A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
Acting
Sid Melton's weaselly 'Killer' steals every scene he's in.
Production
Genuine trucking locations give cheapie surprising documentary texture.
Editing
65-minute runtime means zero fat — they crash then they wrap.
Director
Sam Newfield
Jim Davis
Joe Harper
Marcia Mae Jones
Jean Harper (as Marsha Jones)
Sid Melton
'Killer'
David Bruce
Matt
Paul Cavanagh
Hagen
Ralph Sanford
Stephen Clark
House Peters Jr.
Hank
Iris Adrian
Aggie
George Eldredge
Digbey
Margia Dean
Dolly, the Waitress
Kit Guard
Parolee (as Kid Guard)
Lee Phelps
Highway Patrolman
Myron Healey
Police Broadcaster
Lee Bennett
Charlie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sam Newfield directed over 250 films, often pseudonymously; this was one of three he released in 1950 alone.
The 'highway hijacking epidemic' was real 1940s-50s news fodder, making this Poverty Row quickie oddly topical for its budget.
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