Characters & Themes
Roadhouse Nights (1930) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1930 · 68 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Hobart Henley
- Starring
- Jimmy Durante, Charles Ruggles, Helen Morgan, Leo Donnelly, Joe King, Eddie Jackson
An ultra‑rare adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel, the film loosely follows the author’s seminal gang‑war story Red Harvest. Even in the relatively permissive pre‑Code era the source material was deemed too brutal and cynical, prompting a toned‑down cinematic version that still hints at the novel’s dark, violent atmosphere.
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