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While the film falls short in its resolution, offering an ineffective depiction of the antagonist, it maintains a decent pace, boasts characters with some depth, and defies Hollywood conventions with the portrayal of a romance involving a prostitute. Consequently, Thieves' Highway earns a tepid 6 out of 10 rating. 9/10.
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.
The result slots sleazy eroticism and rigorous action seamlessly together into a high-grade trucking melo. Nothing more, but nothing less, which in the '40s was the most triumphant kind of ...
Thieves' Highway is powerful but compromised film noir that bares some honest truths about making a living at the lower end of the entrepreneurial scale. Firebrand writer A.I. Bezzerides all but indicts the American system of business with his portrait of independent truckers trying to beat the odds against a crooked produce wholesaler.
Thieves' Highway (1949) Passed | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller. Trailer. A war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at ...
Ex-stuntman, Johnson says, “Thieves Highway is a passion project, for Aaron and me. We spent a lot of time developing Travis Mills' script, embracing factual anecdotes and actual characters to ...
Thieves' Highway is a film directed by Jules Dassin with Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence .... Year: 1949. Original title: Thieves' Highway.
