Film noir / Thriller
USA,
1949, 94 min
Regie:
Jules DassinScenario:
A.I. BezzeridesCamera:
Norbert BrodineActeurs:
Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Joseph Pevney, Morris Carnovsky, Kasia Orzazewski, Hope Emerson, Edwin Max (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Thieves' Highway is set in the world of "long-haul boys" who drive by night to bring their goods to the markets of America's cities. Ex-G.I. Nick Garcos (Richard Conte) is a tyro trucker bent on satisfaction from the man responsible for crippling his father, ruthless market operator Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). Along the way, he is seduced by siren Rica (Valentina Cortesa) and drawn into the San Francisco produce racket landing him in a web of treachery and heartbreak. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
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