A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
Robert B. Williams
- Dunc Clayton
- (as Robert Williams)
Gordon Armitage
- Diner Patron
- (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
- Diner Patron
- (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
- Mabel
- (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
- Diner Patron
- (uncredited)
Roy Damron
- Club Patron
- (uncredited)
John Dierkes
- 'Shug' Grandon
- (uncredited)
George Ford
- Diner Patron
- (uncredited)
Bill Gallant
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Larry Mancine
- Attendant
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe many references throughout the movie to " Bennie" refer to Benzedrine. This amphetamine, first registered in 1933 and used for a number of ailments ranging from narcolepsy to obesity and attention deficit disorder, soon became very popular. It was used or rather abused by servicemen during World War 2, housewives during the 40's and 50's and long haul truck drivers. It was not until 1959 (and maybe as a direct result of this movie),it's use was finally regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1959.I is now a schedule 2 or class B controlled drug used only for certain medical conditions.
- GoofsThe close up of the truck cabs is obviously not the same as the front panned out view of the truck cabs.
- Quotes
Tom Kaylor: Men who know you, Val, all end up as bad insurance risks.
Featured review
Capable genre director Joe Newman directed this magnetically tawdry tale of a federal agent trying to crack a drug ring that preys on long-haul truckers. This is no French Connection, but it's a fascinating glimpse of a bygone era, and if one has a taste for low-budget AA features of the fifties this one is definitely worth a look. Peter Graves makes a fine Viking hero. There's a pseudo-adultness here of the sort one used to find in cheap paperback novels that were basically semi-porn but masquerading (or trying to) as exposes of one sort or another. As with Dragnet, one has to have a certain kind of empathy to get into the spirit of this sort of thing. If you do, this one will reward you handsomely.
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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