Thieves' Highway

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Martin B Aug 2 It is unique and engrossing to watch with a lot of great actors. Conti isn’t one of them. Blame the writers for setting him up with a steady stream of bonehead decisions no nuance at all. Conte in vascilating extremes from rage to elation over acting all along the way. Cobb, Cortese and Oakie the stand outs in this one. See more Will G May 15 A great classic Hollywood movie about truck drivers. They go to San Francisco. There is some romance with a woman who is French and Italian. The music was nice. See more nick s 02/25/2024 A gritty, down-to-earth movie about the bottom end of the produce trading industry. Occasionally the movie leapt ahead a little too quickly, but overall a great effort. Acting was good and scenes were rich with detail. See more Bill B 12/07/2022 A mixture of film noir, drama, and a revenge flick. Plays well because of superior acting all around, though Lee J Cobb is the scene stealer. The burgeoning romance between Conte and Cortese is awkward in the beginning as it seemed a bit forced. See more 07/29/2019 All of these films classified as "film noir" have three or four things in common: 1. The man is hysterical most of the time 2. Emotions run rampant and control his actions 3. Sitting down and rationally thinking things through never happens, It's all in the moment melodrama. With women of that time period, it was always called hysteria. It is the exact same thing with men, but they have escaped being pigeonholed with this label. But "hysteria" certainly fits the action of the men in question. 4. These are not just common, ordinary decent folk. In most films of this type, the "hero" is a few IQ points away from being average, but he always sits on the lower side of the scale. A man not capable of living life responsibly, unaware of the consequences of his actions, and willing to kill himself and everyone around him if his emotions take control (which is always). These films are all depressing because the hero never thinks things through to realize that you CAN get back at the protagonist. To do it so that it means something takes mental control. Rational thought is excluded in film noir and only melodramatic action is encouraged. No doubt there is a large constituency for this type of dark emotional material. However, "male hysteria" might be a better monicker than "film noir". See more 07/28/2019 There's so much to love about this Noir. But, there's also some really weak characters and scenes. See more Read all reviews

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