Thieves' Highway (1949)

09/20/1949Drama, Crime, Thriller1h 34m
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You Need a Friend, Strong Man, - And I'm Friendly!

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Richard Conte

    Nick Garcos

  2. Cast 1

    Valentina Cortese

    Rica

  3. Cast 1

    Lee J. Cobb

    Mike Figlia

  4. Cast 1

    Barbara Lawrence

    Polly Faber

  5. Cast 1

    Jack Oakie

    Slob

  6. Cast 1

    Millard Mitchell

    Ed Kinney

  7. Cast 1

    Joseph Pevney

    Pete

  8. Cast 1

    Morris Carnovsky

    Yanko Garcos

  9. Cast 1

    Tamara Shayne

    Parthena Garcos

Everyone likes apples - Except doctors. Thieves' Highway is directed by Jules Dassin and adapted to screenplay by A. I. Bezzerides from his own novel Thieves' Market. It stars Richard Conte, Valentine Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie and Millard Mitchell. Music is by Alfred Newman and cinematography by Norbert Brodine. A war-veteran returns to the family home to find his father has been left wheelchair bound by a amoral produce dealer in San Francisco. Swearing revenge he sets himself up as a truck driver and heads off to Frisco with a truck load of Golden Delicious app...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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