They Drive by Night is a 1940 black-and-white film starring George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, and Humphrey Bogart.
Brothers Paul and Joe Fabrini run a trucking business in California mainly shipping fruit from farms to the markets in Los Angeles. They struggle to make ends meet in the face of corrupt businessmen and intense competition. They are forced into driving long hours and one night pick-up waitress Cassie Hartley who's just quit her job at a truck stop. The three of them witness the death of a mutual acquaintance when he falls asleep at the wheel. This has a profound effect on Paul and Joe and they become determined to find a way to make the business pay so they can quit. Written by Col Needham
Two brothers Joe and Paul Fabrini try to make a living at wildcat trucking. The two deal with shaddy bosses, and repo men, but an accident ends Pauls days, and causes Joe to go to work for an old friend, Ed Carleson, whose wife, Lana, has more than a passing interest in him. While Joe only has eyes for Cassie. Lana kills Ed, but claims she had no choice as Paul threatened to kill her if she did not kill her husband, only after he rebuffs her advances. At the trial she falls to pieces with the police dragging a hysterical Lana away, the judge throws the charges against Joe out and frees him to take over his old friends business. Written by Keith Burnage
