Double Cross Roads

1930 film

  • April 20, 1930 (1930-04-20)
Running time
64 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Double Cross Roads is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film directed by George E. Middleton and Alfred L. Werker and starring Robert Ames, Lila Lee and Edythe Chapman.[1] It was produced and distributed by Fox Film, recorded on the Movietone sound system.

Plot

Ex-convict David Harvey attempts to go straight and settles in a small town where he meets and falls in love with Mary Carlyle. His former gang tries to persuade him to take part in a robbery of a wealthy woman but he refuses until discovering that Mary is in league with the gang.

Cast

  • Robert Ames as David Harvey
  • Lila Lee as Mary Carlyle
  • Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Carlyle
  • Montagu Love as Gene Dyke
  • Ned Sparks as Happy Max
  • Thomas E. Jackson as Deuce Wilson
  • Charlotte Walker as Mrs. Tilton
  • George MacFarlane as Warden
  • William V. Mong as Caleb
  • Thomas Jefferson as Caretaker
  • Roscoe Ates as Ticket Agent
  • Yola d'Avril as Happy Max's Moll
  • Bill Elliott as Party Guest
  • J. Carrol Naish as Dyke's Lookout / Driver
  • Charles Sullivan as Barman
  • Harry Tenbrook as Wilson's Driver

References

  1. ^ Goble, p. 742

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Double Cross Roads at IMDb
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