They live by night

Author

Nicholas Ray

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, William Phipps, Ian Wolfe, Helen Craig.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2017]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (95 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them is 23-years-young Bowie, who spent the last seven years in prison and now hopes to be able to prove his innocence or retire to a home in the mountains and live in peace together with his new love, Kitty. But his criminal companions persuade him to participate in several heists, and soon the police believe him to be their leader and go after "Bowie the Kid" harder than ever.

Notes

Title from container.

From the novel Thieves like us by Edward Anderson.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.

Special features: New 2K digital restoration ; audio commentary from 2007 featuring film historian Eddie Muller and actor Farley Granger ; new interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith ; short piece from 2007 with critic Molly Haskell, filmmakers Christopher Coppola and Oliver Stone, and film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini ; Illustrated audio excerpts from a 1956 interview with producer John Houseman.