They Drive by Night
UPC: Disc: CB0F-27F3-2B34-12B3 (DVD)
Region Coding: 1, 4
Production Year: 1940
Rating: NR
Running Time: 95 min.
DVD Release: 10/5/2010
Case Type: THINpak
Video Formats: Full Frame 1.33:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: $0.00
George Raft and Humphrey Bogart share a driving ambition in They Drive by Night, a feisty tale of brothers trying to make it as independent truckers. Ann Sheridan plays a truck-stop waitress dishing both the daily special and the patter. And Ida Lupino is a headstrong executive mixing business and romance with murder.

With Bogart again riding shotgun en route to leading-man stardom (which he would achieve the following year) and Raft at the wheel in one of his best roles, this fine example of Warner Bros. social-conscience filmmaking (directed by Raoul Walsh) proved a sturdy vehicle for both. It proved even more fortuitous for Lupino: her courtroom breakdown made her an "overnight" sensation that landed her a studio contract.

Genres
Drama



Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures
First National Pictures
Media Companies: Warner Home Video, Turner Entertainment
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Closed Captioned
Subtitles
English
French
Spanish
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital Mono
Cast
George Raft as Joe Fabrini
Ann Sheridan as Cassie Hartley
Ida Lupino as Lana Carlsen
Humphrey Bogart as Paul Fabrini
Gale Page as Pearl Fabrini
Alan Hale as Ed Carlsen
Roscoe Karns as Irish McGurn
John Litel as Harry McNamara
George Tobias as George Rondolos
Crew
Direction:
Raoul Walsh: Director
Writing:
Jerry Wald: Screenwriter
Richard Macaulay: Screenwriter
A.I. Bezzerides: Original Material By
Production:
Hal B. Wallis: Executive Producer
Cinematography:
Arthur Edeson: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Thomas Richards: Film Editor
Music:
Adolph Deutsch: Composer
Sound:
Oliver S. Garretson: Sound
Art:
John Hughes: Art Director
Milo Anderson: Costume Designer
Perc Westmore: Make-up Artist
Byron Haskin: Visual Effects
H. F. Koenekamp: Visual Effects