Hi-Jack Highway

Hi-Jack Highway

1955•1h 33m•6.4/10

DramaCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(34)

A trucker encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police, who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death, and his new truck is impounded. To make matters worse, the man's widow accuses him of having robbed her husband, and a gang of sinister crooks are also harassing him.

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Production

Intermondia Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

Jean Chape

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Alice

Gaby Basset

Gaby Basset

Camille Serin

Marcel Bozzuffi

Marcel Bozzuffi

Pierrot Ragondin, le jeune routier

Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

Félix, l'affréteur

Albert Dinan

Albert Dinan

Émile Serin

Ginette Leclerc

Ginette Leclerc

Mme Scoppo, la veuve

Henri Crémieux

Henri Crémieux

le juge d'instruction

Simone Berthier

Simone Berthier

Annie, une serveuse

Charles Bouillaud

Charles Bouillaud

le gendarme dactylo

Camille Guérini

Camille Guérini

Lucien Ragondin, le père

Roger Hanin

Roger Hanin

René Schwob, le chef de la bande

Jean Lefebvre

Jean Lefebvre

le chauffeur du car

Jacques Marin

Jacques Marin

le gendarme au commissariat

Guy Henry

Guy Henry

Jojo

Gilbert Edard

Un commissaire

Jacques Ferrière

Jacques Ferrière

Bob Ingarao

Bob Ingarao

Un gangster

Lisette Lebon

Lisette Lebon

Mauricette, une serveuse

Germaine Michel

Germaine Michel

Maria Ragondin, la mère de Pierrot

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