In de jaren 30 ontsnappen drie gevangenen in Mississippi. Een van hen is de jonge Bowie die net zeven jaar gevangenisstraf achter de rug heeft. Hij hoopt zijn onschuld te bewijzen dan wel een rustig leventje in de bergen te leiden met zijn geliefde.
Nee, helaas is They Live by Night nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Nicholas Ray | Director |
| Camera | George E. Diskant | Director of Photography |
| Production | John Houseman | Producer |
| Production | Dore Schary | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Nicholas Ray | Adaptation |
| Writing | Edward Anderson | Novel |
| Writing | Charles Schnee | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adele Balkan | Costume Design |
| Production | James H. Anderson | Production Manager |
| Art | Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Grizuk | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Alfred Herman | Art Direction |
| Art | Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Art | Maurice Yates | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Ollie Sigurdson | Still Photographer |
| Directing | James Lane | Assistant Director |
