They Came by Night

1940 film

Sidney Gilliat
Michael Hogan
Frank Launder
Roland Pertwee

Based onThey Came by Night by Barré LyndonProduced byEdward BlackStarring

Will Fyffe
Phyllis Calvert
Anthony Hulme

CinematographyJack E. CoxEdited byR. E. DearingMusic by

Louis Levy
Charles Williams

Production
company

Gainsborough Pictures

Distributed by20th Century Fox

Release date

7 March 1940 (1940-03-07)

Running time

72 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

They Came by Night is a 1940 British crime film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Will Fyffe, Phyllis Calvert and Anthony Hulme.^[1] It was made at the Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures and released by 20th Century Fox. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. It was based on the West End play of the same title by Barré Lyndon.

Synopsis

The screenplay concerns a man who is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.

Cast

Will Fyffe as James Fothergill
Phyllis Calvert as Sally
Anthony Hulme as Sergeant Tolly
George Merritt as Inspector Metcalfe
Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Lightbody
John Glyn-Jones as Llewellyn Jones
Athole Stewart as Lord Netfherly
Cees Laseur as Vollaire
Hal Walters as Hopkins
Kuda Bux as Ali
Leo Britt as George
Sylvie St. Clair as Claire
Wally Patch as Bugsie

References

^ BFI.org

External links

They Came by Night at IMDb

Films directed by Harry Lachman

Weekend Wives (1929)
Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
The Compulsory Husband (1930)
Song of Soho (1930)
The Yellow Mask (1930)
The Love Habit (1931)
The Outsider (1931)
The Man at Midnight (1931)
Mistigri (1931)
Aren't We All? (1932)
The Dressmaker of Luneville (1932)
Down Our Street (1932)
Insult (1932)
The Beautiful Sailor (1932)
Face in the Sky (1933)
Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933)
George White's Scandals (1934)
I Like It That Way (1934)
Baby Take a Bow (1934)
Nothing More Than a Woman (1934)
George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
Dante's Inferno (1935)
Dressed to Thrill (1935)
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
Our Relations (1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)
When You're in Love (1937)
The Devil Is Driving (1937)
It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
No Time to Marry (1938)
They Came by Night (1940)
Murder Over New York (1940)
Dead Men Tell (1941)
Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
Castle in the Desert (1942)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)

Films of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat

Gilliat only

Writer only

Red Pearls (1930)
You'd Be Surprised! (1930)
Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930)
Bed and Breakfast (1930)
Third Time Lucky (1931)
The Ringer (1931)
The Ghost Train (1931)
The Happy Ending (1931)
A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
Rome Express (1932)
Falling for You (1933)
Orders Is Orders (1933)
Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
Jack Ahoy (1934)
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
My Heart is Calling (1935)
Bulldog Jack (1935)
King of the Damned (1936)
Where There's a Will (1936)
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Strangers on Honeymoon (1936)
Take My Tip (1937)
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Strange Boarders (1938)
The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
Ask a Policeman (1938)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
The Girl in the News (1940)
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)
Kipps (1941)

Director

Waterloo Road (1945)

Launder only

Writer only

Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
Children of Chance (1930)
The W Plan (1930)
The Middle Watch (1930)
How He Lied to Her Husband (1931 short)
Hobson's Choice (1931)
Keepers of Youth (1931)
The Woman Between (1931)
Children of Fortune (1931)
After Office Hours (1932)
Josser in the Army (1932)
Old Spanish Customers (1933)
You Made Me Love You (1933)
For the Love of Mike (1932)
Hawley's of High Street (1933)
A Southern Maid (1933)
Those Were the Days (1933)
Happy (1933)
Get Off My Foot (1935)
Rolling Home (1935)
The Black Mask (1935)
Emil and the Detectives (1935)
So You Won't Talk (1935)
Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935)
I Give My Heart (1935)
Educated Evans (1936)
Where's Sally? (1936)
Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
Oh, Mr Porter! (1937)
A Girl Must Live (1939)
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Ring of Spies (1964)

Director

Together

Writers only	Facing the Music (1933) Twelve Good Men (1936) Seven Sinners (1936) The Lady Vanishes (1938) Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) They Came by Night (1940) Night Train to Munich (1940) The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) The Green Man (1956)
Directed together	Partners in Crime (1942 short) Millions Like Us (1943) The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
Directed by Gilliat	The Rake's Progress (1945) Green for Danger (1946) London Belongs to Me (1948) State Secret (1950) The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) The Constant Husband (1955) Fortune Is a Woman (1956) Left Right and Centre (1959) Only Two Can Play (1962) Endless Night (1972)
Directed by Launder	I See a Dark Stranger (1946) Captain Boycott (1947) The Blue Lagoon (1949) The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) Folly to Be Wise (1952) The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) Geordie (1955) Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) The Bridal Path (1959) The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) Joey Boy (1965)
Producers only	The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) Ooh… You Are Awful (1972)