They Live by Night

They Live by Night

Cops or no cops I'm going through!

1949•1h 36m•6.9/10

CrimeRomanceDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.9/10(185)

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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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Cathy O'Donnell

Cathy O'Donnell

Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

Farley Granger

Farley Granger

Arthur "Bowie" Bowers

Howard Da Silva

Howard Da Silva

Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley

Jay C. Flippen

Jay C. Flippen

Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

Helen Craig

Helen Craig

Mattie

Will Wright

Will Wright

Mobley

William Phipps

William Phipps

Young Farmer

Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe

Hawkins

Harry Harvey

Harry Harvey

Hagenheimer

Marie Bryant

Singer

Will Lee

Will Lee

Jeweler

James Nolan

James Nolan

Schreiber

Charles Meredith

Charles Meredith

Comm. Hubbell

Teddy Infuhr

Teddy Infuhr

Alvin

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Lambert

Guy Beach

Plumber

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