Roadhouse Nights

Roadhouse Nights

68 mins | Drama | Feb. 15, 1930

Based on the Hammett novel, this ultra-rare film—is nominally taken from the author's classic gang-war novel Red Harvest, which proved too brutal and cynical even for pre-Code Hollywood.

Roadhouse Nights

68 mins | Drama | Feb. 15, 1930

Roadhouse Nights
Based on the Hammett novel, this ultra-rare film—is nominally taken from the author's classic gang-war novel Red Harvest, which proved too brutal and cynical even for pre-Code Hollywood.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Paramount
Original title Roadhouse Nights
Directors Hobart Henley
Writers Dashiell Hammett, Ben Hecht

Cast

Helen Morgan

as Lola Fagan

Charles Ruggles

as Willie Bindbugel

Fred Kohler

as Sam Horner

Jimmy Durante

as Daffy (as Durante)

Louis Clayton

as Joe

Eddie Jackson

as Moe

Joe King

as John Hanson

Leo Donnelly

as City Editor Keeley

Tammany Young

as Jerry