Thieves' Highway ( 1949 ) ( Collision (Thieves Highway) )

Thieves' Highway ( 1949 ) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: Collision (Thieves Highway)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1949 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jules Dassin

Written By:
Jules Dassin
A.I. Bezzerides

Actors:
Richard Conte ..... Nick Garcos
Valentina Cortese ..... Rica (as Valentina Cortesa)
Lee J. Cobb ..... Mike Figlia
Barbara Lawrence ..... Polly Faber
Jack Oakie ..... Slob
Millard Mitchell ..... Ed Kinney
Joseph Pevney ..... Pete
Morris Carnovsky ..... Yanko Garcos
Tamara Shayne ..... Parthena Garcos
Kasia Orzazewski ..... Mrs. Polansky, the Apple Farmer's Wife
Norbert Schiller ..... Mr. Polansky, the Apple Farmer
Hope Emerson ..... Midge, a buyer
Walter Baldwin ..... Officer Riley - Market Patrolman (uncredited)
William Bendix ..... Italian grocer (uncredited)
Robert Bice ..... Announcer (uncredited)
Howland Chamberlain ..... Mr. Faber (uncredited)
David Clarke ..... Mitch - Thug in Hat (uncredited)
Roy Damron ..... Motor Policeman (uncredited)
Al Eben ..... Newman (uncredited)
Robert Foulk ..... Taller Cop at Roadside Bar (uncredited)
Joe Haworth ..... Inspector (uncredited)
Percy Helton ..... Roadside Bar Manager (uncredited)
Ted Jordan ..... State Highway Policeman (uncredited)
Frank Kreig ..... Clerk (uncredited)
Saul Martell ..... Stukas (uncredited)
Edwin Max ..... Dave - Dock Henchman (uncredited)
John Merton ..... State Highway Policeman (uncredited)
Ann Morrison ..... Mable (uncredited)
James Nolan ..... Smaller Cop at Roadside Bar (uncredited)
David Opatoshu ..... Frenchy - Thug in Cap (uncredited)
Frank Richards ..... Cab Driver (uncredited)
Maurice Samuels ..... Mario - Buyer (uncredited)
Mario Siletti ..... Pietro (uncredited)
Irene Tedrow ..... Mrs. Faber (uncredited)
George Tyne ..... Charles - Dock Henchman (uncredited)
Dick Wessel ..... Cab Driver (uncredited)
Harry Wilson ..... Fifth, Ugly Man at City Bar (uncredited)

Synopsis:

The soldier Nick Garcos returns back home from the war very happy with gifts for his parents Yanko and Parthena Garcos and money in his pocket to open a business and get married with his girlfriend Polly Faber. Out of blue, Nick realizes that his father lost both legs and Yanko, who was a truck driver, tells that he was cheated by the dealer Mike Figlia in the San Francisco's market when he delivered a truckload of tomatoes and was not paid. He believes that his accident was provoked by Figlia's gangsters. He also tells that he sold the truck to a driver named Ed Kinney that has not paid him. Nick meets Ed and tells that he will bring the truck back, but Ed proposes a deal with apples, where they may earn a great amount. Nick invests his savings in another truck and buys apples from a Polish farmer. They need to drive directly to the market in San Francisco without sleeping to keep the fruits fresh, but Ed's truck has problem on its axle and Nick arrives first. Mike Figlia hires the Italian whore Rica to distract Nick but she falls for him and tells that Mike is robbing his cargo. Mike is forced to share his selling with Nick and he earns a large amount. Then he calls Polly and asks her to meet him to get married, and Rica tells to Nick that Polly is only interested in his money. When Nick is robbed by Mike's gangsters, he learns who really loves him.

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 deeper into racketeering. He delivers a truckload of apples to Mike as part of a scheme to expose his cheating. A prostitute, Rica (Valentina Cortesa), tells Nick that Mike has his own plot to trap him. Nick and Rica help Mike's henchmen learn that Mike has also been cheating them, and Nick eventually gets his revenge. But Nick has permanently lost Polly because of his involvement with the gangsters and his change in personality from a good guy to a more sinister businessman. Director Jules Dassin was blacklisted from Hollywood for supposed communist sympathies after making this 1949 picture, but he went on to have success with more caper movies while in exile in France.

A war-veteran-turned-truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw.

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