Joseph LoseyCast
John Barrymore Jr.
Credits
Written by: Stanley Ellin
Plot
A boy follows his father's attacker through a night in New York.
Sinekatalog’s take
Joseph Losey's noir follows a teenager who spends a night in New York hunting the man who beat his father. John Barrymore Jr. is tense in a dark, stylised and moody coming-of-age thriller shot in expressive shadows.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (1,333 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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