They Drive by Night (1938 film)
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For the 1940 American film, see They Drive by Night.
They Drive by Night is a 1938 British black-and-white crime thriller film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Emlyn Williams as Shorty, an ex-con, and Ernest Thesiger as Walter Hoover, an ex-schoolmaster.[1] It was produced by Warner Bros. - First National Productions and based on the 1938 novel They Drive by Night by James Curtis.
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Directed by | Arthur B. Woods |
Written by | Paul Gangelin Derek Twist |
Screenplay by | James Curtis |
Based on | They Drive by Night 1938 novel by James Curtis |
Produced by | Jerome Jackson |
Starring | Emlyn Williams Ernest Thesiger |
Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
Edited by | Leslie Norman |
Music by | Bretton Byrd |
Production company | Warner Bros. - First National Productions |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. (UK) |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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The picture is sometimes confused with the 1940 American film They Drive by Night, based on a different novel and featuring George Raft and Humphrey Bogart, and also a Warner Bros. film. This British film also has the alternative title, perhaps only in the United States, of Murder on the Run.