They drive by night 1938 - A Hitchcock-like British gem

IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030858/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
IMDB rating: 7,4

Director: Arthur B. Woods
Main Cast: Emlyn Williams, Ernest Thesiger, Anna Konstam

"Not to be confused with either Nicholas Ray's melancholic 1949 crime tale They Live by Night or Raoul Walsh's 1940 action-melodrama (which borrowed only its title), this British thriller concerns one flawed man's attempts at clearing his name.Arthur B. Woods, regarded as one of England's best young directors, turned in a Hitchcock-like tour-de-force, with Emlyn Williams and Ernest Thesiger leading us through a plot littered with odd twists and turns - elements of which anticipate both I Wake Up Screaming (1941) and The Verdict (1946). Williams makes a highly sympathetic lead, while Thesiger mercilessly, quietly steals every scene he is in, and the combination of chase thriller and mystery is handled very deftly." - http://www.allmovie.com/movie/they-drive-by-night-v113242/

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