They Drive by Night (1938)
1h 24m
Running Time
December 1, 1938Release Date
They Drive by Night (1938)
1h 24m
Running Time
December 1, 1938Release Date
Plot.
“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Emlyn Williams
Albert 'Shorty' Matthews
Anna Konstam
Molly O'Neil
Allan Jeayes
Wally Mason
Ernest Thesiger
Walter Hoover
Jennie Hartley
Landlady
Ronald Shiner
Charlie
Anthony Holles
Murray
William Hartnell
Bus Conductor
Yolande Terrell
Marge
Joe Cunningham
Detective Pryor
Kitty de Legh
Mrs. Mason
Arthur B. Woods
Director
Julie Barrie
Pauline
Paul Gangelin
Writer
Hyma Beckley
Newspaper Seller (Uncredited)
William John Davies
Youth (Uncredited)
James Curtis
Writer
Derek N. Twist
Writer
Edgar Driver
Customer at Charlie's (Uncredited)
Jerome Jackson
Producer
Vi Kaley
Flower Seller (Uncredited)
Basil Emmott
Cinematographer
Simon Lack
Roy Allen, Brother of Man to be Executed (Uncredited)
Leslie Norman
Editor
Basil McGrail
Lorry Driver at Crash Scene (Uncredited)
George Merritt
Detective (Uncredited)
Bernard Miles
Detective at Billiard Halls (Uncredited)
Frederick Piper
Bartender (Uncredited)
Philip Ray
Lorry Driver Attacking Molly (Uncredited)
Charles Rolfe
Card Player at Billiard Halls (Uncredited)
Leonard Sharp
Card Player at Billiard Halls (Uncredited)
George Street
Detective at Billiard Halls (Uncredited)
Harry Terry
Released Convict (Uncredited)
Robert Brooks Turner
Police Constable Outside Prison (Uncredited)
Iris Vandeleur
Flower Seller (Uncredited)
Jack Vyvyan
Jock McKenzie (Uncredited)
Leslie Weston
Jack (Uncredited)
Michael Relph
Art Direction
Bretton Byrd
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Peter Proud
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
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. 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 the novel The Long Haul by A. I. Bezzerides and featuring George Raft and Humphrey Bogart. This British film also has the alternative title, perhaps only in the United States, of Murder on the Run.