Top billed cast

1. 

   Lawrence Tierney

   Steve Morgan

2. 

   Ted North

   Jimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson

3. 

   Nan Leslie

   Beulah Zorn, alias Carol Demming

4. 

   Betty Lawford

   Agnes Smith

5. 

   Andrew Tombes

   Joe Brayden, Night Watchman

6. 

   Harry Shannon

   Detective Owens, San Diego Police

7. 

   Marian Carr

   Diane Ferguson

8. 

   William Gould

   Police Capt. Martin, San Diego Police

9. 

   Josephine Whittell

   Diane's mother

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-02-23

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 man...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• california
• gas station
• kidnapping
• film noir
• hitchhiker
• beach house
• killer on the run