They Live by Night

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crime drama film film film noir

They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir crime drama, directed by Nicholas Ray, about a young fugitive couple on the run.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
basedOn Thieves Like Us ⓘ
novel by Edward Anderson ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy George E. Diskant ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Nicholas Ray ⓘ
distributedInFormat black-and-white ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Sherman Todd ⓘ
era classic Hollywood ⓘ
filmEditingStyle location shooting and semi-documentary style ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
genre crime drama ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle The Twisted Road ⓘ
Your Red Wagon ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasTheme alienation ⓘ
crime and fate ⓘ
doomed romance ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Bowie ⓘ
Keechie ⓘ
musicBy Leigh Harline ⓘ
notableFor Nicholas Ray's directorial debut ⓘ
notableInfluenceOn later American crime and road movies ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A young fugitive couple goes on the run after a prison escape and a series of robberies. ⓘ
producer John Houseman ⓘ
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate November 5, 1948 ⓘ
releaseYear 1948 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 95 ⓘ
screenwriter Charles Schnee ⓘ
Nicholas Ray ⓘ
setInPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
starring Cathy O'Donnell ⓘ
Farley Granger ⓘ
Helen Craig ⓘ
Howard Da Silva ⓘ
Jay C. Flippen ⓘ
studio RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ

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Howard Da Silva → notableWork → They Live by Night ⓘ
Nicholas Ray → notableWork → They Live by Night ⓘ
Nicholas Ray → directed → They Live by Night ⓘ
Cathy O'Donnell → notableWork → They Live by Night ⓘ
Cathy O'Donnell → appearedInFilm → They Live by Night ⓘ
Jay C. Flippen → notableWork → They Live by Night ⓘ