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They Live by Night

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They Live by Night

Cops or no cops I'm going through!

6.9

1h 36m

1949

“Cops or no cops I'm going through!”

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.

Director

Nicholas Ray

CrimeRomanceDrama

film noiron the runblack and whitebank robbery

Cast & Crew

Cathy O'Donnell

Cathy O'Donnell

as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

Farley Granger

Farley Granger

as Arthur "Bowie" Bowers

Howard Da Silva

Howard Da Silva

as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

Helen Craig

Helen Craig

as Mattie

Will Wright

Will Wright

as Mobley

William Phipps

William Phipps

as Young Farmer

Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe

as Hawkins

Harry Harvey

Harry Harvey

as Hagenheimer

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