Thieves' Highway (1949)

Director: Jules Dassin
Actors: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release: 1949
Region: All Region(Region Code:0)
Format: DVD, Ntsc, Full screen
Running Time: 93min
Audio: Dolby Digital 1.0
Language: English
Subtitle: English, Korean, None

Storyline:
The soldier Nick Garcos returns back home from the war very happy with gifts for his parents Yanko and Parthena Garcos and money in his pocket to open a business and get married with his girlfriend Polly Faber. Out of blue, Nick realizes that his father lost both legs and Yanko, who was a truck driver, tells that he was cheated by the dealer Mike Figlia in the San Francisco's market when he delivered a truckload of tomatoes and was not paid. He believes that his accident was provoked by Figlia's gangsters. He also tells that he sold the truck to a driver named Ed Kinney that has not paid him. Nick meets Ed and tells that he will bring the truck back, but Ed proposes a deal with apples, where they may earn a great amount. Nick invests his savings in another truck and buys apples from a Polish farmer. They need to drive directly to the market in San Francisco without sleeping to keep the fruits fresh, but Ed's truck has problem on its axle and Nick arrives first. Mike Figlia hires the ...