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.
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 Fr. Jess Torno
Ken Murray
as Ken Murray
Stanley Clements
as Carlson Hotel Bellhop
William Frawley
as Hotel Night Clerk
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...