They Drive by Night (USA, 1940)

They Drive by Night (USA, 1940)
Nachts unterwegs - La pasión ciega
VIDEO_TS (DVD5) Menu | Languages: Deutsch, English, Espanol | 92 min | 720x576 (4:3) | audio codec: MP3 192Kbps/48 KHz | 4.449 Kbps | 4.35 GiB
subtitles: Deutsch, English, Castellano, Francais, Italiano, Svenska, Dansk, Suomi, Hrvatski, Ceske, Greek,
Genre: Road Movie, film noir

STORY: Joe (George Raft) and Paul Fabrini (Humphrey Bogart) are Wildcat or, independent truck drivers who have their own small one truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company. Overworked Paul falls asleep at the wheel causing an accident that costs him his right arm. Meanwhile Joe is romancing a local waitress Cassie (Ann Sheridan), but is being seduced by Lana Carlsen (Ida Lupino), the wife of trucking executive Ed Carlsen (Alan Hale). Lana, now in love with Joe, murders her husband and makes it look like an accident. She then offers Joe one half interest as a partner in Carlsen's organization. Initially bitter, Paul eventually gets over his self pity and returns to work after Joe is made partner of the company, now as a dispatcher for the Fabrinis' company. Joe accepts but turns away from Lana's sexual advances and says he plans to marry Cassie. This enrages Lana who then accuses Joe of plotting Carlsen's murder. However, eventually, the tide turns when Lana becomes hysterical on the witness stand and breaks down and confesses everything. The case is dismissed because the only witness (Lana) is insane and Joe reunites with Cassie. Many of the plot elements were reworked by Warner from an earlier movie, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Der Lastwagenfahrer Paul, der bei einem Unfall einen Arm verloren hat, versucht, sich mit seinem Bruder Joe eine Existenz als selbständige Unternehmer aufzubauen. Dabei kommen den beiden Brüdern Fabrini nicht nur die beiden attraktiven, aber eigenwilligen Damen Lana und Cassie in die Quere, sie kämpfen mit korrupten Gewerkschaftlern und brutalen Schlägern um ihr Überleben. Raoul Walsh inszenierte dieses brillante Melodram zwischen film noir und Road Movie. Neben den hervorragenden Darstellern überzeugen vor allem der filmisch brillant umgesetzte Pessimismus und die geschliffenen Dialoge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dos hermanos luchan por ganarse la vida como camioneros. Sin embargo, sus vidas van a dar un vuelco cuando uno de ellos tenga un accidente de gravedad y el otro sea acusado de asesinato. Y es que ya se sabe que las amantes celosas son el peor enemigo... Con su habitual sentido del ritmo, el 'otro' gran maestro del parche, Raoul Walsh, ofrece un magnífico drama, por donde pasean sus cuitas, entre otros, George Raft (en uno de sus mejores papeles), un Humphrey Bogart todavía no demasiado célebre, la bella Ann Sheridan (con un improbable papel de camarera) e Ida Lupino (quien encarna a una ejecutiva con cierta tendencia a los negocios de dudosa reputación). Cercana a una 'road movie', la película supuso sobre todo la consagración de la Lupino, quien borda su intenso papel en la escena de la sala de justicia.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Gale Page, Alan Hale, Roscoe Karns, John Litel, George Tobias

DVD Extras: Scene Selection, Theatrial Trailer, The Story of They Drive by night (11 min), Swingtime in the Movies (19 min)

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