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They Drive by Night

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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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Philip Martin
Philip Martin
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02/17/06
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

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11/04/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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01/01/00
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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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.

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04/03/08
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Riveting mix of working man film and crime drama, inventively directed by Raoul Walsh.

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07/18/09
Michael E. Grost
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television

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03/12/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Walsh keeps the film close to the ground and makes the transition between the two very different stories with complete confidence.

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05/29/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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Emanuel Levy
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06/04/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
02/17/04
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

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11/06/03
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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Andy Klein
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Los Angeles CityBeat
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03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times

Raoul Walsh directs this entertaining romantic melodrama with tenderness.

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11/02/04
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A forgotten gem.

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01/05/04
Mark Robison
Mark Robison
Reno Gazette-Journal

There's no denying that this overlooked 1940 gem is essentially two films in one.

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11/02/03
Nick Schager
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Slant Magazine
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