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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.
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
Nicholas Ray's romantic crime drama They Live by Night (1948) is a peerless example of film noir with Ray's masterful directing style already developed for his directorial debut.
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- Cathy O'donnell
- Nicholas Ray
- Crime, Drama
A romantic crime drama about an escaped convict and a ranch girl who fall in love and face the dangers of the law. Read the plot summaries, synopsis, and trivia of this classic film starring Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell.
They Live by Night. 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.
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A film adaptation of Edward Anderson's novel about a bank robbery gone wrong and a doomed romance. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and other crew members who worked on this classic crime drama.
They Live By Night conjures powerful and memorable images, from its innovative helicopter shots to cameraman George Diskant's unusual character compositions. The lovers' happy faces fill the screen as they dream of the future, until the one-eyed Chickamaw shows up to demonstrate his menace by crushing Christmas ornaments.
