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The Devil Thumbs a Ride

Release Year
1947
Runtime
1h 2m
Genres
Crime
Thriller
Directed By
Felix E. Feist
The Devil Thumbs a Ride

Steve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas station, they 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, the others learn that Morgan is a killer.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Ted North

Jimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson

Nan Leslie

Beulah Zorn, alias Carol Demming

Betty Lawford

Agnes Smith

Andrew Tombes

Joe Brayden, Night Watchman

Harry Shannon

Detective Owens, San Diego Police

William Gould

Police Capt. Martin, San Diego Police

Josephine Whittell

Diane's mother

Phil Warren

Pete, Roadblock Motorcycle Cop

Robert Malcolm

Deputy Sheriff Grover

Glen Vernon

Jack Kenny, Gas Station Attendant

Dorothy Granger

Pearl (uncredited)

Bert LeBaron

Crew

Felix E. Feist

Director

J. Roy Hunt

Director of Photography

Paul Sawtell

Original Music Composer

Robert Swink

Editor

Herman Schlom

Producer

Robert C. DuSoe

Novel

Felix E. Feist

Writer

Robert H. Guhl

Sound Designer

Terry Kellum

Sound Designer

Roy Webb

Music

Albert S. D'Agostino

Art Direction

Charles F. Pyke

Art Direction

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