Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian aches for a life of ease and plenty. Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime in the form of legendary wrestler Gregorius the Great. But there is no easy money in this grotesque underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft and pummelled flesh and soon Fabian learns the horrible price of his ambition. Luminously shot in the streets of London, Jules Dassin's 'Night and the City' is film noir of the first order and one of the director's crowning achievements.