| Red light (1949) | |
| Director:
Roy Del Ruth Release date: September 30, 1949 Genre: film noir Runtime: 83 minutes Color: black and white Casting: George Raft: Johnny Torno Virginia Mayo: Carla North Gene Lockhart: Warni Hazard Raymond Burr: Nick Cherney Harry Morgan: Rocky Barton MacLane: Strecker detective Arthur Frantz: captain Jess Torno Ken Murray: himself Stanley Clements: groom of the Carlson hotel William Froley: manager of the hotel Arthur Shields: Redmond father Frank Orth: Wallace Stoner Phillip Fucks: Pablo Cabrillo William Phillips: Detective Jim Ryan Movita: Trina Synopsis:
Nick Cherney, in prison to have to divert freight of the Torno company, wants to be avenged for his Johnny owner, person in charge for his imprisonment. When he views a film announcing the triumphal return of the captain Jess Torno, the brother of Johnny, Nick seizes his chance. He charges a comrade, having to leave one week before him, to assassinate Jess counters money. This last carries out the contract and Johnny arrives in his brother right before he does not die. Jess, which is a priest, has time to say to his brother whom he wrote an index in his bible. But Johnny does not find any trace of the bible at Jess and decides to do everything to find it. On his side, Nick tries to approach Johnny with the firm intention to supplement his revenge. He starts to panic when Torno goes up the track of the assassin of Jess… |
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