Thieves' Highway (1949)
1949 · Feature film · 94 min · dir. Jules Dassin
You Need a Friend, Strong Man, - And I'm Friendly!
- Drama
- film noir
- Crime
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Writer
- A.I. Bezzerides
- Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Cinematography
- Norbert Brodine
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 1949-09-20
- Running time
- 94 minutes
Cast & crew
Jules Dassin Director
Barbara Lawrence
Millard Mitchell
Joseph Pevney
Tamara Shayne
Walter Baldwin
Jack Oakie
Richard Conte
Morris Carnovsky
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · All About Apples · 20cent · 2020-11-19
It his hard (and very pleasent) for a frenchman not to be able avoiding remerbering "Le Salaire de la peur" with Yves Montand. Misfits, pauvrety, trucks and love in a sordid marketplace of San Francisco. All about apples -- love and money -- like All about Eve in a way. Jules Dassin is really a great director and Richard Conte a good actor.
