles to piece everything together.

A cidade não dorme estreava há 70 anos nos EUA. O Scorsese abençoou esse, provavelmente pela peculiaridade de ter um viés religioso para um noir, o narrador é parceiro fugaz do protagonista poder ser ou não um anjo, sua presença não é explicada, mas a cena do Gig Young buscando o irmão na igreja me faz pensar sim que o propósito do filme é sim uma intervenção divina para o protagonista voltar ao sacrossanto lar e deixar sua vida de pecado. Enfim, já é duro aguentar noir moralista, religioso ent

Cops are shit so the ending is disappointing and I didn't really get the guardian angel character. But cool film. Lots of kinda gimmicky stuff but it works for me.

An unusual 50's crime film, strongly recommended to fans of the genre. One sequence is unforgettable.