They Drive by Night
No picture in 1940 will have bigger thrills!
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7/26/1940Runtime
95 minsOverview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$539,000Revenue
$1,596,000Homepage
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A hard-knuckle portrait of working men scrapping to stay afloat in a rigged system, told with the shadow-heavy visual language and propulsive momentum of early film noir. The film builds from commercial struggle into something darker and more sinister.
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George Raft
Joe Fabrini
Ann Sheridan
Cassie Hartley
Ida Lupino
Lana Carlsen
Humphrey Bogart
Paul Fabrini
Gale Page
Pearl Fabrini
Alan Hale
Ed Carlsen
Roscoe Karns
Irish McGurn
Joyce Compton
Sue Carter (uncredited)
John Litel
Harry McNamara
George Tobias
George Rondolos
Henry O'Neill
District Attorney (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
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