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Thieves' Highway is a 1949 American film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese and Lee J. Cobb. The screenplay was written by A. I. Bezzerides, based on his novel Thieves' Market. The film was released on DVD as part of the Criterion Collection in 2005.
Thieves' Highway: Directed by Jules Dassin. With Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence. A war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw.
Bob Thomas Associated Press Thieves' Highway answers the need for something new in film entertainment. It's a hard-hitting, almost nerve-jangling film of skullduggery in the produce market.
Thieves’ Highway vividly depicts the perilous world of “long-haul boys,” who drive by night to bring their goods to the markets of America’s cities. Richard Conte stars as ex-G.I. Nick Garcos, a tyro trucker bent on satisfaction from the man responsible for crippling his father—ruthless market operator Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb).
A war-veteran-turned-truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw.
Mar 19, 2020 · Thieves' Highway is a 1949 film noir directed by Jules Dassin. starring Richard Conte, Lee J Cobb, Valentina Cortese. The screenplay was written by A. I. Bezzerides, based on his novel Thieves' Market. Find out more about the movie here.
Jan 31, 2005 · In Thieves’ Highway, the montages of spinning tires and speedometers and wavy highway lines suggest not mere exhaustion but the testing of the hero’s soul. When a truck careens off the asphalt and bursts into flames at Altamont, it marks a spiritual as well as a practical defeat for the brotherhood of the road.
