The Devil Thumbs a Ride

Status:
Released
Production:
RKO Radio Pictures
Aired:
1947-02-20
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
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.
Thriller
Crime
Characters

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

Dorothy Granger
Pearl (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Bert LeBaron

Victor Potel

Minerva Urecal

Dick Elliott
Mack Wilkins (uncredited)