New York's Finest have no clue about a car theft ring operating a garage in the middle of the city, Gabby takes a job with the mob and falls for the boss' moll, but one of the thieves running over his sister's boy leads to disaster..

If you have a soft spot for dusty, fast-talking pre-code crime movies from the early thirties, The Devil Is Driving is absolutely worth eighty minutes of your life tonight. Anyone who hates old-fashioned gangster slang or squealing tires will probably want to skip it, though. 🚗 It starts out like a typical car-theft ...

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"If you have a soft spot for dusty, fast-talking pre-code crime movies from the early thirties, The Devil Is Driving is absolutely worth eighty minutes of your life tonight. Anyone who hates old-fashioned gangster slang or squealing tires will probably want to skip it, though. 🚗 It starts out like a typical car-theft comedy but turns into a surprisingly dark tragedy. Edmund Lowe plays Gabby, a charmingly smug guy who gets a job with a massive car-stealing ring operating right under the noses of..."
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