Night and the City (1950)

Σχεδόν σε 70 ετών, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Τιμολογήθηκε ως Gregorious, ένας συνταξιούχος παλαιστής και πατέρας του υποστηρικτή της πάλης του Λονδίνου, Ο Zbyszko έδειξε τις ικανότητές του στην πάλη, ακόμα και στην προχωρημένη ηλικία του, στη σκηνή με την υπογραφή της ταινίας.

Η ταινία ξεκινά με έναν άντρα να κυνηγά τον Χάρι Φάμπιαν, a London hustler always looking for a get-rich-quick scheme. Disgruntled over another Fabian business deal gone bad, the man chases Fabian intending to beat the five pounds out of him. Richard Widmark plays Harry Fabian.

Fabian stumbles upon his next get-rich-quick scheme when he attends a wrestling card. Kristo, the son of Gregorious the Great, promotes wrestling in London. When his father observes the wrestlers working together, he yells, “Fake. Fake.” Leaving the arena in disgust, Gregorious intends to take his protégé Nikolas back to Athens.

Fabian convinces Gregorious to partner with him in promoting Greco-Roman wrestling knowing Kristo cannot touch Fabian, if Kristo’s father Gregorious partners with him. Fabian is successful in the short term but Kristo’s top wrestler, “The Strangler,” throws a major monkey wrench into Fabian’s plans.

Former professional wrestler Mike Mazurki portrayed the Strangler. Mazurki and Zbyszko created one of the greatest wrestling fights in a movie. The gym fight keeps the film popular seventy years after Jules Dassin directed it.

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Sources: Night and the City (1950) and Internet Movie Database (imdb.com)

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