Fly By Night
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67% Critic Match

Fly By Night

6.7 / 10 1942 1h 14mNR English
ThrillerComedy

Storyline

Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just escaped from a shady sanitarium, where he has been held prisoner by Nazi spies.

Cast & Crew

Richard Carlson

Richard Carlson

Dr. Geoffrey Burton

Lead
Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly

Pat Lindsay

Albert Bassermann

Albert Bassermann

Dr. Storm

Miles Mander

Miles Mander

Professor Langer

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Officer Charlie Prescott

Adrian Morris

Adrian Morris

Officer John Prescott

Martin Kosleck

Martin Kosleck

George Taylor

Walter Kingsford

Walter Kingsford

Heydt

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Siodmak's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Fly By Night is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker