The Devil Thumbs a Ride

February. 20,1947 NR

Rating：

6.8

Genre：

Thriller Crime

Keywords：

Kidnapping Noir California

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Lawrence Tierney as Steve Morgan

Ted North as Jimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson

Nan Leslie as Beulah Zorn, alias Carol Demming

Betty Lawford as Agnes Smith

Andrew Tombes as Joe Brayden, Night Watchman

Harry Shannon as Detective Owens, San Diego Police

Marian Carr as Diane Ferguson

William Gould as Police Capt. Martin, San Diego Police

Josephine Whittell as Diane's mother

Glen Vernon as Jack Kenny, Gas Station Attendant

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