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They Live by Night

Name: They Live by Night
Director: Nicholas Ray
Genre: Crime, Romance, Drama
Released: 1949
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, Helen Craig

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

1949 · Directed by Nicholas Ray · 96 min · Crime · Romance · Drama · 14 frames

Tagline

Cops or no cops I'm going through!

Crew

Screenplay: Charles Schnee
Cinematography: George E. Diskant
Edited by: Sherman Todd
Music: Leigh Harline
Produced by: John Houseman

Cast

Cathy O'Donnell as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
Farley Granger as Arthur "Bowie" Bowers
Howard Da Silva as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Jay C. Flippen as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
Helen Craig as Mattie
Will Wright as Mobley
William Phipps as Young Farmer
Ian Wolfe as Hawkins
Harry Harvey as Hagenheimer
Marie Bryant as Singer

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: RKO Radio Pictures
Themes: film noir, on the run, black and white, bank robbery

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