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RUNTIME
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Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Highways by Night
"DANGER AND DAMES ON THE RACKET ROAD!"
1942 1h 5m EN
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7.3
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★7.3TMDB · 3
AdventureComedyCrimeRomance
Synopsis
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A young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and mobsters.
“DANGER AND DAMES ON THE RACKET ROAD!”
Cast
Richard Carlson
Tommy Van Steel
Jane Randolph
Peggy Fogarty
Jane Darwell
Grandma Fogarty
Barton MacLane
Leo Bronson
Ray Collins
Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
Gordon Jones
'Footsy' Fogarty
Renee Godfrey
Ellen Cromwell
Iris Adrian
Blonde Chorine
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Peter Godfrey
- Writers
- Lynn Root, Clarence Budington Kelland, Frank Fenton
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Peter Godfrey directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 284 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Richard Carlson and Jane Randolph and Jane Darwell carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "DANGER AND DAMES ON THE RACKET ROAD!".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0034853 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 65 min · 1h 5m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Peter Godfrey
Production companies
Who made it
RKO Radio Pictures
US
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- gangster
- truck
- millionaire
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1942-10-02
