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They Live by Night

1949 · 96 min

A tender, doomed romance drifting through a harsh world, shot with aching lyricism and a quiet sense of inevitable loss.

Tagline
Cops or no cops I'm going through!
Overview
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • crime
  • fate
  • isolation
  • betrayal
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, romance, drama
Directed by
Nicholas Ray
Written by
Charles Schnee
Starring
Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, Helen Craig, Will Wright, William Phipps, Ian Wolfe
Music
Leigh Harline
Cinematography
George E. Diskant
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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