| Edition |
Director approved special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 273 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 273.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, standard (1.33:1) presentation; NTSC; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Richard Conte, Valentina Cortesa, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell, Joseph Pevney, Morris Carnovsky, Tamara Shayne, Kasia Orzazewski, Norbert Schiller, Hope Emerson. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Norbert Brodine ; art directors, Lyle Wheeler, Chester Gore ; editor, Nick DeMaggio ; music, Alfred Newman ; costume designer, Kay Nelson ; set decorations, Thomas Little ; special photographic effects, Fred Sersen ; musical direction, Lionel Newman. |
| Note |
Based on the novel: Thieves' market / by A.I. Bezzerides. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. |
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Special features: optional audio commentary by film scholar Alain Silver; new video interview with director Jules Dassin (11 min.); original theatrical trailer. |
| Summary |
Vividly depicts the perilous world of 'long-haul boys', who drive by night to bring their goods to the markets of America's cities. Ex-G.I. Nick Garcos is a tyro trucker bent on satisfaction from the man responsible for crippling his father, ruthless market operator Mike Figlia. But when Figlia gets wise to his plan, Nick finds himself in a web of treachery and heartbreak. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitleds. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Truck drivers -- Drama.
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Racketeering -- Drama.
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Revenge -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Film noir.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008.
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Bezzerides, A. I. (Albert Isaac), 1908-2007.
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Bassler, Robert, 1903-1975.
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Conte, Richard, 1910-1975.
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Cortese, Valentina.
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Cobb, Lee J., 1911-1976.
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Lawrence, Barbara, 1930-2013
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Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978.
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Mitchell, Millard, 1900-1953.
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Pevney, Joseph.
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Brodin, Norbert, 1896-1970.
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Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970.
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Silver, Alain, 1947-
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Sragow, Michael.
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Bezzerides, A. I. (Albert Isaac), 1908-2007
Thieves' market.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Jules Dassin's Thieves' highway |
| ISBN |
1559409517 |
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9781559409513 |
| Standard No. |
715515015325 |
| Music No. |
CC1603D Criterion Collection |
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