Red Light (1949) Noir 480p George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Raymond Burr

Crime | Drama | Noir | USA | B&W | 83min Cast: George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Gene Lockhart, Raymond Burr, Harry Morgan, Barton MacLane, Arthur Franz, William Frawley Nick Cherney Raymond Burr), in prison for embezzling from the Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno(George Raft) through his young priest brother. He pays a fellow prisoner, 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. Based on the short story "This Guy Gideon" by Don 'Red' Barry. Producer/director Roy Del Ruth bought the rights to that story, but hated the title. So he also bought the rights to Weldon Reeder's short story "Red Light" just so he could use the film's title for this movie. A United Artists 1949 publicity release for newspapers stated: "The sweaters and skirts Virginia Mayo wears in "Red Light" were all purchased in Paris, when Miss Mayo was there after attending a Command Performace in London. They were designed by the famous French dressmaker, Henri de la Penses."