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They Drive by Night
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| They Drive by Night | |
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| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Produced by | Mark Hellinger associate producer Hal B. Wallis executive producer |
| Written by | A.I. Bezzerides (novel Long Haul) Jerry Wald Richard Macaulay |
| Starring | George Raft Ann Sheridan Ida Lupino Humphrey Bogart |
| Music by | Adolph Deutsch |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | July 27, 1940 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Language | English |
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They Drive by Night is a 1940 black-and-white film starring George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, and Humphrey Bogart.
Joe (Raft) and Paul Fabrini (Bogart) are truck drivers who start their own small business. Once owners of a small but scrappy trucking firm, the Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors and rivals while trying to make a success of their transport company. Overworked Paul falls asleep at the wheel causing an accident that costs him one of his arms. Bitter, Paul eventually gets over his self pity and returns to work now as a dispatcher for the Fabrinis' company. Meanwhile Joe is romancing a local waitress Cassie (Sheridan), but is being seduced by Lana Carlsen (Lupino), the wife of trucking executive Ed Carlsen (Hale). Lana, now in love with Joe, murders her husband and makes it look like an accident. She then offers Joe one half interest in Carlsen's organization. Joe accepts but turns away from Lana's sexual advances. This enrages Lana who then accuses Joe of plotting Carlsen's murder.
- George Raft as Joe Fabrini
- Ann Sheridan as Cassie Hartley
- Ida Lupino as Lana Carlsen
- Humphrey Bogart as Paul Fabrini
- Gale Page as Pearl Fabrini
- Alan Hale as Ed J. Carlsen
- Roscoe Karns as 'Irish' McGurn
- John Litel as Harry McNamara
- George Tobias as George Rondolos
The film is sometimes confused with the 1938 suspense film, They Drive by Night (1938 film) and the 1949 film noir, They Live By Night