Roadblock

Roadblock

1951 · 73 min · EN · NR · 5.7 (19 votes)
Dir. Harold Daniels · Starring Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore, Louis Jean Heydt, Milburn Stone, Joseph Crehan · Music Paul Sawtell

Hot lead and cold cash outside the law!

Crime

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

VIBE

A smoky, morally ambiguous dive into the dark side of L.A. where desire and desperation collide. Expect shadows, double-crosses, and the suffocating weight of bad choices in this classic tale of corruption.

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