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They Live by Night poster

They Live by Night(1949)

NRNovember 1, 19491h 36m

Crime Romance Drama

68%User score 68 percent

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188 votes

Cops or no cops I'm going through!

Overview

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.

Director: Nicholas Ray
Writers: Charles Schnee

Top Billed Cast

Cathy O'Donnell
Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
Farley Granger
Arthur "Bowie" Bowers
Howard Da Silva
Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Jay C. Flippen
Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

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They Live by Night (1949) | Watch Free Online Movies

Helen Craig

Mattie

Will Wright

Mobley

William Phipps

Young Farmer

Ian Wolfe

Hawkins

Harry Harvey

Hagenheimer

Will Lee

Jeweler

James Nolan

Schreiber

Charles Meredith

Comm. Hubbell

Teddy Infuhr

Alvin

Byron Foulger

Lambert

Marie Bryant

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Status: Released
Original title: They Live by Night
Original language: English
Production: RKO Radio Pictures

Keywords

film noir
on the run
black and white
bank robbery