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They Drive by Night (1940) [NR]

Release Date:
July 26, 1940

Original Title:
They Drive by Night

Alternate Titles:
Baanschuimers
De färdas om natten
De kjører i natten
De kører om natten
Dentro da Noite
Duistere Wegen
Een gevaarlijke vrouw
Ei şofează noaptea
He ajavat öisin
I fonissa
La pasión ciega
La pasión manda
Les pirates de la route
Nachts unterwegs
Nocna wyprawa
Nyhterino drama
Oni voze noću
Pasión ciega
Sie fuhren bei Nacht
Strada maestra
The Road to Frisco
Une femme dangereuse
Vidas Noturnas
Éjszaka az úton
Они ехали ночью
Те шофират през нощта
夜までドライブ

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
SE: 15  US: NR 

Runtime: 95

No picture in 1940 will have bigger thrills!

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Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

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Art Direction:
John Hughes

Assistant Director:
Elmer Decker

Associate Producer:
Mark Hellinger

Costume Design:
Milo Anderson

Director:
Raoul Walsh

Director of Photography:
Arthur Edeson

Editor:
Thomas Richards

Executive Producer:
Hal B. Wallis

Makeup Artist:
Perc Westmore

Music Director:
Leo F. Forbstein

Novel:
A.I. Bezzerides

Orchestrator:
Jerome Moross
Arthur Lange
Hugo Friedhofer

Original Music Composer:
Adolph Deutsch

Production Manager:
Jack L. Warner

Screenplay:
Jerry Wald
Richard Macaulay

Sound:
Oliver S. Garretson

Special Effects:
Byron Haskin
Hans F. Koenekamp

Still Photographer:
George Hurrell Sr.

Stunt Double:
Buster Wiles

Stunt Driver:
Ed Brandenburg

Stunts:
Harvey Parry

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