They Live by Night (1949)
"Cops or no cops I'm going through!"
ThumbScore
👍 81%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 96%
(RT: 96%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Cathy O'Donnell as Catherine "Keechie" Mobley
Helen Craig as Mattie
Will Wright as Mobley
William Phipps as Young Farmer
Is They Live by Night good?
Most people think so. 81% audience score, estimated from 192 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 96%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
