The Devil Thumbs a Ride
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| The Devil Thumbs a Ride | |
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| Directed by | Felix E. Feist |
| Produced by | Herman Schlom |
| Written by | Robert C. DuSoe (novel) Felix E. Feist |
| Starring | Lawrence Tierney Ted North Nan Leslie |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures Inc. |
| Release date(s) | February 20, 1947 US release |
| Running time | 62 min |
| Language | English |
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The Devil Thumbs a Ride is a 1947 suspense film, considered to be film noir, starring Lawrence Tierney.
[edit] Plot
Steve Morgan, a charming but utterly sociopathic criminal who has just robbed and killed a movie-theatre cashier, gets a ride with unsuspecting Jimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson, who does not know that Morgan is a killer. While heading to Los Angeles they stop at a gas station and pick up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan takes over and persuades the party to spend the night at an unoccupied beach house. The police close in as one by one, Morgan begins killing.
[edit] Reaction
Channel 4's film guide calls the film "Fast-paced, lean and mean: a vintage noir." [1]
[edit] See also
Other films with similar storylines include The Hitch-Hiker, The Desperate Hours and Detour.
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