Thieves' Highway
You Need a Friend, Strong Man, - And I'm Friendly!
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- Drama
- Crime
- Thriller
Overview
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
Keywords
- california
- san francisco
- film noir
- truck driver
- truck crash
- produce
- apple picking
- san francisco, california
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 20, 1949
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Cast
- Richard Conte,Valentina Cortese,Lee J. Cobb,Barbara Lawrence,Jack Oakie,Millard Mitchell,Joseph Pevney,Morris Carnovsky,Tamara Shayne,Kasia Orzazewskiand 27 more
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Writer
- A.I. Bezzerides
- Producer
- Robert Bassler
- Cinematography
- Norbert Brodine
- Music
- Alfred Newman
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0041958