They Drive by Night with George Raft: DVD Cover
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They Drive by Night
a.k.a. Road to Frisco Director: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino

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  • DVD Release Date: 10/03/2006
  • Original Release: 1940
  • Rating: Not Rated

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New featurette: divided highway - the story of They Drive by Night; Vintage musical short: swingtime in the movies; Theatrical trailer: subtitles - English, Français & Español (feature film only)

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Disc #1 -- They Drive by Night
1. Credits [1:19]
2. An Accident [2:48]
3. Café's Classy Chassis [3:59]
4. Enter/Exit Farnsworth [5:20]
5. Debt Collection [2:07]
6. The Hitchhiker [4:11]
7. Dead Man's Curve [2:42]
8. Sleeping Arrangements [5:08]
9. Save It for Me [2:14]
10. Calling on Carlsen [5:03]
11. Joe's Not Asking [2:55]
12. Wolf at the Door [4:49]
13. It's a Deal [2:38]
14. Paid in Full [3:02]
15. Paul's Bad Break [4:30]
16. Traffic Manager [3:01]
17. A Night Out [4:52]
18. Anniversary Party [3:48]
19. Dead Drunk [5:19]
20. Widow's Proposition [4:11]
21. Another Woman [2:13]
22. You Made Me Do It [6:09]
23. Telltale Door [3:03]
24. On Trial [3:00]
25. The Doors Made Me Do It [3:15]
26. Minds Made Up [2:41]
27. Cast List [:31]

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Editorial Reviews

They just don't make 'em like They Drive By Night anymore. This slam-bang Warner Bros. attraction stars George Raft and Humphrey Bogart as Joe and Paul Fabrini, owners of a small but scrappy trucking firm. The film deftly combines comedy with thrills for the first half-hour or so, as the Fabrini boys battle crooked distributors and unscrupulous rivals while establishing their transport company. Things take a potentially tragic turn when the overworked Paul Fabrini falls asleep at the wheel and cracks up, losing an arm in the accident. He's pretty bitter for a while, but, with the help of his loving wife, Pearl (Gale Page), Paul eventually snaps out of his self-pity and goes to work as a dispatcher for the Fabrinis' company. Meanwhile, Joe's on-and-off romance with wisecracking waitress Cassie Hartley (Ann Sheridan) is threatened by the presence of seductive Lana Carlsen (Ida Lupino), the wife of glad-handing trucking executive Ed Carlsen (Alan Hale). At this point, the film metamorphoses into a remake of the 1935 Paul Muni-Bette Davis vehicle Bordertown. Desperately in love with Joe, Lana murders her husband, making it look like an accident, then offers Joe half-interest in Carlsen's organization. Joe accepts the offer, but spurns Lana's romantic overtures, whereupon the scheming vixen accuses Joe of plotting Carlsen's murder. Thus, the stage is set for a spectacular courtroom finale, completely dominated by a demented Lana, whose "mad scene" rivals those of Ophelia and Lucia di Lammermoor. In addition to the full-blooded performances by the stars and the virile direction by Raoul Walsh, They Drive By Night benefits immeasurably from the nonstop brilliant dialogue by Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay -- especially in an early lunch-counter scene between Ann Sheridan and George Raft, generously seasoned with hilarious double- and single-entendres. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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