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Roses Are Red

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A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1947-11-10

Runtime: 67 mins

Director: James Tinling

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Crime

Original title: Roses Are Red

Production Companies: Sol M. Wurtzel Productions

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Robert A. Thorne / Don Carney

Don Castle

Martha McCormack

Peggy Knudsen

Jill Carney

Patricia Knight

Police Lt. Rocky Wall

Joe Sawyer

Jim Locke

Edward Keane

John Jones aka The Knuckle

Jeff Chandler

Duke Arno

Charles McGraw

Lipton

Charles Lane

George 'Buster' Cooley

Paul Guilfoyle

Ace Oliver (as Doug Fowley)

Douglas Fowley

Ray (as James Aurness)

James Arness

Landlady

Jody Gilbert

Weston

Ray Teal

Cleaning Lady

Mary Gordon

Reviews

Geronimo1967

B-lister Don Castle doubles up here as a paroled hoodlum ("Carney") who bears a striking resemblance to the local DA ("Thorne"). When the latter is kidnapped, the plan is for him to be substituted by the felon who can then do the bidding of local kingpin, the wheelchair bound "Locke" (Edward Keane). Before they can implement their cunning plan, though, the prisoner manages to free himself and assumes the role of of his own would-be impersonator, and just in the nick of time too. Now it is up to "Thorne" to set a trap for the criminals and to avoid detection - especially perilous when the other man's wife (Patricia Knight) shows up. Surely she will spot the difference and turn him in? We've seen the plot once or twice before so we don't get anything new, but the story is still quite a quickly paced, watchable affair with Jeff Chandler curiously cast as the baddie's enforcer-in-chief. Joe Sawyer is also quite effective as the copper "Lt. Rocky" and despite the rather unhelpful title, it kills an hour well enough.

2022-07-07

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