They Live by Night

Nov 1, 1949

1h 36m

★ 6.9

Cops or no cops I'm going through!

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

Cathy O'Donnell

Arthur "Bowie" Bowers

Farley Granger

Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley

Howard Da Silva

Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

Jay C. Flippen

Mattie

Helen Craig

Mobley

Will Wright

Young Farmer

William Phipps

Hawkins

Ian Wolfe

Hagenheimer

Harry Harvey

Singer

Marie Bryant

Jeweler

Will Lee

Schreiber

James Nolan

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