The Big Night
“Love! Hate! Murder!”
1951•1h 15m•6.8•Released
DramaThriller
A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.
Director
Joseph Losey
Writer
Ring Lardner Jr., Stanley Ellin, Joseph Losey, Hugo Butler
Languages
English
Studio
Philip A. Waxman Productions Inc.
Cast
John Drew Barrymore
George La Main (as John Barrymore Jr.)
Preston Foster
Andy La Main
Joan Lorring
Marion Rostina
Howard St. John
Al Judge
Dorothy Comingore
Julie Rostina
Philip Bourneuf
Dr. James Cooper
Howland Chamberlain
Flanagan
Myron Healey
Kennealy
Emile Meyer
Peckinpaugh (as Emil Meyer)
Mauri Lynn
Singer, Terry Angeleus
Robert Aldrich
Ringsider at Fight
Edna Smith
Production
Company
Philip A. Waxman Productions Inc.
Producer
Philip A. Waxman
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