Red Light (1949)
1h 23m
Running Time
September 30, 1949Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
George Raft
Johnny Torno
Virginia Mayo
Carla North
Gene Lockhart
Warni Hazard
Raymond Burr
Nick Cherney
Harry Morgan
Rocky
Barton MacLane
Detective Strecker
Arthur Franz
Fr. Jess Torno
Ken Murray
Ken Murray
Stanley Clements
Carlson Hotel Bellhop
William Frawley
Hotel Night Clerk
Arthur Shields
Father Redmond
Frank Orth
Wallace 'Wally' Stoner
Phillip Pine
Pablo Cabrillo
William Phillips
Det. Jim Ryan
Movita
Trina (uncredited)
Victor Sen Yung
Vincent (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Waitress (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
Bookie (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Robert Espinoza
Miguel (uncredited)
Charles Ferguson
Reporter at Airport (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Bellhop (uncredited)
Mack Gray
Bookie (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Detective Arresting Nick (uncredited)
Al Hill
Burt (uncredited)
Bob Jellison
Man in Hotel Room (uncredited)
Soledad Jiménez
Pablo's Mother (uncredited)
Phyllis Kennedy
Chambermaid (uncredited)
Joe Kirk
Reporter in Newsreel (uncredited)
David Leonard
Man Reading Bible (uncredited)
Knox Manning
Newsreel Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Edwin Max
Bert Adams (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Convict (uncredited)
Simon Oakland
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Overman
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Bob Perry
Red's Helper (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Red (uncredited)
John Wald
Reporter at Airport (uncredited)
Roy Del Ruth
Producer / Director
George Callahan
Screenplay
Charles Grayson
Additional Dialogue
Richard V. Heermance
Editor
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Don 'Red' Barry
Story
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Joe Kaufmann
Associate Producer
Frank Paul Sylos
Art Direction
Edward R. Robinson
Set Decoration
Joe C. Gilpin
Production Manager
Robert Aldrich
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Mel Dellar
Assistant Director
D. Ross Lederman
Second Unit Director
Frank McWhorter
Sound Recordist
Frank Webster
Sound Recordist
Robert H. Moreland
Special Effects
James Van Trees
Second Unit Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 30, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Wiki.
Red Light is a 1949 American film noir crime film starring George Raft and Virginia Mayo, and directed and produced by Roy Del Ruth. Based on the story "This Guy Gideon" by Don "Red" Barry, it features strong religious overtones.
It was one of several thrillers Raft made in the late 1940s.
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