The Wrong Road
1937 | 62m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | James Cruze |
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| Writer: | Gordon Rigby, Eric Taylor |
| Staring: |
| A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator and the husband's old cellmate, who has decided that he wants a cut of the money. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 11, 1937 |
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| Director: | James Cruze |
| Writer: | Gordon Rigby, Eric Taylor |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | release from prison, insurance investigator, hidden loot |
| Production Companies | Republic Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Cromwell | Jimmy Caldwell |
| Helen Mack | Ruth Holden |
| Lionel Atwill | Mike Roberts |
| Horace McMahon | Blackie Clayton |
| Russ Powell | Chief Ira Foster |
| Billy Bevan | McLean |
| Marjorie Main | Martha Foster |
| Rex Evans | Victor J. Holbrook |
| Joseph Crehan | District Attorney |
| Arthur Hoyt | Beamish |
| Syd Saylor | Big Hobo |
| Chester Clute | Dan O'Fearna |
| Selmer Jackson | Judge |
| Lane Chandler | Detective (uncredited) |
| Richard Cramer | Detective (uncredited) |
| Jack Perrin | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Claire Du Brey | Matron (uncredited) |
| Gordon Hart | Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| Sidney Bracey | Waiter (Uncredited) |
| Gladden James | Bank Official (uncredited) |
| James A. Marcus | Parole Board Member (uncredited) |
| Forbes Murray | Parole Board Chairman (uncredited) |
| Frank O'Connor | Man at Auction (uncredited) |
| Larry Steers | Man at Auction (uncredited) |
| Ferris Taylor | Bidder (uncredited) |
| Ralph Dunn | Convict (uncredited) |
| Earl Askam | Convict (uncredited) |
| Blackie Whiteford | Convict (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | Convict (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gordon Rigby | Screenplay, Original Story |
| Eric Taylor | Screenplay |
| Alberto Colombo | Original Music Composer, Music Director |
| Ernest Miller | Director of Photography |
| William Morgan | Editor |
| Eloise | Costume Design |
| Thomas Flood | Assistant Director |
| Murray Seldeen | Supervising Editor |
| Walter Compton | Publicist |
| James Cruze | Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Colbert Clark | Producer |
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