The Big Night
Love! Hate! Murder!
A noir-tinged coming-of-age revenge thriller set in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, driven by a young man's obsessive hunt for the man who brutalized his father.
A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.
Essence
Ensemble
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
Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Go darker
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Something gentler
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Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
