THIEVES' HIGHWAY (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1949
• Genre: Drama; Film-Noir; Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: 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 (Lee J. Cobb). But when Figlia gets wise to his plan, Nick finds himself in a web of treachery and heartbreak. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this searing melodrama from master Jules Dassin.
• Cast: Richard Conte; Valentina Cortese; Lee J. Cobb; Barbara Lawrence; Jack Oakie; Millard Mitchell; Joseph Pevney; Morris Carnovsky; Tamara Shayne; Kasia Orzazewski; Norbert Schiller; Hope Emerson; Walter Baldwin; Robert Bice; Howland Chamberlain; David Clarke; Roy Damron; Al Eben; Robert Foulk; Joe Haworth; Percy Helton; Ted Jordan; Frank Kreig; Saul Martell; Edwin Max; John Merton; Ann Morrison; Jim Nolan; David Opatoshu; Frank Richards; Maurice Samuels; Mario Siletti; Irene Tedrow; George Tyne; Dick Wessel; Harry Wilson; Jules Dassin; A.I. Bezzerides
• Director: Jules Dassin
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie