They Live by Night
“Cops or no cops I'm going through!”
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.
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Cast
16 people
Cathy O'Donnell
Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
Known for
Ben-Hur
The Best Years of Our Lives
Farley Granger
Arthur "Bowie" Bowers
Known for
Strangers on a Train
Rope
Howard Da Silva
Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Known for
The Lost Weekend
Mommie Dearest
Jay C. Flippen
Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
Known for
The Killing
The Wild One
Helen Craig
Mattie
Known for
The Snake Pit
Will Wright
Mobley
Known for
Niagara
Cape Fear
William Phipps
Young Farmer
Known for
Cinderella
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Ian Wolfe
Hawkins
Known for
THX 1138
Witness for the Prosecution
Harry Harvey
Hagenheimer
Known for
Ace in the Hole
The Narrow Margin
Marie Bryant
Singer
Also in
Bli-Blip
Wabash Avenue
Will Lee
Jeweler
Known for
Little Fugitive
Playing for Time
James Nolan
Schreiber
Known for
Dirty Harry
Nicholas Ray Director · Charles Schnee Screenplay Edward Anderson Author
United States release November 1, 1949 · Produced in United States · Production RKO
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 6, 1948
Theatrical
United States · November 1, 1949
Theatrical
Italy
August 19, 1949 · Theatrical
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