| The Big Night | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Losey |
| Produced by | Philip A. Waxman |
| Written by | Stanley Ellin (novel and screenplay) Joseph Losey (screenplay) Hugo Butler (originally uncredited) Ring Lardner, Jr. (originally uncredited) |
| Starring | John Drew Barrymore Preston Foster Joan Lorring |
| Release date(s) | November 13, 1951 |
| Running time | 75 min. |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
The Big Night is a 1951 black-and-white film drama starring John Drew Barrymore (billed as John Barrymore, Jr.). The film, directed by Joseph Losey, is considered to be film noir.
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A 1952 New York Times review by Bosley Crowther panned the drama. "Not only is the story presumptuous and contrived, without any clarification of character or theme, but it is directed by Joseph Losey in a provokingly ostentatious style and it is played by a cast of professionals as though it were an exercise at dramatic school. Preston Foster is funereal as the father, Howard St. John is insolent as the man who beats him up. Philip Bourneuf is bleary as a bibulous professor and Joan Lorring is sugary as a benevolent girl. Apparently everybody was concerned with theatrical effects and forgot all about a story with point and intelligence."[1]
The film is a favorite of musician Robert Pollard.
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