September 7, 2008
Excellent pink noir, save the tacky tacked- on ending.
"Aren't women wonderful?"
Richard Conte,
Valentina Cortese,
Lee J Cobb,
Jack Oakie,
Barbara Lawrence
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Thieves' Highway is set in San Francisco and the surrounding countryside. Richard Conte plays Nick Garcos, an American GI who returns from WWII to find that his father Yanko (Morris Carnovsky), a prod... read more
DVD Release Date: February 1, 2005
Stats: 91 reviews
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January 12, 2010Good old fashioned drama that gets better as it goes along. Well directed and acted but similar to the superior They Drive by Night.
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September 6, 2008this is a good b-picture about truckers, directed by jules dassin and written by a.i. bezzerides, who also wrote they drive by night and kiss me deadly. i'm not a big fan of richard conte but he does alright here, valentina cortese is great as the hard bitten femme who makes him... read more
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July 18, 2008Very interesting Noir-esque film by Dassin. The film takes some unexpected twists and turns while still being very dark at times. The ending is especially surprising.
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November 12, 2007Dassin does a great job from a directorial standpoint, but Thieves' Highway is just kind of there. I was never a big fan of Richard Conte and this movie did little to make me change my mind. It's not a bad watch if you don't have to go too far out of your way, but don't get your ... read more
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March 30, 2009Murder,Revenge,Corruption,Love, and Apples That is what Jules Dassin's Thieves Highway is all about. A entertaining film about the dangers of truck driving and the slick dealings of produce salesmen. The acting is great especially from Conte, Cobb,Cortese and a small part from Ja... read more
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November 22, 2009Jules Dassin?s excellent direction and the tense atmosphere make this a fine film noir well worth watching. Good acting by everyone in the cast. Dark and brooding, great pace.Excellent cinematography and use of light.
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August 17, 2009A noiresque portrait of the reality for lower class farmers and ordinary people. A must see for Dassin fans.
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March 25, 2009Lots of Italian characters talking all Italian doing shady Italian underhanded corrupt business and throwing around their Italian fists played by American actors. Not bad.
Critic Reviews
September 20, 2007
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
November 25, 2006
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Jules Dassin's amazing Thieves' Highway (1949), which delves into the cutthroat world of fruit vendors, is a little-known classic. Full Review
February 22, 2005
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Takes a sour bite out of the next apple you'll eat as it tells about the corruption of the California produce business. Full Review
February 20, 2005
Chris Barsanti, Filmcritic.com
functions equally well as revenge drama, moral fable, and no-holds-barred condemnation of dog-eat-dog capitalism Full Review
February 19, 2005
Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com
Dassin's film emerges as a rather searing, wide-reaching indictment of the necessary evils of doing business in the United States Full Review
February 19, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Dassin swathes Thieves' Highway's long-haul boys in claustrophobic compositions and menacing darkness. Full Review
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