Riveting mix of working man film and crime drama, inventively directed by Raoul Walsh.
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07/18/09
They Drive by Night (1940)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:15
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.8/10
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... [More]
Starring: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino
Director: Raoul Walsh
Reviews for They Drive by Night
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Walsh keeps the film close to the ground and makes the transition between the two very different stories with complete confidence.
05/29/09
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.
04/03/08
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03/12/08
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06/24/06
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03/25/06
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02/17/06
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11/04/05
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07/01/05
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04/22/05
Raoul Walsh directs this entertaining romantic melodrama with tenderness.
11/02/04
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08/26/04
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06/04/04
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
02/17/04
A forgotten gem.
01/05/04
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11/06/03
There's no denying that this overlooked 1940 gem is essentially two films in one.
11/02/03
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07/30/03
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05/24/03
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