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They Drive by Night

No picture in 1940 will have bigger thrills!

1940 · NR · 1h 35m

Directed by Raoul Walsh

6.9

TMDB audience score
142 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

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Cast

  • George Raft
    Joe Fabrini

  • Ann Sheridan
    Cassie Hartley

  • Ida Lupino
    Lana Carlsen

  • Humphrey Bogart
    Paul Fabrini

  • Gale Page
    Pearl Fabrini

  • Alan Hale
    Ed Carlsen

  • Roscoe Karns
    Irish McGurn

  • Joyce Compton
    Sue Carter (uncredited)

  • John Litel
    Harry McNamara

  • George Tobias
    George Rondolos

  • Henry O'Neill
    District Attorney (uncredited)

  • Frank Faylen
    Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

  • Eddie Acuff
    Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

  • William Bendix
    Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)

  • Lillian Yarbo
    Chloe, Lana's Maid (uncredited)

  • Dorothea Kent
    Sue (uncredited)

  • Marie Blake
    Waitress (uncredited)

  • Vera Lewis
    Landlady (uncredited)