
The Asphalt Jungle(1950)
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.


“Cops or no cops I'm going through!”
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.

Cathy O'Donnell
Catherine "Keechie" Mobley

Farley Granger
Arthur "Bowie" Bowers

Howard Da Silva
Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley

Jay C. Flippen
Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield

Helen Craig
Mattie

Will Wright
Mobley

William Phipps
Young Farmer

Ian Wolfe
Hawkins

Harry Harvey
Hagenheimer
Marie Bryant
Singer
They Live by Night is a crime, romance, drama film released in 1949 exploring themes of film noir, on the run, black and white, bank robbery. Directed by Nicholas Ray, it stars Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva. 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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