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Film / 1947
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Directed by
Felix E. Feist
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.
The story
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
Lawrence TierneySteve Morgan
Ted NorthJimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson
Nan LeslieBeulah Zorn, alias Carol Demming
Betty LawfordAgnes Smith
Andrew TombesJoe Brayden, Night Watchman
Harry ShannonDetective Owens, San Diego Police
Marian CarrDiane Ferguson
William GouldPolice Capt. Martin, San Diego Police
Josephine WhittellDiane's mother
Phil WarrenPete, Roadblock Motorcycle Cop
Robert MalcolmDeputy Sheriff Grover
Glen VernonJack Kenny, Gas Station Attendant
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Dorothy GrangerPearl (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Bert LeBaron
Victor Potel
Minerva Urecal
Dick ElliottMack Wilkins (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
Roger Creed
Harry Depp
George Dockstader
Sarah Edwards
Carl Faulkner
Lee Frederick
Raoul Freeman
Perc Launders
Lee Phelps
Tom Pilkington
Harry Raven
John Roy
Dick Rush
Cy Slocum
Tex Swan
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