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''The Big Night'' is a 1951 American FilmNoir directed by Creator/JosephLosey, and starring John Drew Barrymore (credited as "John Barrymore, Jr." in his first starring role), Preston Foster and Joan Lorring.
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''The Big Night'' is a 1951 American FilmNoir directed by Creator/JosephLosey, and starring John Drew Barrymore Creator/JohnDrewBarrymore (credited as "John Barrymore, Jr." in his first starring role), Preston Foster and Joan Lorring.
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''The Big Night'' is a 1951 American FilmNoir directed by Joseph Losey, and starring John Drew Barrymore (credited as "John Barrymore, Jr." in his first starring role), Preston Foster and Joan Lorring.
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''The Big Night'' is a 1951 American FilmNoir directed by Joseph Losey, Creator/JosephLosey, and starring John Drew Barrymore (credited as "John Barrymore, Jr." in his first starring role), Preston Foster and Joan Lorring.
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* MistakenForRacist: George is entranced by a Black singer and tries to compliment the singer as they leave, but he uses an unintentionally racist phrase that he regrets.
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: At the arena, George sells his father's ticket but is accused of ticket scalping by a conman posing as a police officer, who takes the ticket money.
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* ShamefulStrip: During George's 17th birthday party, influential sports columnist Al Judge, who walks with a cane, enters the bar and orders George's father Andy to strip off his shirt and kneel. Andy passively complies, and Judge savagely [[CaneFu beats him with his cane]].
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: On the night of his 17th birthday, George La Main goes gunning for the man who savagely beat his father: [[ComingOfAgeStoryundergoing a traumatic passage into manhood in the process]].
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: On the night of his 17th birthday, George La Main goes gunning for the man who savagely beat his father: [[ComingOfAgeStoryundergoing [[ComingOfAgeStory undergoing a traumatic passage into manhood in the process]].
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: On the night of his 17th birthday, George La Main goes gunning for the man who savagely beat his father: [[ComingOfAgeStoryundergoing a traumatic passage into manhood in the process]].
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* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Andy's girlfriend Frances, who has been [[TheGhost missing throughout the movie]] is eventually revealed to have been DrivenToSuicide.]]
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* SpurnedIntoSuicide: [[spoiler:If Al Judge is to be believed, his sister Frances committed suicide after Andy refused to marry her.]]
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* ComingOfAgeStory: On the night of his 17th birthday, George La Main goes gunning for the man who savagely beat his father: undergoing a traumatic passage into manhood in the process.
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* TheGhost: Andy's girlfriend Frances, whose absence at George's birthday party is commented on, even though Andy tells George not to worry about it. Her absence hangs over the film like, well, a ghost, until [[spoiler:George learns that she is dead: DrivenToSuicide by Andy's refusal tomarry her]].
* GunStruggle: After confronting Judge, George decides he cannot shoot him because Judge believes his own story. As Georgie drops the gun and turns to leave, Judge grabs it and turns it on him. The two struggle and the gun goes off, wounding Judge.
* MissingMom: George is being raised by his father Andy. He believes his mother is dead, but, at the end of the film, Andy reveals that his mother had actually run off with another. Andy had hidden the truth because he didn't want George growing up hating his mother.
* GunStruggle: After confronting Judge, George decides he cannot shoot him because Judge believes his own story. As Georgie drops the gun and turns to leave, Judge grabs it and turns it on him. The two struggle and the gun goes off, wounding Judge.
* MissingMom: George is being raised by his father Andy. He believes his mother is dead, but, at the end of the film, Andy reveals that his mother had actually run off with another. Andy had hidden the truth because he didn't want George growing up hating his mother.
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* TheGhost: Andy's girlfriend Frances, whose absence at George's birthday party is commented on, even though Andy tells George not to worry about it. Her absence hangs over the film like, well, a ghost, until [[spoiler:George learns that she is dead: DrivenToSuicide by Andy's refusal tomarry to marry her]].
* GunStruggle: After confronting Judge, George decides he cannot shoot him because Judge believes his own story. AsGeorgie George drops the gun and turns to leave, Judge grabs it and turns it on him. The two struggle and the gun goes off, wounding Judge.
* MissingMom: George is being raised by his father Andy. He believes his mother is dead, but, at the end of the film, Andy reveals that his mother had actually run off withanother.another man. Andy had hidden the truth because he didn't want George growing up hating his mother.
* GunStruggle: After confronting Judge, George decides he cannot shoot him because Judge believes his own story. As
* MissingMom: George is being raised by his father Andy. He believes his mother is dead, but, at the end of the film, Andy reveals that his mother had actually run off with
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* GunStruggle: After confronting Judge, George decides he cannot shoot him because Judge believes his own story. As Georgie drops the gun and turns to leave, Judge grabs it and turns it on him. The two struggle and the gun goes off, wounding Judge.
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* GunStruggle: After confronting Judge, George decides he cannot shoot him because Judge believes his own story. As Georgie drops the gun and turns to leave, Judge grabs it and turns it on him. The two struggle and the gun goes off, wounding Judge.Judge.
* MissingMom: George is being raised by his father Andy. He believes his mother is dead, but, at the end of the film, Andy reveals that his mother had actually run off with another. Andy had hidden the truth because he didn't want George growing up hating his mother.
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* MissingMom: George is being raised by his father Andy. He believes his mother is dead, but, at the end of the film, Andy reveals that his mother had actually run off with another. Andy had hidden the truth because he didn't want George growing up hating his mother.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: As implied by the title, the film's action cover the events of one night: the night of George's 17th birthday.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: As implied by the title, the film's action cover the events of one night: the night of George's 17th birthday.birthday.
* TheGhost: Andy's girlfriend Frances, whose absence at George's birthday party is commented on, even though Andy tells George not to worry about it. Her absence hangs over the film like, well, a ghost, until [[spoiler:George learns that she is dead: DrivenToSuicide by Andy's refusal tomarry her]].
* GunStruggle: After confronting Judge, George decides he cannot shoot him because Judge believes his own story. As Georgie drops the gun and turns to leave, Judge grabs it and turns it on him. The two struggle and the gun goes off, wounding Judge.
* TheGhost: Andy's girlfriend Frances, whose absence at George's birthday party is commented on, even though Andy tells George not to worry about it. Her absence hangs over the film like, well, a ghost, until [[spoiler:George learns that she is dead: DrivenToSuicide by Andy's refusal tomarry her]].
* GunStruggle: After confronting Judge, George decides he cannot shoot him because Judge believes his own story. As Georgie drops the gun and turns to leave, Judge grabs it and turns it on him. The two struggle and the gun goes off, wounding Judge.
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''The Big Night'' is a 1951 American FilmNoir directed by Joseph Losey, and starring John Drew Barrymore (credited as "John Barrymore, Jr." in his first starring role), Preston Foster and Joan Lorring.
George La Main, just turned 17, suffers growing pains and is anxious to prove his manhood. That night, George's adored father Andy is savagely beaten by sportswriter Al Judge. Traumatized and unable to learn why it happened, George goes gunning for Judge. His mission becomes an odyssey through the town's seamy side, and his coming of age is more of a trial by fire than he bargained for.
!!The Big Tropes:
* CaneFu: Al Judge beats George's father Andy with his cane badly enough to leave Andy laid up in bed.
* CreatorCameo: Joseph Losey' assistant, future director Creator/RobertAldrich, appears as the spectator at the boxing match who shares his whiskey with George.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: As implied by the title, the film's action cover the events of one night: the night of George's 17th birthday.
George La Main, just turned 17, suffers growing pains and is anxious to prove his manhood. That night, George's adored father Andy is savagely beaten by sportswriter Al Judge. Traumatized and unable to learn why it happened, George goes gunning for Judge. His mission becomes an odyssey through the town's seamy side, and his coming of age is more of a trial by fire than he bargained for.
!!The Big Tropes:
* CaneFu: Al Judge beats George's father Andy with his cane badly enough to leave Andy laid up in bed.
* CreatorCameo: Joseph Losey' assistant, future director Creator/RobertAldrich, appears as the spectator at the boxing match who shares his whiskey with George.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: As implied by the title, the film's action cover the events of one night: the night of George's 17th birthday.
