The Devil Thumbs a Ride

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The Devil Thumbs a Ride
movie poster
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 cinema 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.