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.

Cast

George Raft

George Raft

as Johnny Torno

Virginia Mayo

Virginia Mayo

as Carla North

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

as Warni Hazard

Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr

as Nick Cherney

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

as Rocky

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

as Detective Strecker

Arthur Franz

Arthur Franz

as Fr. Jess Torno

Ken Murray

Ken Murray

as Ken Murray

Stanley Clements

Stanley Clements

as Carlson Hotel Bellhop

William Frawley

William Frawley

as Hotel Night Clerk

Reviews

John Chard

Army Chaplain Slain! Red Light is directed by Roy Del Ruth and adapted to screenplay by George Callahan from the story This Guy Gideon written by Don Barry. It stars George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Raymond Burr, Harry Morgan and Gene Lockhart. Music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Bert Gl...

CinemaSerf

This is quite an intriguing crime noir, with George Raft as the owner of a trucking company out to avenge the murder of his brother - a priest. We know from the start who is responsible for the crime, so the film provides us with a front row seat as he sets about tracking down the culprit. It's quit...

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