They Live by Night is a Film noir released in 1949. The film was directed by Nicholas Ray and starred Farley Granger as 'Bowie' Bowers and Cathy O'Donnell as 'Keechie' Mobley. The movie is the prototype for the 'couple on the run' genre, generally seen as the forerunner to the movie Bonnie and Clyde. The movie was based on Edward Anderson's Depression-era novel Thieves Like Us .