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Thieves' Highway is a 1949 American film noir about a veteran who seeks revenge on a produce dealer in San Francisco. The film was based on a novel by A. I. Bezzerides and directed by Jules Dassin.
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.
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Jules Dassin
- 1949-10-10
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). But ...
- Nick Garcos
A war-veteran-turned-truck driver seeks revenge for his father's abuse by a produce scofflaw in San Francisco. Watch the trailer, clips and read the synopsis and cast of this 1949 crime drama directed by Jules Dassin.
Thieves' Highway. Nick Garcos (Richard Conte) comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber (Barbara Lawrence). He learns, however,...
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- Richard Conte
- Jules Dassin
- Crime, Drama
Returning home to Fresno after the war, working class Nick Garcos is full of vim and vigor with a handful of cash to show for it and an armload of gifts for his family and his girl, Polly Faber, the two who plan to get married.
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.
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