---
title: 'They Drive by Night (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Raoul Walsh'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/they-drive-by-night-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033149/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# They Drive by Night (1940)

1940 · 95 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

They Drive by Night is a 1940 American film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, and Humphrey Bogart, and featuring Gale Page, Alan Hale, Roscoe Karns, John Litel and George Tobias. The picture involves a pair of embattled truck drivers and was released in the UK under the title The Road to Frisco. The film was based on A. I. Bezzerides' 1938 novel Long Haul, which was later reprinted under the title They Drive by Night to capitalize on the success of the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Raoul Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-walsh)
- **Screenplay:** [Jerry Wald](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-wald)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Adolph Deutsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-deutsch)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Edeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-edeson)
- **Editor:** [Thomas Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-richards)

## Cast

- [Humphrey Bogart](https://cinepixo.com/people/humphrey-bogart)
- [Eddie Acuff](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-acuff)
- [Gale Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/gale-page)
- [Ida Lupino](https://cinepixo.com/people/ida-lupino)
- [Pat Flaherty](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-flaherty-2)
- [Charles Halton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-halton)
- [Lillian Yarbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-yarbo)
- [Alan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale)
- [Ralph Sanford](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-sanford)
- [Vera Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-lewis)
- [Al Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-hill)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Blossom Rock](https://cinepixo.com/people/blossom-rock)
- [Howard Hickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hickman)
- [George Tobias](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-tobias)

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