Highway 13

Highway 13

58 mins | Dec. 28, 1948

Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. He is in love with Doris Lacy, a waitress at the truck-stop where the company has its truck fleet serviced. Frequent accidents near the place leads the company to hire a private detective to investigate, and when the detective is murdered Hank is arrested as a suspect. The insurance company that covers the fleet has him released and he is sent back to work with instructions to investigate the accidents on his own. The trail leads to the uncle of Doris, and one of the part-owners of the company.

Highway 13

58 mins | Dec. 28, 1948

Highway 13
Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. He is in love with Doris Lacy, a waitress at the truck-stop where the company has its truck fleet serviced. Frequent accidents near the place leads the company to hire a private detective to investigate, and when the detective is murdered Hank is arrested as a suspect. The insurance company that covers the fleet has him released and he is sent back to work with instructions to investigate the accidents on his own. The trail leads to the uncle of Doris, and one of the part-owners of the company.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers
Original title Highway 13
Directors William Berke
Writers John Wilste, Maurice Tombragel

Cast

Robert Lowery

as Hank Wilson

Pamela Blake

as Doris Lacy

Clem Bevans

as Bill 'Pops' Lacy

Michael Whalen

as Frank Denton

Steve Pendleton

as George Montgomery (as Gaylord Pendleton)

Lyle Talbot

as Company Detective

Mary Gordon

as Aunt Myrt Lacy