They Drive by Night (Snap case) | 
| Directors: Crane Wilbur, Raoul Walsh
Actors: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Fritz Feld, Kathryn Kane, John Carroll
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 46993
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D65841D
ISBN: 0790783061
UPC: 012569584129
EAN: 9780790783062
ASIN: B0000B1OGF
Theatrical Release Date: August 3, 1940
Release Date: November 4, 2003
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By turns hard-nosed and ribald, They Drive by Night smashes through a vintage Warner Bros. yarn about truck drivers, the Depression, and one duplicitous dame. The opening reels are a forceful look at the dangerous lives of independent truckers (George Raft and Humphrey Bogart as brothers--Bogie in the supporting role, though he would soon eclipse Raft in Hollywood), battling the system and the economy. The final section veers into a less exciting murder frame-up, but Ida Lupino is so delicious as the Black Widow, it works. The robust humor of director Raoul Walsh dominates the film, with some truly hilarious double entendres aimed at outfoxing the censors. At the center of many such one-liners is Ann Sheridan, as a waitress who slings more than hash. It's close to being a classic, and the road sequences are as vital as those in The Grapes of Wrath, made the same year. --Robert Horton
Description
George Raft and Humphrey Bogart share a driving ambition in They Drive by Night, a feisty tale of brothers trying to make a go of their independent trucking enterprise. Ann Sheridan plays a truck-stop waitress who can dish both the daily special and the patter. And Ida Lupino is the headstrong executive who mixes business and romance with murder. With Bogart again riding shotgun en route to leading-man stardom (a stature he would achieve the following year) and Raft handling the wheel in one of his best roles of the decade, this fine example of Warner Bros. social-conscience filmmaking (directed by Raoul Walsh) proved a sturdy vehicle for both actors. The movie proved even more fortuitous for Lupino. Her courtoom scene of babbling derangement made her a celebrated "overnight" sensation that resulted in a seven-year studio contract for her. Year: 1940 Director: Raoul Walsh Starring: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Special Feature: Original Theatrical Trailer B&W/93 Mins.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 They Drive by Night June 7, 2009
Victor F. Antoine
It's a good movie which I have yet to see on TCM or AMC but it is no Dead End. Humphrey Bogart is almost an after thought. Yet it was enjoyable.
 They Drive By Night/ book May 23, 2009
Roy E. West (Bremerton,WA USA)
This Book is a real tragedy, unlike the ending of the subsequent film of it. Much dialogue. Written from experience.
An unique movie...... May 11, 2009
B. K. Smith (Fallon, Nevada)
An often overlooked gem of a movie starring George Raft. The movie is about truckers, a love story, and murder!! George Raft protrays Joe Frabrini and his brother Paul, played by Humphrey Bogart. Two guys trying to make it in the trucker business. A tragic accident forces them out of the trucker business but Joe is soon hired by a friend of his named Ed Carlsen played by Alan Hale. Soon, Ed's wife played by Ida Lupino tries to seduce Joe but he has fallen in love with a pretty waitress played by Ann Sheriden. If I say anymore, I will ruin the movie and its terrifying climax. It is a great movie worth watching so don't take my word for it. Climb into the cab of one of these big rigs and sit back for the ride of your life!!
bogart/raft April 28, 2009
TAD (MACOMB MI USA)
bogart / raft type move frome 30,s ,rare to see them act together.story of that errer. very good
Raft, Lupino,Bogart and Sheridan February 6, 2008
Paul Beauparlant (east coast USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Thinking this was a Humphrey Bogart movie, I put this in and what I found was a tale of two brothers trying to make it in the trucking business. George Raft plays the other brother and it is George who is really the star here. Early in the movie the brothers make a pit stop in a roadside diner and meet waitress Ann Sheridan who we learn in the auxilary featurette was known as the "ummph girl" back then. George falls for her and she for him but that takes a while to sort itself out(it's funny to hear Cassie(Sheridan) referred to as "red" in a black and white film). We watch the brothers struggle to gain a footing in the highly competitive truckers world and George's fending off of the advances of a woman who is clearly no good for him-and that would be the dubious Ida Lupino who by pictures end makes a REAL star for herself.
Somewhere about 3/4 of the way through the story, Humphrey's brother role is shrunk into the background setting the stage for the grand finale involving Lupino and Raft.
In short this is a terrific movie and the disc includes the excellent featurette on the making of the picture and all involved. As a personal aside, looks like they've made an Ann Sheridan fan out of me!
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