---
title: 'The Long Night (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anatole Litvak'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-long-night-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039581/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Long Night (1947)

1947 · 101 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Long Night is a 1947 American film noir crime-tragedy directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by RKO Pictures. It is a remake of Le jour se lève (1939) by Marcel Carné. The drama stars Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price and Ann Dvorak. The title of the original French film is an idiom which translates roughly as "dawn is breaking".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak)
- **Producer:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak)
- **Screenplay:** [Jacques Viot](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-viot), [John Wexley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wexley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sol Polito](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-polito)

## Cast

- [Vincent Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-price)
- [Queenie Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/queenie-smith)
- [Charles McGraw](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-mcgraw)
- [Moroni Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/moroni-olsen)
- [Howard Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-freeman)
- [Elisha Cook Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisha-cook-jr)
- [Henry Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-fonda)
- [Ann Dvorak](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-dvorak)
- [Barbara Bel Geddes](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-bel-geddes)
- [Murray Alper](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-alper)

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