“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.
A novelist wakes up with a gun in his hand and a corpse in the house he woke up in. He doesn't remember how he got there or even if he committed the killing.
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees.
A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles.
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They Drive by Night - Original Theatrical Trailer
George Raft and Humphrey Bogart share a driving ambition in They Drive by Night a feisty tale of brothers trying to make a go of their independent trucking ...
Emlyn Williams - They Drive by Night - 1938
A convict just out of prison is implicated in a murder and goes on the run hitching a ride with a truck driver. Stars: Emlyn Williams Ernest Thesiger & Anna ...
They Drive by Night - Trailer
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They Drive by Night (1938) - Shorty on the run
Shorty Matthews (Emlyn Williams) goes on the run with lorry driver Wally (Allan Jeayes) as his unwitting accomplice.
They drive by night (1938) - Walter Hoover's theories on murder
In this scene from the 1938 British film 'They Drive by Night' Walter Hoover (Ernest Thesiger) explains to the others in the pub why Shorty Matthews could not ...
They Drive By Night 1940 murder scene Ida Lupino
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In the village of Sableuse, the local manor has been bought out by a nouveau riche, Emile Cousinet. When his wife Lisette, a former music hall actress, flees to Paris with young Pierre de Sableuse, Cousinet asks Father Pellegrin, the village vicar, to bring the lost sheep back home.
The mangiest pup at Pete's Pooch Palace catches the Captain's eye. He takes it home, but Mama is less than thrilled; she forbids it to stay in the house.
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