Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

clanciai A horrible film but very well made. After I had seen it at night I was told not to see it at night. Well, it certainly is a shocker, and the stronger for the old efficient trick that you never see the bloody murders or the rest of the victims; but their presence is the more unavoidable. Albert Finney makes a virtuoso performance, and the film could have for a subtitle 'Anatomy of a psychopath', since that is what the film envisions and with excellence. Susan Hampshire is very convincing as well in her wavering position as getting more and more uncertain about her relationship the more she gets to know him; but the prize goes to Karel Reisz for his direction. It's an extremely weird film that only gets more so in its course, and Reisz more often than not made a sport of challenging the difficult art of border line balancing - his greatest success was "Morgan - a suitable case for treatment", his next film. This film Albert Finney made just after his triumph in "Tom Jones" as something of an opposite. Danny here is as charming as Tom Jones and even more agile about it but definitely goes too far. It's a film well worth seeing, but you never want to see it again.

preppy-3 Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson (Mona Washbourne) lives in the English countryside with her daughter Olivia (Susan Hampshire) and has a maid/cook named Dora (Sheila Hancock). Dora is pregnant from her boyfriend Danny (Albert Finney). What she doesn't know is that Danny is a psychopath. He charms Mrs. Bramson and starts playing mind games with Olivia and Dora...but he's slowly starting to unravel.Rightly forgotten thriller. I'm no fan of the 1939 original but it's a masterpiece when compared to this. This was obviously a project Finney really wanted to do--he's one of the co-producers. This was done right after "Tom Jones" became a monster hit so Finney was able to do whatever he pleased. He probably picked this to prove to people that he could act and wasn't just the handsome ladies man he played in "Jones". Now, Finney IS a great actor but he's pretty dreadful in this. He overplays the role to an embarrassing degree. He's so obviously deranged that you wonder why anybody would be charmed or trust him. When he tries to show the violence in his character he looks more silly than anything else. He also adopts a stupid accent that renders most of his dialogue unintelligible. The script doesn't help. It's slow and wanders all over the place. There seem to be gaps in it too. In one scene we see Danny pretty much terrorizing Olivia who he caught in his room. The very next scene he's teaching her how to ride his motorcycle like nothing has happened! Another problem are the characters themselves--none of them are remotely likable. Dora comes across as whiny, Olivia as pathetic and Mrs. Bramson as a real vicious and cruel person. Who wants to spend two hours with these people? There are a few good things about this. The acting by Hampshire, Hancock and Washbourne is good; there's a nice music score and it's shot appropriately in moody black & white. Still, this is a slow, dull thriller full of annoying characters. Might be worth watching to see Finney showing how you should NOT play a maniac. I give it a 4.

LDRose Night must fall is a riveting film with Albert Finney giving a fantastic performance. He plays Danny, the boyfriend of a kitchen maid (Sheila Hancock) who works for a wealthy widow. However, it isn't long before he sets his sights on the widow's daughter, Olivia (Susan Hampshire). Danny hides a terrible secret from those around him, he is not who people think he is. He is charming towards his girlfriend, his employer and even manages to win round Olivia, and it is this charm which makes his dark side even more frightening. Albert Finney is wonderful to watch, combining charm and humour with menace and danger. The supporting cast is also first-rate, there is a tense atmosphere throughout and it is a shame this film is so little-known - it is an excellent, suspenseful, engaging thriller.

redwulf2002 I've heard about this British gem, and I was stoked to see that it was on TCM (UK) the other night. Albert Finney is superb as Danny, well the entire cast is very strong. I'd heard about it from the Freddie Francis link (he was Director of Photography)and I wasn't disappointed, it just has his unique stamp all over it.For most of the film, the audience is waiting for something to happen as the tension is kept to a maximum throughout the film. The final payoff is superb and shows just why Finney is one of Britains best actors. I thought it was a lot like that other British twisted family oddity 'Girly' (US title) but with fewer sexual undertones.It's a shame Night Must Fall isn't more well known as it's a true gem of 60's British cinema.