Thieves Highway (Criterion) DVD

• New, restored high-definition Digital transfer
• Audio commentary by Alain Silver, editor of Film Noir Reader and author of Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles
• New video interview with Jules Dassin
• Trailer for The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides (2..4), a new documentary on Bezzerides, author of the screenplay for Thieves' Highway and the novel on which it was based
• Original theatrical trailer
• Plus: a new essay by film critic Michael Sragow

Director: Jules Dassin
Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell, Joseph Pevney

Thieves’ Highway is set in the 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 (Richard Conte) is a tyro trucker bent on satisfaction from the man responsible for crippling his father—ruthless market operator Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). Along the way, he is seduced by siren Rica (Valentina Cortesa) and drawn into the San Francisco produce racket—landing him in a web of treachery and heartbreak. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this Jules Dassin masterpiece, the last film he completed in America before he was blacklisted.