The Crooked Road

A blackmail threat from an old prison buddy compels a man who has gone straight to consider yet another crime.

Cast

Edmund Lowe

as Danny Driscoll / John Vincent / George Atwater

Irene Hervey

as Louise Dalton

Henry Wilcoxon

as Bob Trent

Paul Fix

as Nick Romero

Arthur Loft

as Carl Gobel

Claire Carleton

as Virgie Gobel

Charles Lane

as Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney

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