They Drive by Night

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They Drive by Night

Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Produced by	Mark Hellinger associate producer Hal B. Wallis executive producer
Written by	A.I. Bezzerides (novel Long Haul) Jerry Wald Richard Macaulay
Starring	George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino
Music by	Adolph Deutsch
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	July 27, 1940 (U.S. release)
Running time	95 min.
Language	English
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They Drive by Night is a 1940 black-and-white film starring George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, and Humphrey Bogart.

[edit] Plot

Joe (Raft) and Paul Fabrini (Bogart) are truck drivers who start their own small business. Once owners of a small but scrappy trucking firm, the Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors and rivals while trying to make a success of their transport company. Overworked Paul falls asleep at the wheel causing an accident that costs him one of his arms. Bitter, Paul eventually gets over his self pity and returns to work now as a dispatcher for the Fabrinis' company. Meanwhile Joe is romancing a local waitress Cassie (Sheridan), but is being seduced by Lana Carlsen (Lupino), the wife of trucking executive Ed Carlsen (Hale). Lana, now in love with Joe, murders her husband and makes it look like an accident. She then offers Joe one half interest in Carlsen's organization. Joe accepts but turns away from Lana's sexual advances. This enrages Lana who then accuses Joe of plotting Carlsen's murder.