Truck Busters

During WWII, a huge number of films coming out of Hollywood had patriotic themes that were obviously meant as propaganda. A few, such as "Truck Busters", had less obvious patriotism in them...and this is why this made for a pretty good B-film.

The film begins with a group of scumbags who run some of the biggest trucking companies in the country. They come up with a scheme to allign themselves with racketeers in order to take control of the industry....and then, with a monopoly, they could charge whatever they want! But the thing in their way are the independent truckers--the little guys who could be competitive and keep prices lower. So, they roll out goons to rough up and even kill the independent truckers. What's going to come of this?

The story is solid and the Warner Brothers production values excellent. So, despite having few stars of any consequence in the story, the overall product is nice...well worth seeing. My only quibble are a few cliches...and one of the worst was when one guy was told by his wife she's pregnant...and you KNOW he'll soon be pushing up daisies!!