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THERE'S TROUBLE AHEAD! - Red Light
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Title: Red Light

Release Date: 30 Sep 1949

Runtime: 1h 23m

Genre: Thriller, Crime

Director: Roy Del Ruth Productions

Production Companies: Roy Del Ruth Productions

Overview: Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.5 (20 votes)

Cast

  • Johnny Torno: George Raft
  • Carla North: Virginia Mayo
  • Warni Hazard: Gene Lockhart
  • Nick Cherney: Raymond Burr
  • Rocky: Harry Morgan
  • Detective Strecker: Barton MacLane
  • Jess Torno: Arthur Franz
  • Ken Murray: Ken Murray
  • Carlson Hotel Bellhop: Stanley Clements
  • Hotel Night Clerk: William Frawley
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