Roadblock

Sep 17, 1951

1h 13m

★ 5.8

Hot lead and cold cash outside the law!

Overview

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Roadblock Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Joe Peters

Charles McGraw

Diane Morley

Joan Dixon

Kendall Webb

Lowell Gilmore

Harry Miller

Louis Jean Heydt

Ray Egan

Milburn Stone

Thompson (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Bank Heist Man (uncredited)

Peter Brocco

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

John Butler

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Bar Patron (uncredited)

George Hoagland

Saunders (uncredited)

Harry Lauter

Policeman at Brissard's (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

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