They Live by Night (1948)

USA, 96 min
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Basic facts

Original title They Live by Night
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1949-11-14

Cast

Farley Granger
Bowie Bowers

Cathy O'Donnell
Keechie Mobley

Howard da Silva
Elmo "One Eye" Mobley, "Chickamaw"

Jay C. Flippen
Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

Helen Craig
Mattie Mansfield

Will Wright
Mobley

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Titles

Original title
  • They Live by Night
Swedish release title
  • Kärlek till döds
Distribution title
  • The Twisted Road (Storbritannien)
Working title
  • Thieves Like Us
  • Your Red Wagon
  • The Twisted Road
Re-release title
  • De leva om natten

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Adaptation
Executive Producer
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Second Unit Director of Photography
Musical Director
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Assistant Film Editor
Other Crew
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Cast

Farley Granger Bowie Bowers
Cathy O'Donnell Keechie Mobley
Howard da Silva Elmo "One Eye" Mobley, "Chickamaw"
Jay C. Flippen Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield
Helen Craig Mattie Mansfield
Will Wright Mobley
William Edward Phipps (as William Phipps) R.T. Waters, ung farmare
Ian Wolfe Hawkins
Harry Harvey Hagenheimer
Marie Bryant sångerskan
Will Lee juvelerare
James Nolan (as Jim Nolan) Schreiber
Charles Meredith Hubbell, polismästare
Teddy Infuhr Alvin Lambert
Byron Foulger Lambert
Guy L. Beach Rudy, rörmokare
- Ej krediterade:
Regan Callais ung fru
Frank Marlowe Robert Mansfield, Matties man
J. Louis Johnson toalettvakt
Myra Marsh Mrs. Schaeffer
Tom Kennedy polis
Ralph Dunn polis
Stanley Prager man på snabbmatsrestaurangen
James Dobson (as Jimmy Dobson) kille på parkeringsplatsen
Marilyn Mercer den blivande bruden
Dan Foster blivande brudgummen
Lynn Whitney servitris
N.L. Hitch busschaufför
Carmen Morales modern på bussen
Paul Bakanas skuggande man
Mickey Simpson skuggande man
Boyd Davis Herman Hawkins
Kate Drain Lawson Tillie
Gail Davis flicka på parkeringsplatsen
Curt Conway smokingklädd man
Chester Jones kypare på nattklubben
Douglas Williams berusad man på nattklubben
Helen Crozier sjuksköterska i parken
Jimmy Moss pojke i bussen
Jane Allen kvinna
Eula Guy Mrs. Haviland
Russ Whiteman man
Lewis Charles vakt på biluppställningsplatsen

Companies

Production Company RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Copyright RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 1948-12-31 LP2685
Presented by A Dore Schary Presentation
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) RKO Radio Films AB 1949

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 75709
Date 1949-09
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2600 meters
Notes Speltid: 95 minuter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Sound System
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2616 meter
Length in minutes 96 min


Original work

Original title Thieves Like Us (Novel)
Author Edward Anderson


Production location

1947-06-23 1947-08-21
RKO Encino Ranch, Balboa Boulevard//Burbank Boulevard, Encino Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Canoga Park, San Fernando Valley Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Van Nuys, San Fernando Valley Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Culver City, Kalifornien USA
Newhall Santa Clarita, Kalifornien USA
Rancho Santa Anita Arcadia, Kalifornien USA
Griffith Park Los Feliz, Kalifornien USA
Benedict Canyon Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Providencia, Kalifornien USA
Flintridge, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

World premiere 1948-08 London United Kingdom
First showing 1949-11-03 New York City, New York USA
Release in Sweden 1949-11-14 Skandia Stockholm Sweden 95 min
TV showing 1974-10-09 TV1 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Your Red Wagon
Composer Gene de Paul
Lyrics Don Raye
Richard M. Jones


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Extent 66 s.
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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