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The Devil Thumbs a Ride is a 1947 American film noir directed by Felix E. Feist and featuring Lawrence Tierney, Ted North, Nan Leslie and Betty Lawford. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures.
The Devil Thumbs a Ride: Directed by Felix E. Feist. With Lawrence Tierney, Ted North, Nan Leslie, Betty Lawford. Law-abiding Jimmy Ferguson soon regrets giving a ride to killer Steve Morgan.
- (1K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Felix E. Feist
- 1947-02-20
A string of memorable roles followed in films like San Quentin (1946), The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947), Born to Kill (1947) and the Oscar-winning circus drama from director Cecil B. DeMille, The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) in which Tierney played the villain responsible for the epic train wreck toward the film's conclusion. However, Tierney ...
- Felix Feist, Harry Mancke
- Lawrence Tierney
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) is a psycho bad guy ill-fated pick-up robbery and murder fraud and cop crunching road and beach house thriller from the high era of stranger danger handsome sociopathic lone killer pictures.
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.
Oct 26, 2011 · Steve Morgan (Lawrence Tierney), a charming but utterly sociopathic criminal who has just robbed and killed a cinema cashier, gets a ride with unsuspecting J...
- 3 min
- 14.7K
- Craig Steves
Short and sadistic, Felix Feist’s The Devil Thumbs a Ride showcases the brutal charms of Lawrence Tierney as homicidal drifter Steve Morgan, who hails a ride with the clean-cut, recently married Jimmy Ferguson (Ted North) as a means of evading consequences for his assault and robbery of a theater employee. The unlikely duo offers a ride to two young women whom Morgan proceeds to taunt with ...
