Production
James Curtis adapted his own novel, They Drive by Night to provide the screenplay for the film. The female victims of the book were prostitutes and to prevent censorship this aspect was watered down. Additionally, the book featured scenes of police brutality that were excised altogether. The film was made by Warner Brothers at the recently purchased Teddington Studios as a quota film under the “Cinematograph Films Act 1927”.
William Hartnell has a small role as the Bus Conductor and is credited as “Billy Hartnell”. He would later go on to be the first Doctor Who in 1963.
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