Thieves' Highway (1949) -

: Armed with a truckload of Golden Delicious apples, Nick embarks on a treacherous, sleep-deprived 36-hour run from Fresno to San Francisco to confront Figlia and reclaim his family's honor.

Jules Dassin's (1949) is a gritty, high-octane masterpiece of film noir that trades the usual rain-slicked city streets for the sun-scorched highways of Northern California . Known for its authentic location shooting and relentless tension, it is a visceral deconstruction of the American Dream through the lens of greed and corruption in the produce business. The Plot: A Revenge Odyssey in Apples Thieves' Highway (1949)

: Shot on location in San Francisco’s now-gone produce district on the Embarcadero, the film captures a raw, documentary-like reality that critics say you can "almost smell". : Armed with a truckload of Golden Delicious

: Jules Dassin (who also directed the noir classics The Naked City and Rififi ) uses propulsive editing and moving camera shots to elevate the mundane act of trucking into a harrowing suspense thriller. The Plot: A Revenge Odyssey in Apples :