they drive by night be an amazing british classic . it have to be one of the most sombre british film of the thirty . it be also extremely interesting a a a timepiecethe truck driver and their local pit stop be all capture well in this slice of early british cinema . shorty and play by emlyn williams in a superb performance be release from prison and set off to see his girlfriend and he discover her dead body in an amazingly powerful sequence . terrify he will get the blame he go on the run hitch a ride from a sympathetic truck driver . on the way he encounter an assortment of various character and all diverse and entertaining . this film be wonderfully act by all the cast . if you do not blink you will see william hartnell who play tv very first dr. who a a bus conductor . much later a the tone of the film completely change from grip thriller to downright terror he meet ernest thesiger who in a remarkable performance completely dominate the last 25 minute of the film a a very eccentric chap indeed . it be a tragedy that the director arthur b. wood die so young and he display a unique talent . if you can search this film out you will be highly reward with a film that you will never forget .