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Thieves' Highway (1949)

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Reviews Counted:6

Fresh:6

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The San Francisco produce racket provides an unusual backdrop for the noir crime thriller THIEVES' HIGHWAY. Nick Garcos (Richard Conte) returns home intent on marrying his sweetheart, only to... The San Francisco produce racket provides an unusual backdrop for the noir crime thriller THIEVES' HIGHWAY. Nick Garcos (Richard Conte) returns home intent on marrying his sweetheart, only to discover that his father has been crippled in a dispute with ruthless gangster Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). To enact his revenge, Nick becomes part of Mike's racketeering and smuggling ring, hoping to expose the gangster's cheating ways to his associates and underlings from the inside. However, as he plunges further and further into the underworld, he runs the risk of losing the happy future he looked forward to when he first returned home. THIEVES' HIGHWAY was the final film completed in the United States by respected crime director Jules Dassin, who was blacklisted only to find greater success in France with films like RIFIFI. [More]

Starring: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortesa, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence

Starring: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortesa, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence

Director: Jules Dassin

Director: Jules Dassin

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A savage attack on American comfort.

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09/20/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

Jules Dassin's amazing Thieves' Highway (1949), which delves into the cutthroat world of fruit vendors, is a little-known classic.

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11/25/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
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Takes a sour bite out of the next apple you'll eat as it tells about the corruption of the California produce business.

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02/22/05
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

functions equally well as revenge drama, moral fable, and no-holds-barred condemnation of dog-eat-dog capitalism

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02/20/05
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

Dassin’s film emerges as a rather searing, wide-reaching indictment of the necessary evils of doing business in the United States

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02/19/05
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
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Dassin swathes Thieves' Highway's long-haul boys in claustrophobic compositions and menacing darkness.

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02/19/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine
 
 
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