Dassin quickly became better known for his noir films Brute Force (1947), The Naked City (1948), and Thieves' Highway (1949), which helped him to become "one of the leading American filmmakers of the postwar era."
Dassin comezou a ser coñecido polos seus filmes de cinema negro Brute Force (1947), The Naked City (1948) e Thieves' Highway (1949), ue o converteron nun dos principais directores estadounidenses da posguerra.