Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva
An escaped convict is injured and is helped by a woman with whom he has an ill-fated relationship.
DVD Release Date: July 31, 2007
Stats: 74 reviews
Teen angst in the tradition of Rebel Without a Cause but wrapped in the guise of a Bonnie & Clyde-ish crime drama. Good stuff!
Mostly Meh.
and Farley Granger is wicked miscast
extra 1/2 star bonus for the camera work
I was expecting a little bit more than a Bonnie and Clyde, jr. And not so much Bonnie either. With the exception of Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, Farley Granger always had that "deer in the headlights" or scared rodent quality about him. They Live By Night asks you to believe...( read more)
You gotta love those classics! "They live by night"is yet another reason why you should. Even though it might get a bit melodramatic at moments for my own standards, by any other standards it's one of the movies that defined film-noir, future-to-come road movies and that always d...( read more)
Premier film de Nicholas Ray (plus connu pour "Rebel Without a Cause" et "In a Lonely Place"), "They Live by Night" s'inscrit de plein pied dans la tradition du film noir américain, plus précisément dans la série des "lovers on the run" dont le film "You Only Live Once" de Fritz ...( read more)
Farley Granger is not my favourites and sometimes he's annoying. The movie is ok but the middle dragged a bit.
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