They live by night
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | They live by night / In the shadow of the night |
| Original title | They Live by Night |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1948 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Nicholas Ray |
| script |
Charles Snow , Nicholas Ray |
| production |
John Houseman for RKO Pictures |
| music | Leigh Harline |
| camera | George E. Treble |
| cut | Sherman Todd |
| occupation | |
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They live by night (AKA They Live by Night ), also known as the shadow of the night , is an American film noir of 1948, the directorial debut of Nicholas Ray meant. The novel Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson (1905–1969) , published in 1937, served as a template .
action
Young Arthur “Bowie” Bowers, wrongly convicted of murder, escapes from prison along with older bank robbers Chicamaw and Henry. Arthur needs money so he can pay a lawyer and finally prove his innocence in the murder case. To do this, he is planning a bank robbery together with the other two escaped. Arthur falls in love with young Catherine, but the bank robbery goes wrong.
background
Anderson's 1937 novel described how poverty and crime belonged together in the Great Depression . In 1974 the novel was made into a film again as thieves like us , directed by Robert Altman .
Reviews
They Live by Night is highly regarded by film critics today, with all 18 Rotten Tomatoes reviews being positive. The Lexicon of International Films writes: “Nicholas Ray's first feature film is staged as a romantic love story, the happy ending of which is prevented by ignorance, evil and inability of the environment. Also interesting because of the new moral assessment of the ostensibly "bad" characters. "
Web links
- They live at night in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ They Live by Night (Rotten Tomatoes). Accessed June 19, 2018 .
- ↑ They live by night . ( filmdienst.de [accessed June 19, 2018]).