They Live by Night (1948)
They Live by Night (1948)
Director: John Boorman
Screenplay: Charles Schnee and Nicholas Ray based on the novel by Edward Anderson
Stars: Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger and Howard Da Silva
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s do a crime love story about a young couple in a doomed relationship!”
Tagline: “We’re in a Jam!”
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
A young escaped convict who hopes to prove his innocence falls in love with a woman helping to hide and nurse him back to health. Persuaded to assist in a couple of robberies by the cons who helped him escape only draws more heat to catch them. When the young couple attempt to get away and start a new life, they find the cops closing in.
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