Red Light

Sep 30, 1949

1h 23m

★ 5.8

THERE'S TROUBLE AHEAD!

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.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Roy Del Ruth Productions

Pioneer Pictures Corporation

Red Light Trailers

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Cast

Johnny Torno

George Raft

Carla North

Virginia Mayo

Warni Hazard

Gene Lockhart

Nick Cherney

Raymond Burr

Rocky

Harry Morgan

Detective Strecker

Barton MacLane

Fr. Jess Torno

Arthur Franz

Ken Murray

Carlson Hotel Bellhop

Stanley Clements

Hotel Night Clerk

William Frawley

Father Redmond

Arthur Shields

Wallace 'Wally' Stoner

Frank Orth

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

6.6

Hollow Triumph

Aug 18, 1948

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

6.8

Pitfall

Aug 11, 1948

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.

5.8

Larceny

Sep 3, 1948

Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.

6.3

The Racket

Oct 25, 1951

The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.

6.8

Tension

Nov 25, 1949

Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.

6.4

Shockproof

Jan 25, 1949

Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.