{"id":36361,"date":"2016-03-22T12:07:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T19:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36361"},"modified":"2021-01-31T17:23:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T00:23:50","slug":"they-drive-by-night-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36361","title":{"rendered":"They Drive By Night (1940)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re tougher than any truck ever come off an assembly line.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA trucker (George Raft) and his brother (Humphrey Bogart) hoping to &#8220;go independent&#8221; accept an offer from a wealthy widow (Ida Lupino) to help run her trucking business, not knowing Lupino secretly killed her husband (Alan Hale) in an attempt to make herself available for Raft, who instead has fallen for a beautiful waitress (Ann Sheridan).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Hale Films<\/li>\n<li>Ann Sheridan Films<\/li>\n<li>Courtroom Drama<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>George Raft Films<\/li>\n<li>Humphrey Bogart Films<\/li>\n<li>Ida Lupino Films<\/li>\n<li>Obsessive Love<\/li>\n<li>Raoul Walsh Films<\/li>\n<li>Truckers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nRaoul Walsh directed this gritty trucking <em>noir<\/em>, featuring the inimitable Ida Lupino in her breakthrough role as a mentally unstable, murdering <em>femme fatale<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino2-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino2-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raft (attempting a &#8220;cleaner&#8221; on-screen image), Bogart &#8212; about to earn leading-man status in Walsh&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36118\"><em>High Sierra<\/em> (1941)<\/a> &#8212; and sassy Sheridan are all fine: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Sheridan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Sheridan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Sheridan.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Sheridan-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Sheridan-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Sheridan-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; but this is truly Lupino&#8217;s show; it&#8217;s easy to imagine Bette Davis playing her character in the film&#8217;s inspiration, <em>Bordertown<\/em> (1935). Lupino knows what she wants and will do anything to get it: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino3.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino3-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino3-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poor, likable Hale doesn&#8217;t stand a chance, and Raft&#8217;s hopes for happiness and stability are nearly dashed. Arthur Edeson&#8217;s cinematography is appropriately atmospheric throughout, and Walsh nicely contrasts the brothers&#8217; working-class travails with Lupino&#8217;s life-of-leisure. This one&#8217;s worth a look.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ida Lupino as Lana Carlsen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Lupino-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alan Hale as Ed Carlsen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Hale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Hale.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Hale.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Hale-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/They-Drive-By-Night-Hale-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arthur Edeson&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Cinematography2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Cinematography2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Cinematography2-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/They-Drive-By-Night-Cinematography2-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A cracker-jack script:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The doors made me do it!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for Lupino&#8217;s breakthrough performance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0033149\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1940\/07\/27\/archives\/the-screen-they-drive-by-night-is-tough-stuff-at-the-strand-in.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/they-drive-by-night\/review\/120327\/\">TV Guide Review (spoiler alert)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/720\/they-drive-by-night#articles-reviews?articleId=31527\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/they-drive-by-night-1940\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re tougher than any truck ever come off an assembly line.&#8221; Synopsis: A trucker (George Raft) and his brother (Humphrey Bogart) hoping to &#8220;go independent&#8221; accept an offer from a wealthy widow (Ida Lupino) to help run her trucking business, not knowing Lupino secretly killed her husband (Alan Hale) in an attempt to make herself available for Raft, who instead has fallen for a beautiful waitress (Ann Sheridan). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alan Hale Films Ann Sheridan Films Courtroom&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36361\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36361"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67510,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36361\/revisions\/67510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}