Night and the City

Harry is a fast-talking big dreamer whose hyperkinesis (...) finds purpose when he is inspired by a dud lawsuit against a boxer to muscle in on the boxing promotion scene.

De Niro plays Harry Fabian, a two-bit hanger-on who dreams of someday being a major fight promoter, like the powerful Boom Boom (...), who rules the neighborhood.

Richard Widmark's sweaty, chaotic face (...) is a reservoir of self-loathing and agitated ambition...

As Harry Fabian, a good-hearted lawyer with the integrity of a three-dollar bill, De Niro cajoles, rants and charms his way through the movie as though his life depended on it.

...Night And The City is in many respects an atypical noir.