They Live by Night (1948)
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
- Cathy O'Donnell
- Farley Granger
- Howard Da Silva
- Jay C. Flippen
- Helen Craig
- Will Wright
- William Phipps
- Ian Wolfe
- Harry Harvey
- Marie Bryant
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- Feb 25, 2017
If Nicholas Ray makes a film about innocent people, then they have to be innocence personified - the only things they know must be the harsh realities of the world, so they can discover tenderness. So its equal parts a film tragic and beautiful - it's impossible for me not…
Neil BahadurAug 24, 2017You only love once.
Filipe FurtadoMar 7, 2021not like any noir film i’ve seen. even when nothing is really happening, things still feel like they’re moving forward. which was cool! mostly referring to the romantic stuff. running on 4 hours of sleep and also drove for like 8 hours today. so it only feels right to end…
Karsten - Jan 31, 2020
"I won't sell you hope when there ain't any."
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Sara ClementsJan 20, 2020the names in this movie are giving jellicle cats
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Rafael "Mister Movie" JovineSep 15, 2024never thought that i could be worthy of someone's love, never thought i could express authentic love, or even feel it. but somehow, all of a sudden, it happened, like i fell back into it -- suddenly, just like bowie and keechie, i was in this hotel room with someone whose…
comrade_yuiNov 25, 2020“They Live By Night” is “Bonnie and Clyde” for the soft boys and girls out there. Less icy cool and more wide-eyed melodrama, director Nicholas Ray’s lovers on the run noir is an earnest early take on doomed amorous criminals. The plot of “Night” - a cross-country…
theriverjordan
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A key film noir of the 40s, this was Nicholas Ray's first film as a director, and the freshness of his expressionist-documentary style is still apparent and gripping.
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
They Live by Night has the failing of waxing sentimental over crime, but it manages to generate interest with its crisp dramatic movement and clear-cut types.
Bosley Crowther
The New York Times
Ray's tense choreographic staging and tightly framed compositions give the film a sensuous, nervous feeling of imminent betrayal. Yet this film-noir stylization, elegant in design terms and emotionally powerful, is also very simplistic; the movie suffers from metaphysical liberalism--social injustice treated as cosmic fatalism.
Pauline Kael
The New Yorker
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is They Live by Night (1948)?
The movie is 1hr 35min long.
What's They Live by Night (1948) about?
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.
Who's the cast of They Live by Night (1948)?
- Cathy O'Donnell as Keechie
- Farley Granger as Bowie
- Howard Da Silva as Chickamaw
- Jay C. Flippen as T-Dub
- Helen Craig as Mattie
- Will Wright as Mobley
- William Phipps as Young Farmer
- Ian Wolfe as Hawkins
- Harry Harvey as Hagenheimer
- Marie Bryant as Singer
Who's the director behind They Live by Night (1948)?
Nicholas Ray directed They Live by Night (1948).
Who produced They Live by Night (1948)?
John Houseman produced They Live by Night (1948).
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