They Drive by Night is a 1940 film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, and Humphrey Bogart.
Plot
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Brothers Joe (George Raft) and Paul Fabrini (Humphrey Bogart), who are delivery-truck drivers, push themselves hard trying to run their own business. One night, a fatigued Paul falls asleep behind the wheel, demolishing the truck and losing an arm. Joe is then offered a job by a truck company owner (Alan Hale) whose wife, Lana (Ida Lupino), falls for Joe. Lana kills her husband to be with Joe, but when he refuses her advances because he loves Cassie (Ann Sheridan), Lana frames him for murder.
CastEdit
- George Raft as Joe Fabrini
- Ann Sheridan as Cassie Hartley
- Ida Lupino as Lana Carlsen
- Humphrey Bogart as Paul Fabrini
- Gale Page as Pearl Fabrini
- Alan Hale as Ed J. Carlsen
- Roscoe Karns as "Irish" McGurn
- John Litel as Harry McNamara
- George Tobias as George Rondolos
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