They Drive by Night (1938 film)

For the 1940 American film, see They Drive by Night.

They Drive by Night
British lobby card
Directed byArthur B. Woods
Written byPaul Gangelin
Derek Twist
Screenplay byJames Curtis
Based onThey Drive by Night
1938 novel
by James Curtis
Produced byJerome Jackson
StarringEmlyn Williams
Ernest Thesiger
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byLeslie Norman
Music byBretton Byrd
Production
company
Warner Bros.-First National Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros. (UK)
Release date
  • December 1938 (1938-12)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

They Drive by Night (also known as Murder on the Run) is a 1938 British black-and-white crime thriller film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Emlyn Williams and Ernest Thesiger. It was written by Paul Gangelin, James Curtis and Derek Twist based on Curtis's 1938 novel They Drive by Night, and produced by Warner Bros.-First National Productions.

The novel was reissued in 2008 by London Books.

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