“He'll kill until he dies!”
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.
Felix E. Feist
Herman Schlom
Felix E. Feist
J. Roy Hunt
Paul Sawtell
Lawrence Tierney
Steve Morgan
Ted North
Jimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson
Nan Leslie
Beulah Zorn, alias Carol Demming
Betty Lawford
Agnes Smith
Andrew Tombes
Joe Brayden, Night Watchman
Harry Shannon
Detective Owens, San Diego Police
Marian Carr
Diane Ferguson
William Gould
Police Capt. Martin, San Diego Police
Josephine Whittell
Diane's mother
Phil Warren
Pete, Roadblock Motorcycle Cop
Robert Malcolm
Deputy Sheriff Grover
Glen Vernon
Jack Kenny, Gas Station Attendant
... and 6 more
John Chard
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) The Tierney Terror. 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 ...
Lawrence Tierney 1947 The Devil Thumbs a Ride.. Film Noir.
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RKO Radio Pictures