Highway 13

Highway 13 (1948)

DANGER AND MYSTERY AHEAD...ON THE JINX HIGHWAY -- patrolled by a Phantom Killer!

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.

Date of release
1948-12-28
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (12)
Runtime
58m
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Director
William Berke

Casting

Interesting facts

Highway 13 is a 1948 American drama film directed by William Berke and starring Robert Lowery. Lowery had just made Shep Comes Home for financier Robert L. Lippert.

Production

Producer William Stephen made it instead of Banana Boat.

It was originally called Roarin' Wheels and Hell on Wheels but both those titles were changed. It was changed again to Rolling Wheels.

Despite several shield -style route signs shown in the film, US Highway 13 is located in the east of the country with no connection to California.

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