They Drive by Night

1940 · directed by Raoul Walsh

Rating
80/100
Hit
yes

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

They Drive by Night (1940), directed by Raoul Walsh, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • George Raft
  • Ann Sheridan
  • Ida Lupino
  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Gale Page
  • Alan Hale
  • Roscoe Karns
  • Joyce Compton
  • John Litel
  • George Tobias

Crew

  • Arthur Edeson — Director of Photography
  • Thomas Richards — Editor
  • Adolph Deutsch — Original Music Composer
  • Jerry Wald — Screenplay
  • Richard Macaulay — Screenplay

More from Raoul Walsh

  1. White Heat (1949) — 84/100 · hit
  2. The Thief of Bagdad (1924) — 84/100 · hit
  3. Gentleman Jim (1942) — 84/100 · hit
  4. Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) — 83/100 · hit
  5. The Roaring Twenties (1939) — 82/100 · hit
  6. The Big Trail (1930) — 82/100 · hit

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