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How Long Is “Red Lights Ahead”?

Name: Red Lights Ahead
Genre: comedy
Released: 1936-11-29
Duration: 70 min
Cast: Andy Clyde, Lucille Gleason, Frank Coghlan Jr., Roger Imhof, Paula Stone

1h 10m runtime

19371h 10mcomedy

Comedy film with a runtime of 70 minutes, released in 1937. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 10m

Minutes70

One SittingYes

With Break1h 22m

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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. The walls come tumbling down, however, when Whitney is revealed to be a fraud. Happily, Grandpa Tom is able to bail out the family and, having learned a valuable lesson, everyone goes back to their old, more frugal ways.

Runtime Card

Runtime1h 10m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 22m

Movie Facts

Release DateNovember 29, 1936

Runtime1h 10m

LanguageEnglish

Genrescomedy

DirectorRoland D. Reed

ProducerGeorge R. Batcheller

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