| They Drive by Night | |
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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 |
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.
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.
- ^ "They Drive by Night (1939)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.