Thieves' Highway (1949)
- Directed by
- Jules Dassin
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 115 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A truck driver returns to San Francisco to get revenge on the man who cheated and crippled his father. He gets caught up with a local woman and a corrupt fruit wholesaler as he tries to sell a load of apples.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
Trailer
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