Thieves' Highway (1949)
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1949 Wide
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Thieves' Highway is set in San Francisco and the surrounding countryside. Richard Conte plays Nick Garcos, an American GI who returns from WWII to find that his father Yanko (Morris Carnovsky), a produce trucker, has lost the use of both legs because of a fight with crooked truck driver Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). Nick is a clean-cut guy who was set on marrying his sweetheart Polly Faber (Barbara Lawrence). Instead, Nick gets embroiled in his father's feud with Mike, buying a truck and falling
Jan 1, 1949 Wide
Feb 1, 2005
Criterion Collection
Cast
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Richard Conte
Nick Garcos -
Valentina Cortese
Rica -
Lee J Cobb
Mike Figlia -
Jack Oakie
Slob -
Barbara Lawrence
Polly Faber -
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Joseph Pevney
Pete -
Morris Carnovsky
Yanko Garcos -
Tamara Shayne
Parthena Garcos -
Kasia Orzazewski
Mrs. Polansky -
Norbert Schiller
Polansky -
Hope Emerson
Midgren -
George Tyne
Charles -
Edwin Max
Dave -
David Clarke
Mitch -
Walter S. Baldwin
Riley -
David Opatoshu
Frenchy -
Ann Morrison
Mable -
Percy Helton
Proprietor -
Maurice Samuels
Mario -
Saul Martell
Stukas -
Howland Chamberlain
Mr. Faber -
Irene Tedrow
Mrs. Faber -
Al Eben
Newman -
Joe Haworth
Inspector -
Frank Kreig
Clerk -
Mario Siletti
Pietro -
Robert Bice
Announcer -
Robert Foulk
Policeman -
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John Merton
State Highway Policeman -
Jim Nolan
Policeman -
Dick Wessel
Cab Driver -
Roy Damron
Motor Policeman -
Frank Richards
Pig
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A savage attack on American comfort.
Jules Dassin's amazing Thieves' Highway (1949), which delves into the cutthroat world of fruit vendors, is a little-known classic.
A staunchly acted, well crafted drama from years gone by.
Takes a sour bite out of the next apple you'll eat as it tells about the corruption of the California produce business.
functions equally well as revenge drama, moral fable, and no-holds-barred condemnation of dog-eat-dog capitalism
Dassin's film emerges as a rather searing, wide-reaching indictment of the necessary evils of doing business in the United States
Dassin swathes Thieves' Highway's long-haul boys in claustrophobic compositions and menacing darkness.
Dassin brings a level of social consciousness and location authenticity, which helps balance the story's more strained melodramatic contrivances
As Thieves' Highway persuasively demonstrates, it's always a good idea to check your brakes before trucking down twisty, down-sloped hills.
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