They Drive By Night

Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Ida Lupino	Lana Carlsen
Ann Sheridan	Cassie Hartley
Humphrey Bogart	Paul Fabrini
George Raft	Joe Fabrini
Gale Page	Pearl Fabrini
Alan Hale	Ed Carlsen
Roscoe Karns	Irish McGurn
John Litel	Harry McNamara
George Tobias	George Rondolos
Eddie Acuff	Driver in cafe

Director	Raoul Walsh
Producer	Mark Hellinger; Hal B. Wallis
Writer	Jerry Wald; Richard Macaulay

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. In proved even more fortuitous for Lupino: her courtroom breakdown made her an "overnight" sensation that landed her a studio contract.