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They Drive by Night (1940)
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
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 independent operators are invading their turf, they plan to overthrow their business--by... 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 independent operators are invading their turf, they plan to overthrow their business--by literally running them off the road. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Gale Page
DVD Info
Release:
Mar 10, 2006
DVD Fetures:
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Mono 1.0 English
Reviews
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.
Raoul Walsh directs this entertaining romantic melodrama with tenderness.
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
There's no denying that this overlooked 1940 gem is essentially two films in one.

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