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Roadblock is a american film of genre Noir released in USA on 17 september 1951 with Charles McGraw
Roadblock (1951)
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Add to a movie listRoadblock is a 1951 American film noir starring Charles McGraw and Joan Dixon. The 73-minute crime thriller was shot on location in Los Angeles, California. The film was directed by Harold Daniels and the cinematography is by Nicholas Musuraca.
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Insurance investigator Joe Peters (McGraw) and his partner Harry Miller (Louis Jean Heydt) solve a case and prepare to fly home. Joe meets Diane (Dixon) at an airport. She pretends to be his wife without his knowledge in order to get a large discount on the airfare. They wind up sharing a hotel room after a storm forces an unscheduled stop.Actors
Charles McGraw
(Joe Peters)
Joan Dixon
(Diane Morley)
Lowell Gilmore
(Kendall Webb)
Milburn Stone
(Ray Egan)
Louis Jean Heydt
(Harry Miller)
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