
Roadblock
Hot lead and cold cash outside the law!
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Release Date
9/17/1951Runtime
73 minsGenres
Overview
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
Status
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EnglishBudget
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A stylish noir about a decent man undone by desire and greed, where a femme fatale and the promise of easy money set him on an inevitable spiral into crime and moral ruin.
Mood
MelancholicTense
Themes
CorruptionBetrayalClassObsession
Tone
Matter-of-fact
Pacing
Steady
Look
High-contrastNaturalistic
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence

Charles McGraw
Joe Peters

Joan Dixon
Diane Morley

Lowell Gilmore
Kendall Webb

Louis Jean Heydt
Harry Miller

Milburn Stone
Ray Egan

Joseph Crehan
Thompson (uncredited)

Peter Brocco
Bank Heist Man (uncredited)
John Butler
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
George Hoagland
Bar Patron (uncredited)

Harry Lauter
Saunders (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe
Policeman at Brissard's (uncredited)
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