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Actors: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Joseph Pevney, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Thieves' Highway |
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THIEVES' HIGHWAY is a movie directed by Jules Dassin in 1949.
When Nick Garcos comes back home after WWII, he finds his father Yanko sitting in a wheelchair. Yanko had a truck accident while driving home from San Francisco after having sold a lading of fruits to Mike Figlia. No money was found on him. Nick is sure that Figlia is responsible for his father's accident.
Nick teams up with Ed Prentiss in order to get a load of the first golden apples of the season to San Francisco, a merchandise Mike Figlia is sure to die for. After a painful 400 miles journey without sleeping, Nick arrives in San Francisco and goes straight to Figlia's office. Figlia notices Nick's weariness and asks Rica, a local Italian easy girl, to flirt with Nick and put him to bed. In the meantime, Figlia starts to sell Nick's merchandise. But Rica falls in love with Nick and wakes him up so that he's able to stop Figlia's swindling.
Figlia is compelled to give the $4,000 dollars he had cashed in to Nick who thinks he's even with Figlia now. After having celebrated with Rica this success, Nick is attacked by two of Figlia's men who steal his money.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Thieves' Highway |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- chasing money/treasure
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- San Francisco
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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