Thieves' Highway
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.
Plot
Nico "Nick" Garcos is a veteran of World War II, who arrives, from Asia, at his family home in Fresno, California to find that his foreign-born father, who became a produce truck driver, has lost his legs and was forced to sell his truck. He learns that his father was crippled at the hands of an unscrupulous produce dealer in San Francisco, called Mike Figlia. Garcos vows revenge for his father.
More details
| author | A. I. Bezzerides |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California San Francisco |
| director | Jules Dassin |
| editor | Nick DeMaggio |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | arrest beat burned alive disillusion drive drive shaft engine braking family home force fresno california married streetwalker struggle truck driver universal joint world war ii |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman |
| producer | Robert Bassler |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | film noir |