Review of Nightfall

Nightfall (1956)
7/10
Nightfall-Day Shall Break ***
26 June 2013
Warning: Spoilers
One thing about actor Aldo Ray. To me, his craggy voice disqualified him forever from being the leading man type in films. This 1957 film is absolutely no exception to that rule.

He goes hunting with a doctor and they are set upon by bank thieves, who kill the doctor and run off in error with his bag instead of their bag containing the money they had stolen from a bank heist.

To make matters worse for Ray, they had tried to concoct where Ray shot the doctor and then killed himself.

A very young and beautiful Anne Bancroft is caught up in all this and the two guys seek out Ray, since they feel he has stolen the money.

This film takes place mostly in Moose, Wyoming and the outdoors is a perfect setting for this rather taut crime thriller.
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