Riveting mix of working man film and crime drama, inventively directed by Raoul Walsh.
They Drive by Night (1940)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:15
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A superb drama dealing with the heroic efforts of two brothers who maintain a free-lance truck driving business against a brace of angry mob bosses. Once these crooked "businessmen" find out... A superb drama dealing with the heroic efforts of two brothers who maintain a free-lance truck driving business against a brace of angry mob bosses. Once these crooked "businessmen" find out independent operators are invading their turf, they plan to overthrow their business--by literally running them off the road. [More]
Starring: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino
Starring: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Gale Page, Alan Hale, Roscoe Karns, John Litel
Director: Raoul Walsh
Director: Raoul Walsh
Producer: Mark Hellinger
Composer: Adolph Deutsch
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Reviews for They Drive by Night
Walsh keeps the film close to the ground and makes the transition between the two very different stories with complete confidence.
Sem se decidir se quer ser um drama sobre a difícil vida dos caminhoneiros ou um frágil e artificial filme de tribunal, este trabalho de Walsh desperdiça Raft, Bogie e Sheridan, além de contar com uma atuação pavorosamente ruim de Lupino.
Raoul Walsh directs this entertaining romantic melodrama with tenderness.
The film's U-turn is so radical that it arguably transforms They Drive By Night into one of the U.S. cinema's earliest experiments in portmanteau
There's no denying that this overlooked 1940 gem is essentially two films in one.
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