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They Live by Night (1949)

NR ★ 6.9/10 96 min Crime, Romance, Drama United States English
Director: Nicholas Ray
Screenplay by: Charles Schnee
Adaptation: Nicholas Ray
Novel: Edward Anderson
Streaming: Not available
Cops or no cops I'm going through!

Description

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.

Top 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

They Live by Night Appears on 8 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #876
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #1652
The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Film Foundation #758

Critic Curated

Paste Magazine The 100 Best Film Noirs Of All Time
Paste Magazine #16

Filmmaker Curation

Abel Ferrara's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #27
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #120
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's List Of 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #09

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1940-1949 Films
Letterboxd #85

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