Thieves' Highway
You Need a Friend, Strong Man, - And I'm Friendly!
Overview
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
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- 20th Century Fox
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Cast
Richard Conte
Nick Garcos
Valentina Cortese
Rica
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
Norbert Schiller
Mr. Polansky
Hope Emerson
Midge
Percy Helton
Roadside Bar Manager (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Officer Riley (uncredited)
Robert Bice
Announcer (uncredited)
Howland Chamberlain
Mr. Faber (uncredited)
David Clarke
Mitch (uncredited)
Jules Dassin
Man in Freight Elevator (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Taller Cop at Roadside Bar (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
State Highway Policeman (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Writers
- A.I. Bezzerides
- Producers
- Robert Bassler
- Cinematography
- Norbert Brodine
- Composer
- Alfred Newman
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John Chard
September 26, 2014
Everyone likes apples - Except doctors. Thieves' Highway is directed by Jules Dassin and adapted to screenplay by A. I. Bezzerides from his own novel Thieves' Market. It stars Richard Conte, Valentine Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie and Millard Mitchell. Music is by Alfred Newman and cinematography by Norbert Brodine. A war-veteran returns to the family home to find his father has been left wheelchair bound by a amoral produce dealer in San Francisco. Swearing revenge he…
CinemaSerf
January 7, 2025
I think this might be the best effort I've seen from Richard Conte as his "Nick" character comes back from the war eager to pick up his life again with his father and girlfriend "Polly" (Barbara Lawrence). The problem is that in his absence, his dad has had an accident that's robbed him of the use of his legs and given he was a truck driver, his livelihood too. "Yanko" (Morris Carnovsky) explains that he was cheated by local nasty "Figlia" (Lee J. Cobb) and so his boy sees red and sets about see…