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They Live by Night(1949)
Status: Released
Date: 1949-11-01
69%
173 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: They Live by Night
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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