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"THERE'S TROUBLE AHEAD!"

Sep 30 1949 Approved 1h 23m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, 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.

Plot

Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at John Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess...who, dying, tells revenge-minded John that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, John obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room. Meanwhile, Nick himself gets out with murder still in his heart. But another factor is in play that none of them (except the murdered Jess) had planned on.

Written by

George Callahan, Charles Grayson, Don 'Red' Barry

Directed by

Roy Del Ruth

Cast

George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Gene Lockhart

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Roy Del Ruth Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,672
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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