Thieves' Highway (Criterion #273). 1949 20th Century Fox.
Starring: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie
Director: Jules Dassin
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One of the all-time great noir films depicting the cutthroat world of produce dealers. Nick Garcos (Conte), a veteran turned truck driver, comes home to find his father, who is a farmer, robbed and crippled. Learning that his father was attacked on the orders of a San Francisco produce dealer Mike Figlia (Cobb). Nick vows revenge. Teaming up with Ed (Millard Mitchell), Nick arranges to transport a shipment of apples to Figlia's business. Their first meeting is uneventful, but Figlia steals Nick's crop while he's resting in a prostitute named Rica's (Cortese) quarters. Nick demands, and gets the money for his apples, only to be attacked and robbed while with Rica. Meanwhile, Ed never makes it to San Francisco, and it leads to the final confrontation with Figlia after Nick discovers what happened to the old man.
Recommended.
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