Movie
They Live by Night
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1949-11-01
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Crime, Romance, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Cathy O'Donnell as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
- Farley Granger as Arthur "Bowie" Bowers
- Howard Da Silva as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
- Jay C. Flippen as Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
- Helen Craig as Mattie
- Will Wright as Mobley
- William Phipps as Young Farmer
- Ian Wolfe as Hawkins
- Harry Harvey as Hagenheimer
- Marie Bryant as Singer
- Will Lee as Jeweler
- James Nolan as Schreiber
Crew
- Nicholas Ray - Director
- Charles Schnee - Screenplay
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