They Drive by Night (1940)
No picture in 1940 will have bigger thrills!
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.
- Date of release
- 1940-07-26
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (140)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Director
- Raoul Walsh
Casting
- George Raft — Joe Fabrini
- Ann Sheridan — Cassie Hartley
- Ida Lupino — Lana Carlsen
- Humphrey Bogart — Paul Fabrini
- Gale Page — Pearl Fabrini
- Alan Hale — Ed Carlsen
- Roscoe Karns — Irish McGurn
- Joyce Compton — Sue Carter (uncredited)
- John Litel — Harry McNamara
- George Tobias — George Rondolos
- Henry O'Neill — District Attorney (uncredited)
- Frank Faylen — Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
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