Roses Are Red

A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.

Cast

Don Castle

as Robert A. Thorne / Don Carney

Peggy Knudsen

as Martha McCormack

Patricia Knight

as Jill Carney

Joe Sawyer

as Police Lt. Rocky Wall

Edward Keane

as Jim Locke

Jeff Chandler

as John Jones aka The Knuckle

Charles McGraw

as Duke Arno

Charles Lane

as Lipton

Paul Guilfoyle

as George 'Buster' Cooley

Douglas Fowley

as Ace Oliver (as Doug Fowley)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

B-lister Don Castle doubles up here as a paroled hoodlum ("Carney") who bears a striking resemblance to the local DA ("Thorne"). When the latter is kidnapped, the plan is for him to be substituted by the felon who can then do the bidding of local kingpin, the wheelchair bound "Locke" (Edward Keane)....

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