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The pugnacity of Walsh's comic direction infuses turbulently free enterprise with tragedy.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
They Drive by Night
No picture in 1940 will have bigger thrills!
1940 · 1h 35m · Approved
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
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They Drive by Night
Overview
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
Director and cast
- Raoul Walsh Director
- 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 Carlsen
- Roscoe Karns as Irish McGurn
- Joyce Compton as Sue Carter (uncredited)
- John Litel as Harry McNamara
- George Tobias as George Rondolos
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