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The Resource They live by night, an RKO Radio picture ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; a Dore Schary presentation ; screen play by Charles Schnee ; adaptation by Nicholas Ray ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Nicholas Ray

They live by night, an RKO Radio picture ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; a Dore Schary presentation ; screen play by Charles Schnee ; adaptation by Nicholas Ray ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Nicholas Ray

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"Legendary director Nicholas Ray began his career with this lyrical, dark love story, the first in a series of existential genre films overflowing with sympathy for America's outcasts and underdogs. When the wide-eyed fugitive Bowie (Farley Granger), having broken out of prison with some bank robbers, meets the innocent Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell), each recognizes something in the other that no one else ever has. The young lovers envision a new, decent life together, but as they flee the cops and contend with Bowie's fellow outlaws, who aren't about to let him go straight, they realize there's nowhere left to run. Ray brought an outsider's sensibility honed in the theater to this debut, using revolutionary camera techniques and naturalistic performances to craft a profoundly romantic crime drama that paved the way for decades of lovers-on-the-run thrillers to come"--Container
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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Publication
Edition
DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Note
  • Title from screen
  • From the novel "Thieves like us" by Edward Anderson
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1948
  • Special features: 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. Container insert includes an essay "Dream Journey" by film scholar Bernard Eisenschitz
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9781681433165
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Label
They live by night
Title
They live by night
Statement of responsibility
an RKO Radio picture ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; a Dore Schary presentation ; screen play by Charles Schnee ; adaptation by Nicholas Ray ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Nicholas Ray
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
"Legendary director Nicholas Ray began his career with this lyrical, dark love story, the first in a series of existential genre films overflowing with sympathy for America's outcasts and underdogs. When the wide-eyed fugitive Bowie (Farley Granger), having broken out of prison with some bank robbers, meets the innocent Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell), each recognizes something in the other that no one else ever has. The young lovers envision a new, decent life together, but as they flee the cops and contend with Bowie's fellow outlaws, who aren't about to let him go straight, they realize there's nowhere left to run. Ray brought an outsider's sensibility honed in the theater to this debut, using revolutionary camera techniques and naturalistic performances to craft a profoundly romantic crime drama that paved the way for decades of lovers-on-the-run thrillers to come"--Container
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videorecording
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They live by night (Motion picture)
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Credits note
Director of photography, George E. Diskant ; film editor, Sherman Todd ; art directors, Albert S. D'Agostino, Al Herman ; music, Leigh Harline
Language note
In English; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
PerformerNote
Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, Helen Craig, Will Wright, Marie Bryant, Ian Wolfe, William Phipps, Harry Harvey
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  • 1902-1988
  • 1916-1962
  • 1907-1965
  • 1893-1970
  • 1889-1973
  • 1925-1970
  • 1909-1986
  • 1899-1971
  • 1912-1986
  • 1891-1962
  • 1896-1992
  • 1922-2018
  • 1929-1978
  • 1905-1969
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  • Ray, Nicholas
  • Houseman, John
  • Schary, Dore
  • Schnee, Charles
  • Diskant, George E.
  • Harline, Leigh
  • Todd, Sherman
  • D'Agostino, Albert
  • Herman, Al
  • O'Donnell, Cathy
  • Granger, Farley
  • Da Silva, Howard
  • Flippen, Jay C.
  • Craig, Helen
  • Wright, Will
  • Bryant, Marie
  • Wolfe, Ian
  • Phipps, William
  • Harvey, Harry
  • Muller, Eddie
  • Anderson, Edward
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
95
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
880
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  • Anderson, Edward
  • Anderson, Edward
  • Fugitives from justice
  • Escaped prisoners
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Prisons
  • Ex-convicts
  • Mississippi
  • Crime
  • Prisons
  • Crime
  • Escaped prisoners
  • Ex-convicts
  • Fugitives from justice
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Prisons
  • Mississippi
Technique
live action
Label
They live by night, an RKO Radio picture ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; a Dore Schary presentation ; screen play by Charles Schnee ; adaptation by Nicholas Ray ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Nicholas Ray
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Publication
Note
  • Title from screen
  • From the novel "Thieves like us" by Edward Anderson
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1948
  • Special features: 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. Container insert includes an essay "Dream Journey" by film scholar Bernard Eisenschitz
Accompanying material
1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
985005163
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Isbn
9781681433165
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other control number
715515198714
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC2773D
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)985005163
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural
Video recording format
DVD
Label
They live by night, an RKO Radio picture ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; a Dore Schary presentation ; screen play by Charles Schnee ; adaptation by Nicholas Ray ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Nicholas Ray
Publication
Note
  • Title from screen
  • From the novel "Thieves like us" by Edward Anderson
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1948
  • Special features: 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. Container insert includes an essay "Dream Journey" by film scholar Bernard Eisenschitz
Accompanying material
1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
985005163
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (95 min.)
Isbn
9781681433165
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other control number
715515198714
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC2773D
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)985005163
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural
Video recording format
DVD

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