Dark City is a 1950 English-language Crime Drama motion picture written by John Meredyth Lucas, Lawrence B. Marcus and Ketti Frings. The movie is directed by William Dieterle and produced by Hal B. Wallis under the banner of Hal Wallis Productions. Gamblers who took an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them. Dark city features Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don Defore, Jack Webb and Otto Waldis. The screenplay is written by John Meredyth Lucas and Larry Marcus which is inspired from the story No Escape by Larry Marcus. The music was composed by Franz Waxman. Cinematography was done by Victor Milner and editing by Warren Low. The motion picture has a running time of 98 minutes. The motion picture made a box office gross of $0 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Paramount Pictures.