Take a bite out of the little-known classic morality fable "Thieves' Highway" (1949). Straight-laced GI Nick returns home to Fresno after WWII to find his produce trucker father crippled and cheated because of a feud with corrupt rival Mike. As Nick setsout for revenge, he succumbs to the lust of his dark side and falls deeper into the sinister world of gangsters and racketeers. At once a story of one man's devolution and a searing indictment of first-world creature comforts, this film emerges as a must-have for the serious lover of noir.
Take a bite out of the little-known classic morality fable "Thieves' Highway" (1949). Straight-laced GI Nick returns home to Fresno after WWII to find his produce trucker father crippled and cheated because of a feud with corrupt rival Mike. As Nick setsout for revenge, he succumbs to the lust of his dark side and falls deeper into the sinister world of gangsters and racketeers. At once a story of one man's devolution and a searing indictment of first-world creature comforts, this film emerges as a must-have for the serious lover of noir.
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