Roadblock (1951)
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An insurance investigator, a dame with a yen for the finer things in life and a mail robbery gone horribly wrong are the ingredients in this low-budget but highly engrossing film noir. Charles McGraw and Louis Jean Heydt are tough insurance agents but their partnership comes in for some rough sailing when he former falls head over heels for Joan Dixon, a lady apparently not averse to letting herself be wined and dined by an obvious gang leader (Lowell Gilmore). In an attempt to win the lady's favors, McGraw concocts a plan to rob a mail train insured by his own company. Too late does he discover that the girl is perfectly willing to accept him as he is. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Starring:
- Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, (more)
- Director(s):
- Harold Daniels, Harold Daniels, (more)
Synopsis of Roadblock
An insurance investigator, a dame with a yen for the finer things in life and a mail robbery gone horribly wrong are the ingredients in this low-budget but highly engrossing film noir. Charles McGraw and Louis Jean Heydt are tough insurance agents but their partnership comes in for some rough sailing when he former falls head over heels for Joan Dixon, a lady apparently not averse to letting herself be wined and dined by an obvious gang leader (Lowell Gilmore). In an attempt to win the lady's favors, McGraw concocts a plan to rob a mail train insured by his own company. Too late does he discover that the girl is perfectly willing to accept him as he is. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
Complete Cast of Roadblock
- Charles McGraw - Joe Peters
- Lowell Gilmore - Kendall Webb
- Milburn Stone - Egan
- Peter Brocco - Bank Heist Man
- Joe Forte - Brissard
- David McMahon - Radio Operator
- Janette Scott - Mrs. MacDonald
- Martha Mears - Singer at Larry's Club
- Howard Negley - Police Captain
- Clarence Straight - Talbot
- Joey Ray - Hood
- Harold Landon - Bartender at Larry's Club
- John Butler - Hotel Clerk
- Joan Dixon - Diane
- Louis Jean Heydt - Harry Miller
- Joseph Crehan - Thompson
- Barry Brooks - Policeman
- Harry Lauter - Saunders
- Steve Roberts - De Vita
- Dave Willock - Airport Clerk
- Phyllis Planchard - Bobbie Webb
- Richard Irving - Partos
- Dewey Robinson - Mike the Bartender
- Frank Marlowe - Policeman
- Jean Dean - Airline Hostess
- Director(s):
- Harold Daniels, Harold Daniels
- Writer(s):
- George Bricker, Steve Fisher
- Producer(s):
- Lewis Rachmil
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