Thieves' Highway
1949 · 94 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 7,122 VOTES · DIR. Jules Dassin
Overview
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,108 lines
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00:01:25 The loud one's my old man.
00:04:30 What's the matter? Did I say something bad?
00:07:48 And on the way he probably fell asleep at the wheel.
00:10:10 Would they...?
00:12:40 Now why would I wanna pull a trick on you?
00:15:50 What I am going to do with these apples?
00:18:28 - Where? - San Francisco.
00:25:03 Yeah.
00:30:34 How about 20 boxes of strawberries, you can twist my arm on the corn.
00:33:42 Okay, okay get your truck out of here.
00:38:23 Hey!
00:44:12 Get back here.
00:47:24 - Fell asleep, huh? - Oh, I thought you were...
00:51:32 That's good. We've got 40 boxes left.
00:54:33 I don't think you will.
00:58:29 Polly, come right away!
01:02:02 - I'm sure she adores you. - I wanna tell you something.
01:08:19 I think he can.
01:13:43 - Standing there like Honest John. - Listen, you slob.
01:17:07 It's hard for you. Is that it?
01:19:54 - We sold to Figlia too. - Where is he?
01:23:08 What are you gonna have, Charles?
01:26:08 You cut off both his legs.
04:00:00 like you said on the phone...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,108
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:01:25
Final line04:00:00
Production Record
DirectorJules Dassin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes7,122