a standoff, Red, intent on keeping all the money for himself, shoots John and retreats to a nearby snowplow which he drives toward the shack. Vanning manages to knock Red out of the cab and steer the plow away, but it runs directly into Red. Cast Aldo Ray as James "Jim" Vanning / Art Rayburn / Wilson Brian Keith as John Anne Bancroft as Marie Gardner Jocelyn Brando as Laura Fraser James Gregory as Ben Fraser Frank Albertson as Dr. Edward Gurston ("Doc") Rudy Bond as Red Production The film was based on a novel by David Goodis which was published in 1948. In 1950, it was adapted for TV as Sure as Fate. In July 1955, it was announced film rights had been purchased by Copa Productions, the film company of Ted Richmond and Tyrone Power who released through Columbia. Raphael Hayes was to write the script. Richmond wanted Edmond O'Brien or Barry Sullivan to play the male lead and Barbara Stanwyck to play the female lead with filming to begin in September. William Wright was going to produce. Power did not want to appear in the film. The lead role eventually went to Aldo Ray, who was under long term contract to Columbia but had been on suspension for refusing the lead in Beyond Mombassa. Filming ended up beginning on March 12, 1956. Jacques Tourneur signed to direct and Anne Bancroft was cast in the female lead. Filming took place in downtown Los Angeles on Hollywood Boulevard and other locations, including MacArthur Park and the J.W. Robinson department store, where the fashion show scene was filmed. The Wyoming scenes were filmed in Teton County. Release Nightfall was released as early as December 1956 in Boston in the United States. Reception In a contemporary review Marjory Adams declared Nightfall a heart-pounding experience that had all that a suspense-yearning public could hope for, but its plot had enough holes in it to “drive two trucks though". Variety published a review in December 5, 1956, stating that the film had "a generous slice of mystery, action and suspense" but the modest budgeter only delivered fair entertainment. A review in the Monthly Film Bulletin observed that despite the plot being complex and unlikely, the film unfolded “in an atmosphere of deliberate obscurity”, amplified by many flashbacks. Retrospective critic Dennis Schwartz felt that Jacques Tourneur got the most out of a “minor film