Red Light

Red Light

83 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Sept. 30, 1949

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.

Red Light

83 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Sept. 30, 1949

Red Light
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Roy Del Ruth Productions
Original title Red Light
Directors Roy Del Ruth
Writers George Callahan, Don Barry

Cast

George Raft

as Johnny Torno

Virginia Mayo

as Carla North

Gene Lockhart

as Warni Hazard

Raymond Burr

as Nick Cherney

Harry Morgan

as Rocky

Barton MacLane

as Detective Strecker

Arthur Franz

as Jess Torno

Ken Murray

as Ken Murray

Stanley Clements

as Carlson Hotel Bellhop

William Frawley

as Hotel Night Clerk

Arthur Shields

as Father Redmond

Frank Orth

as Wallace 'Wally' Stoner

Phillip Pine

as Pablo Cabrillo

William Phillips

as Jim Ryan

Movita

as Trina

Victor Sen Yung

as Vincent

Claire Carleton

as Waitress