Thieves' highway [videorecording DVD] / [presented by] 20th Century Fox ; produced by Robert Basler ; screenplay by A.I. Bezzerides ; directed by Jules Dassin.
Format:
[videorecording DVD] /
Edition:
Special ed., full screen version.
Publisher:
Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment,
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. Based on the novel "Thieves' market" by A.I. Bezzerides. Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary by Alain Silver; video interview with director Jules Dassin; trailer for 'The long haul of A.I. Bezzerides', featuring interviews with Bezzerides and Dassin; original theatrical trailer; a new essay by film critic Michael Sragow. Richard Conte, Valentina Cortesa, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell.
Summary:
Ex-G.I. Nick Garcos is a tyro trucker bent on satisfaction from the man responsible for crippling his father, a ruthless market operator by the name of Mike Figlia. Along the way, he is seduced by the siren Rica and drawn into the San Francisco produce racket, landing him in a web of treachery and heartbreak.
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