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They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, in his directorial debut, and starring Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger. Based on Edward Anderson's Depression-era novel Thieves Like Us, the film follows a young convict on the run who falls in love with a woman and attempts to begin a life with her.
- Farley Granger
Farley Earle Granger Jr. (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was...
- Cathy O'Donnell
Cathy O'Donnell (born Ann Steely, July 6, 1923 – April 11,...
- Marie Bryant
She appeared in the RKO movie They Live by Night (1948), as...
- Jay C. Flippen
Jay C. Flippen (March 6, 1899 – February 3, 1971) was an...
- Charles Meredith
Charles Meredith (August 27, 1894 – November 28, 1964) was...
- They Drive by Night
They Drive by Night is a 1940 American film noir directed by...
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- Farley Granger
They Live by Night: Directed by Nicholas Ray. With Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen. 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.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
- Nicholas Ray
- 1949-11-05
They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, in his directorial debut, and starring Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger. Based on Edward Anderson's Depression-era novel Thieves Like Us, the film follows a young convict on the run who falls in love with a woman and attempts to begin a life with her.
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In the '40s, three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them is 23-year-old Bowie, who spent the last seven years in prison and now hopes to be able to prove his innocence or retire to a home in the mountains and live in peace together with his new love, Keechie.
Legendary director Nicholas Ray began his career with this lyrical film noir, the first in a series of existential genre films overflowing with sympathy for America’s outcasts and underdogs.
