They Drive by Night (1940)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:15
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
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
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Riveting mix of working man film and crime drama, inventively directed by Raoul Walsh. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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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.
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Raoul Walsh directs this entertaining romantic melodrama with tenderness. Full Review |
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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 Full Review |
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There's no denying that this overlooked 1940 gem is essentially two films in one. Full Review |
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