Nights on the Road

Jan 14, 1952

1h 51m

★ 7.7

Overview

An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Intercontinental Film GmbH

Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft

Bavaria Film

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Cast

Fernlastfahrer Heinrich Schlüter

Hans Albers

Inge Hoffmann

Hildegard Knef

Kurt Willbrand

Marius Goring

Anna Schlüter

Lucie Mannheim

Spediteur Carl Falk

Heinrich Gretler

Frau Jaguweit

Gertrud Wolle

Franz Jaguweit

Hans Reiser

Klatte, Inhaber der Broadway-Bar

Wolf Ackva

Lieschen Brunnhuber

Karin Andersen

Hans Brunnhuber

Peter Martin Urtel

Kriminalinspektor Busch

Hans Zesch-Ballot

Hans Pössenbacher

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