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The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) The Tierney Terror. The Devil Thumbs a Ride is directed and written by Felix E. Feist. It stars Lawrence Tierney, Ted North, Nan Leslie, Betty Lawford, Andrew Tombes, Harry Shannon, Glen Vernon and Marian Carr. Music is by Paul Sawtell an…
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The Devil Thumbs a Ride
“He'll kill until he dies!”
66%
Movie
1h 2m
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Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
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Community signal: TMDb members rate The Devil Thumbs a Ride 66% (22 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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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.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1947-02-20
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- TMDB rating
- 6.6
- TMDB ID
- 29470
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Cast
Lawrence Tierney
Steve Morgan
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
Marian Carr
Diane Ferguson
William Gould
Police Capt. Martin, San Diego Police
Josephine Whittell
Diane's mother
- P
Phil Warren
Pete, Roadblock Motorcycle Cop
- R
Robert Malcolm
Deputy Sheriff Grover
Glen Vernon
Jack Kenny, Gas Station Attendant
Dorothy Granger
Pearl (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
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Bert LeBaron
Victor Potel
Minerva Urecal
Dick Elliott
Mack Wilkins (uncredited)
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The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) The Tierney Terror. The Devil Thumbs a Ride is directed and written by Felix E. Feist. It stars Lawrence Tierney, Ted North, Nan Leslie, Betty Lawford, Andrew Tombes, Harry Shannon, Glen Vernon and Marian Carr. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by J. Roy Hunt. After just robbing a San Diego theater and killing the manager, Steve Morgan (Tierney) hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Jimmy Ferguson (North), a trusting young salesman. After a stop at a gas station, the two men pick up a couple of dames looking for a ride, and soon Morgan is manipulating everyone so as to stay ahead of the cops looking for him. Compact at just over an hour in length, The Devil Thumbs a Ride thrives on account of Tierney’s strong performance. He in turn exudes a charming veneer and a cold hearted darkness that unnerves throughout. The set-up is pretty thin and even the most forgiving of noir fans will attest that the sheer idiocy of the other passengers beggars belief. No matter what Morgan does, however crazy or evil, he will spin a yarn and the dopes fall for it. While a plot strand that sees the head detective take a member of the public with him in pursuit of Morgan, is pushing it a bit too far. Still, once the four of them reach a beach house belonging to a friend of Ferguson, the picture gathers apace and the drama explodes to reveal its bloody denouement. Good noirish characters and Tierney on form ensure it’s never less than entertaining, though the weakness of the writing asks a lot of the audience. 6/10
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