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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Night and the City
1992
**½
Director: Irwin Winkler
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff Gorman, Alan King, Jack Warden

At his best (Raging Bull) Robert De Niro is a wonderful chameleon, and at his worst (We're No Angels) an infuriating bundle of mannerisms. Here he plays a shady lawyer who tries to claw himself out of money troubles by organising a boxing match, but gets way over his head. The story is OK, but De Niro isn't. Based on Gerald Kersh's novel which was previously filmed in 1950.