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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.
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.
- (6.9K)
- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Jules Dassin
- 1949-10-10
Jan 31, 2005 · Thieves’ Highway, like Robert Aldrich’s 1955 Kiss Me Deadly (from Bezzerides’ free adaptation of Mickey Spillane), is all of a piece, with simmering undercurrents of violence, disgust, and impacted sexuality.
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, that his father was...
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- Richard Conte
- Jules Dassin
- Crime, Drama
Feb 13, 2005 · The film is a bleak portrait of post-WWII despair, corrupt capitalism, and idealistic disillusionment. While Thieves’ Highway ’s superficially upbeat ending (reshot, against the filmmakers’ wishes, by Fox chief Darryl Zanuck) might prevent it from being categorized as a genuine noir, Jules Dassin’s 1949 melodrama about long-haul ...
But cultists groaned, for the 'real' Dassin was surely to be found in the baroque and electrifying Brute Force, the grotesquely Dickensian Night and the City, and - a personal favourite -...
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Thieves’ Highway. 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 ...
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