Red Lights Ahead
1936, English. Directed by Roland D. Reed.
RIOTOUS! The intriguing story of the reckless Wallaces...plunging rashly down the dizzy course of their mad life...never heeding danger signals!
A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian Andy Clyde starred as Grandpa Tom Hopkins who, after selling his junk business, moves in with daughter Molly (Lucille Gleason), her husband Ed (Roger Imhof), and their children Mary (Ann Doran), Edna (Paula Stone), George (Ben Alexander, and Willie (Frank Coghlan Jr.). Ed, who is a member of the town lodge "the Whales," is persuaded by Whitney (Sam Flint) the "Grand Harpoon," to buy $5,000 worth of shares in a promising gold mine, mortgaging the family home to do so. Soon the family is rich and everyone except Molly takes on airs.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Roland D. ReedDirector
- Andy ClydeGrandpa Hopkins
- Lucile GleasonMolly 'Ma' Wallace
- Roger ImhofEd "Pa" Wallace
- Ben AlexanderGeorge Wallace
- Ann DoranMary Wallace
- Frank Coghlan Jr.Willie Wallace
- Paula StoneEdna Wallace
- Jack RandallNordingham
- Sam FlintFranklin Q. Whitney
- Eleanor StewartCeleste - the Maid
- Herbert CliftonPerkins
Details
- Released
- 28 November 1936
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Robert Ellis, Helen Logan
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Red Lights Ahead (1936) was directed by Roland D. Reed and stars Andy Clyde, Lucile Gleason, Roger Imhof.