They Drive by Night
“No picture in 1940 will have bigger thrills!”
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How They Drive by Night performed
Budget
$539,000
Worldwide Gross
$1.6M
Gross Profit
$1.1M
Return
3.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$230K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Joe Fabrini
George Raft
Joe Fabrini
Cassie Hartley
Ann Sheridan
Cassie Hartley
Lana Carlsen
Ida Lupino
Lana Carlsen
Paul Fabrini
Humphrey Bogart
Paul Fabrini
Pearl Fabrini
Gale Page
Pearl Fabrini
Ed Carlsen
Alan Hale
Ed Carlsen
Irish McGurn
Roscoe Karns
Irish McGurn
Sue Carter (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
Sue Carter (uncredited)
Harry McNamara
John Litel
Harry McNamara
George Rondolos
George Tobias
George Rondolos
District Attorney (uncredited)
Henry O'Neill
District Attorney (uncredited)
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
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