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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Ex-G.I. Nick Garcos is a tyro trucker bent on satisfaction from the man responsible for crippling his father, a ruthless market operator by the name of Mike Figlia. Along the way, he is seduced by the siren Rica and drawn into the San Francisco produce racket, landing him in a web of treachery and heartbreak.
[presented by] 20th Century Fox ; produced by Robert Basler ; screenplay by A.I. Bezzerides ; directed by Jules Dassin.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Based on the novel: Thieves' market / by A.I. Bezzerides.
New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
Special features: Audio commentary by Alain Silver, editor of Film noir reader and author of Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles -- New video interview with director Jules Dassin -- Trailer for The long haul of A.I. Bezzerides (2004), a new documentary on Bezzerides, author of the screenplay ofr Thieves' highway and the novel on which it was based -- Original theatrical trailer -- A new essay by film critic Michael Sragow.
Richard Conte, Valentina Cortesa, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell.
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Director of photography, Norbert Brodine ; editor, Nick DeMaggio ; music, Alfred Newman ; musical direction, Lionel Newman.
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 273