They Drive by Night Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Raoul Walsh
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
APPROVED
Year:
1940
95 min
599 Views


Look, Fabrini, those apples have gotta

be delivered to the market tonight.

- That ain't wood you're hauling.

- Okay, I'll get the apples in...

...but send me some of that 300 bucks

you owe me so I can get a new wheel.

Yeah, wire it to me, right here.

Well, I ain't got much

cash right now, Joe.

All right, all right, don't get excited.

I'll see what I can do.

Who do those Fabrini guys

think they are, anyhow?

I've thrown more business their way

than any freight agent in town...

...and I ain't sending money.

- The apples won't get to L.A.

They will if somebody else hauls them.

Who's up there near Lansdale?

Hank Dawson. He's due there

and we don't owe him much money.

You get him on the phone

and tell him to pick up Fabrini's load.

Those Fabrinis are tough babies.

They only think they're tough.

Say, is Farnsworth still outside?

- He was a minute ago.

- Tell that loan shark I wanna see him.

But you fellas don't understand.

Everything I do is within the law.

All I can say is,

we need a lot of new laws.

Hey, the boss wants to talk to you.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Bye-bye, buzzard.

What's the matter with the man?

Tell me, Farnsworth, do the Fabrinis

owe you any dough on that truck?

I've been trying to catch them.

They're behind three payments,

plus my interest.

I know all about your interest.

Would you like to repossess the truck?

- Yeah, certainly.

- Here's your chance.

They're stuck with a busted wheel

near Barney's Caf on 99.

- Get a tow car and haul in the rig.

- Thanks. I'll do you a favor sometime.

Just don't lend me any money.

That's all I ask of you.

You know what happened?

The guy had an iron...

- What are you doing here?

- I got blisters waiting...

...so I hitched to Lansdale

and got a secondhand wheel.

Told the guy I'd get the dough.

- What about the load?

- Got a kid watching it.

- How'd you make out with Williams?

- I'm still waiting for the dough.

Why do we stay in this racket?

We aren't gonna make enough

to buy ourselves decent coffins.

Stop crabbing. I got enough worries.

Get that into you.

We gotta start rolling.

All right, that's enough

of the x-ray treatment.

Don't get me wrong, sister.

All you make me think about is how

much I'd like to be with my wife.

First time I've ever heard that one.

- I ain't got a wife.

- That's not hard to understand.

If any of you guys owe on your trucks,

you better fade.

Farnsworth's coming.

- Where's Fabrini?

- With Byrd, at the South Pole.

Fishing with the president.

I heard he was playing left end

for Notre Dame.

It ain't nothing personal.

He bought a truck and he's gotta pay.

Why?

Everything on that pile

makes noise except the horn.

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Jerry Wald

Jerry Wald (September 16, 1911 – July 13, 1962) was an American screenwriter and a producer of films and radio programs. more…

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