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We can’t mention all the great trucking noir films like “Sorcerer,” “Hell Drivers,” or “Thieves’ Highway” without also mentioning “They Drive By Night,” the 1940 Bogart film based on “The Long Haul,” a 1938 novel by A.I. Bezzerides. Bezzerides also wrote the 1949 novel “Thieves’ Market” and adapted it for the screen that same year […]
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We’ve featured a few FJs before here on the Hemmings Find of the Day, but none quite like this 1965 Toyota FJ45 for sale on Hemmings.com, which has been treated to a number of upgrades, including a Cummins engine swap and five-speed manual transmission. From the seller’s description: I am offering for sale my Cummins […]
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In last week’s post on “Hell Drivers,” Gene Herman pointed out another postwar crime noir film that involves trucking, though this one in a more American style: “Thieves’ Highway” from 1949, which starred Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, and Lee Cobb. As with “Hell Drivers,” the trailer didn’t show much of the trucking aspect – more […]