Directed by:
Nunnally JohnsonCinematography:
Charles G. ClarkeComposer:
Cyril J. MockridgeCast:
Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk, Rita Gam, Walter Abel, Buddy Ebsen, Max Showalter, Jill Esmond, Peter van Eyck, Marianne Koch, Hugh McDermott (more)VOD (2)
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"You've never SEEN Gregory Peck until you've seen him in CINEMASCOPE." So read the publicity hype for Night People. Actually, Peck is his usual solid, stoic self as Col. Van Dyke, a CIA officer stationed in West Berlin. When an American soldier is kidnapped by the Soviets in the Eastern sector, Van Dyke is verbally assaulted by the soldier's influential industrialist father Leatherby (Broderick Crawford), who demands that something be done immediately. The Colonel realizes that it's not as simple as that: in return for the soldier, he is expected to turn over an elderly couple, both former anti-Nazi activists, to the East Germans, who will probably execute the couple. Leatherby backs off a bit when he meets the couple, then agrees to let Van Dyke handle the crisis in the most diplomatic manner possible. Things come to a head when the Colonel discovers that one of his trusted aides (Anita Bjork) is in league with the Soviets. Filmed on location in Germany, Night People is capped by a deliciously ironic coda. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gregory Peck
USA
Best movies:
Roman Holiday (1953)
The Big Country (1958)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Broderick Crawford
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Beau Geste (1939)
Scandal Sheet (1952)
Anita Björk
Sweden
Best movies:
The Best Intentions (1992)
In the Presence of a Clown (1997) (TV movie)
Sanna ögonblick (1998)
Rita Gam
USA
Best movies:
King of Kings (1961)
Law and Disorder (1974)
Klute (1971)
Walter Abel
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Buddy Ebsen
USA
Best movies:
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
Max Showalter
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Dangerous Crossing (1953)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Jill Esmond
UK
Best movies:
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Random Harvest (1942)
Casanova Brown (1944)
Peter van Eyck
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Marianne Koch
German Empire
Best movies:
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
The Star of Africa (1957)
A Place Called Glory (1965)
Hugh McDermott
UK
Best movies:
A King in New York (1957)
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
Lawman (1971)
Rodolfo Acosta
Mexico
Best movies:
The Proud Ones (1956)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Drum Beat (1954)
Peter Beauvais
German Empire
Best movies:
Night People (1954)
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Erna Haffner
German Empire
Best movies:
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Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht (1953)
Night People (1954)
Lionel Murton
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Patton (1970)
Paul Carpenter
Canada
Best movies:
The 3rd Man (1949)
The Spies (1957)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
John Horsley
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Deceptions (1985) (TV movie)
Hell Drivers (1957)
Otto Reichow
German Empire
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Young Lions (1958)
Silver River (1948)
Bert Brandt
Best movies:
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
Es geschah am 20. Juli (1955)
Night People (1954)