Nights on the Road (1952)
An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.
Top billed cast
Hans AlbersFernlastfahrer Heinrich Schlüter
Hildegard KnefInge Hoffmann
Marius GoringKurt Willbrand
Lucie MannheimAnna Schlüter
Heinrich GretlerSpediteur Carl Falk
Gertrud WolleFrau Jaguweit
Hans ReiserFranz Jaguweit
Wolf AckvaKlatte, Inhaber der Broadway-Bar
Karin AndersenLieschen Brunnhuber
Peter Martin UrtelHans Brunnhuber
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