
They Live by Night(1949)
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.


“A strange lie! A strange love!”
Fugitive Chris Hale starts over in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, where he befriends Elaine Corelli, a kind-hearted heiress left disabled after a skiing accident. As love blossoms, Hale vows to change his ways, but escaping his past may mean one last job.

Joseph Cotten
Chris Hale/Steve

Alida Valli
Elaine Corelli

Spring Byington
Mrs. Brentman

Paul Stewart
Whitey Lake
Jack Paar
Ray Healy

Jeff Donnell
Gwen

John McIntire
Morgan

Howard Petrie
Bowen

Frank Puglia
A.J. Corelli

Esther Dale
Miss Thompson
Walk Softly, Stranger is a drama, crime, romance film released in 1950 exploring themes of small town, gambling, ohio, beautiful woman, caper, film noir. Directed by Robert Stevenson, it stars Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington. Fugitive Chris Hale starts over in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, where he befriends Elaine Corelli, a kind-hearted heiress left disabled after a skiing accident. As love blossoms, Hale vows to change his ways, but escaping his past may mean one last job.
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