Double Cross Roads

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Double Cross Roads
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Directed by Alfred L. Werker
George E. Middleton
Written by George S. Brooks
Howard Estabrook
William R. Lipman (novel)
Starring Robert Ames
Lila Lee
Edythe Chapman
Cinematography Joseph H. August
Sol Halperin
Edited by Jack Dennis
Music by George Lipschultz
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • April 20, 1930 (1930-04-20)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

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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.

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References

  1. Goble, p. 742

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