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They Live by Night
Directed by
Nicholas Ray
Not Rated
1948
1h 36m
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7.4
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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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Cast of They Live by Night
Cathy O'Donnell
Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
Farley Granger
Arthur "Bowie" Bowers
Howard Da Silva
Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Jay C. Flippen
Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
Helen Craig
Mattie
Will Wright
Mobley
William Phipps
Young Farmer
Ian Wolfe
Hawkins
Harry Harvey
Hagenheimer
Marie Bryant
Singer
Will Lee
Jeweler
James Nolan
Schreiber
Charles Meredith
Comm. Hubbell
Teddy Infuhr
Alvin
Byron Foulger
Lambert
Guy Beach
Plumber
Nicholas Ray
Director / Writer
Charles Schnee
Writer
Edward Anderson
Writer
John Houseman
Producer
They Live by Night Ratings & Reviews
Rob's Movie Vault
Rob Gonsalves
Lacks the expected film noir curlicues and chiaroscuro, but the amusing coded queer subtext -- that Granger is too nelly and O'Donnell too butch to make it as a nuclear family -- keeps it moving.
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Sean Axmaker
It's a lovely, intimate film with a tragic story and one of the most poetic movies of the film noir genre.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
More romantic than the typical film noir, but also just as fatalistic and hard-hitting.
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Joanne Laurier
It is a work saturated with empathy for the youthful victims of a social machinery that grinds them to pulp, denying them the most elementary conditions of human existence.
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
One of the most potent of all romance-minded crime dramas.
Voices & Visions
Jim Laczkowski
Might be the best debut feature in movie history. A stunning examination of intimacy mixed with apprehension that showcases why Nicholas Ray is one of the all-time greats.
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Sean Mulvihill
It's not quite a film noir. It's not quite a teenage romance. It's not quite a crime picture. It's not quite like anything to come before it.
Scene-Stealers.com
Eric Melin
Maybe because of this close-up strategy, the actors all have a more naturalistic bent than most of the films of the day, opting for a low-key simmering approach. The result is a more intimate portrait of these two lovers.
Film Inquiry
Benjamin Wang
They Live by Night works well as a crime film and even better as a romance.
Variety
Variety Staff
There's no attempt at sugarcoating a happy ending, and yarn moves towards its inevitable, tragic climax without compromise.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
One of the greatest debut features in movie history.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Ray's plaintive artistry lends this weepy noir a melancholic beauty.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
Although it -- like others -- is misguided in its sympathies for a youthful crook, this crime-and-compassion melodrama has the virtues of vigor and restraint.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Nicholas Ray's debut feature is a gem.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
A key film noir of the 40s, this was Nicholas Ray's first film as a director (1949), and the freshness of his expressionist-documentary style is still apparent and gripping.
TV Guide
Beautifully acted, They Live by Night stands today as one of the most poignant and unforgettable noirs ever made.
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