The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)

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1h 2min | Crime | Feb 20, 1947 | Released

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.

Director: Felix E. Feist

Producer: Herman Schlom

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Cast (13 Members)

Detective Owens, San Diego Police

Lawrence Tierney

Steve Morgan

Police Capt. Martin, San Diego Police

Joe Brayden, Night Watchman

Diane Ferguson

Josephine Whittell

Diane's mother

Jack Kenny, Gas Station Attendant

Jimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson

Beulah Zorn, alias Carol Demming

Agnes Smith

Pete, Roadblock Motorcycle Cop

Deputy Sheriff Grover

Dorothy Granger

Pearl (uncredited)

Harry Shannon Detective Owens, San Diego Police

Lawrence Tierney Steve Morgan

William Gould Police Capt. Martin, San Diego Police

Andrew Tombes Joe Brayden, Night Watchman

Marian Carr Diane Ferguson

Josephine Whittell Diane's mother

Glen Vernon Jack Kenny, Gas Station Attendant

Ted North Jimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson

Nan Leslie Beulah Zorn, alias Carol Demming

Betty Lawford Agnes Smith

Phil Warren Pete, Roadblock Motorcycle Cop

Robert Malcolm Deputy Sheriff Grover

Dorothy Granger Pearl (uncredited)

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Robert C. DuSoe

Novel

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Roy Webb Music

Paul Sawtell Original Music Composer

Robert Swink Editor

J. Roy Hunt Director of Photography

Felix E. Feist Director

Robert C. DuSoe Novel

Herman Schlom Producer

Robert H. Guhl Sound Designer

Age At Time Of Release

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Lawrence Tierney

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