Review of Thieves' Highway (1949) by Doug C — 08 Sep 2009
One of the most memorable and amongst my favorite film-noir. It must be true when Godard said that Jules Dassin's Hollywood films are better than his French ones. It's gripping, especially the truck driving scene is very intense.
Written by A.I. Bezzerides based on his novel too, the movie tells a story about how hard it is living in the farmer's market, with the competition, blackmail, murder just as hard as typical film-noir story.
The casts are not the most famous like you will not know if you're not a die-hard Golden Hollywood era movie, but it's sooo worth watching. Many great lines, and superb performance especially from Valentina Cortese whose charm was mimicked by Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet.
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This review of Thieves' Highway (1949) was written by Doug C on 08 Sep 2009.
Thieves' Highway has generally received very positive reviews.
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