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A tough businessman (George Raft) searches for a hotel Bible he thinks will lead him to his brother's killer.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 03/19/2004
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Roy Del Ruth directs a routine film noir infused with themes of revenge and religion. Go to Full Review
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Michael T Jul 23 George Raft portrays a man who struggles between doing God's will, and his own will. He wants vengeance for his brother, the murdered priest, but his brother had told him not to kill, before he died. And so George struggles between his overpowering emotion, screaming deep inside for revenge--and that quiet voice of God's will, given to him by his own dying brother--and by his girlfriend, who also insisted that he not kill. In the end, the killer is destroyed by his own evil, as George stops himself from killing the killer, in effect listening to a Power greater than himself. And so this movie displays a fascinating spiritual dilemma: act upon raw emotion for what we want to do , or listen to that quiet voice within us--and do what we need to do for ourselves--and follow God's will for us, instead. It was not God's will for George Raft to murder in revenge, as he had wanted to--and then by doing so turn himself into the same kind of murderer that he had hated. But rather, as it played out, the murderer's own evil ended up destroying him, without George Raft having to intervene--and so George chose to, and did not have to, turn to the evil, that he had so hated. A rather fascinating spiritual story. See more j f @LiberteBurrows 07/25/2024 Solid cinematography. See more James P 07/21/2024 Great noir cinematography. Bad acting by George Raft. Harry Morgan interesting villian. See more deke p 02/04/2022 1949 !! GEORGE RAFT, VIRGINIA MAYO, RAYMOND BURR. Very religious music, Bible verses & church scenes. Crime mystery, revenge story. I recognized CARMEL beach & Carmel MISSION! Raft, angry with God, breaks the church stained glass window & then ashamed he writes check for $20 to cover it. wm. frawley bit part as hotel clerk. Never heardo before saw on The Movie Channel 13.3, Feb 3, 2022. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 04/20/2018 Red Light is a boring film. It is about a former employee of a trucking company who is in prison for embezzling the company. George Raft and Virginia Mayo give horrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. Roy Del Ruth did a terrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. See more 01/06/2015 a fair to good B movie film noir and Raymond Burr a bad guy to worth a viewing. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A tough businessman (George Raft) searches for a hotel Bible he thinks will lead him to his brother's killer.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Producer
Roy Del Ruth
Screenwriter
George Callahan
Production Co
Roy Del Ruth Productions
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 4, 2014
Runtime
1h 23m