Red Lights Ahead (1936)

Comedy Family

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.

Updated May 28 2020

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1936-11-28

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Runtime: 70 mins Rating: 5.0 Tag Line: RIOTOUS! The intriguing story of the reckless Wallaces...plunging rashly down the dizzy course of their mad life...never heeding danger signals!

Cast

Ben Alexander

George Wallace

Ann Doran

Mary Wallace

Eleanor Stewart

Celeste - the Maid

Roger Imhof

Pa Wallace

Sam Flint

Franklin Q. Whitney

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Willie Wallace

Lucile Gleason

Molly 'Ma' Wallace

Andy Clyde

Grandpa Hopkins

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