Thieves' Highway (1949) -

: Shot on location in San Francisco’s now-gone produce district on the Embarcadero, the film captures a raw, documentary-like reality that critics say you can "almost smell".

: Jules Dassin (who also directed the noir classics The Naked City and Rififi ) uses propulsive editing and moving camera shots to elevate the mundane act of trucking into a harrowing suspense thriller. Thieves' Highway (1949)

: Written by A.I. Bezzerides, the king of "working-class noir," the dialogue is sharp and the worldview is appropriately cynical. Thieves' Highway (1949) - IMDb : Shot on location in San Francisco’s now-gone