Thieves' Highway (1949) DVD5 Untouched - Richard Conte, Barbara

Thieves' Highway (1949) DVD5 Untouched - Richard Conte, Barbara Lawrence [DDR]

Thieves' Highway is a 1949 film noir directed by Jules Dassin. The screenplay was written by A. I. Bezzerides, based on his novel Thieves' Market.

CAST:-
Richard Conte as Nico "Nick" Garcos
Valentina Cortese as Rica
Lee J. Cobb as Mike Figlia
Barbara Lawrence as Polly Faber
Jack Oakie as Slob
Millard Mitchell as Ed Kinney
Joseph Pevney as Pete
Morris Carnovsky as Yanko Garcos
Tamara Shayne as Parthena Garcos
Kasia Orzazewski as Mrs. Polansky
Norbert Schiller as Mr. Polansky
Hope Emerson as Midge, a buyer

Directed by Jules Dassin
Produced by Robert Bassler
Screenplay by A. I. Bezzerides
Music by Alfred Newman
Running time 94 minutes

MOVIE PLOT:-
A war-veteran-turned-truck driver Nico "Nick" Garcos (Richard Conte) arrives at home to find his foreign-born father, who is a farmer, crippled. He learns that his father was crippled at the hands of an unscrupulous produce dealer in San Francisco, Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). Garcos vows revenge.

Garcos drives a truckload of apples to San Francisco, where he runs into Figlia. With the help of other drivers and a streetwalker (Valentina Cortese), he defeats Figlia and restores his family honor.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:-
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Video Bitrate: 7887 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x480
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 1
Audio Languages: English
RunTime 94 mins
Subtitles: NONE
Ripped by: Trinidad [DDR]