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Thieves' Highway
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who value hard-edged noir about working-class desperation, compromised alliances, and revenge pursued through a corrupt commercial underworld.
- Tone
- tense, bleak, melancholic
- Payoff
- catharsis, unease
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- revenge, labor exploitation, corruption, loyalty, moral compromise
- Setting
- postwar 1940s, California produce markets, rural orchards, and urban truck routes