

They Live by Night
1949-11-01 · 96 min · ★ 6.8
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.
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- Directors
- Nicholas Ray
- Production companies
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Cathy O'DonnellCatherine "Keechie" Mobley
Farley GrangerArthur "Bowie" Bowers
Howard Da SilvaChicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Jay C. FlippenHenry "T-Dub" Mansfield
Helen CraigMattie
Will WrightMobley
William PhippsYoung Farmer
Ian WolfeHawkins
Harry HarveyHagenheimer
Will LeeJeweler
James NolanSchreiber
Charles MeredithComm. Hubbell
Teddy InfuhrAlvin
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