The Roadhouse Murder | |
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Directed by | J. Walter Ruben James Anderson (assistant) |
Screenplay by | J. Walter Ruben Gene Fowler |
Based on | L'Épouvante (novel) by Maurice Level play by Leslie Bush-Fekete (uncredited) |
Produced by | Willis Goldbeck |
Starring | Dorothy Jordan Eric Linden Purnell Pratt Roscoe Ates David Landau |
Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
Edited by | Jack Kitchin |
Music by | Max Steiner |
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Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Roadhouse Murder is a 1932 American pre-Code thriller directed by J. Walter Ruben and written by J. Walter Ruben and Gene Fowler and starring Dorothy Jordan, Eric Linden, Purnell Pratt, Roscoe Ates and David Landau. It was released on April 28, 1932, by RKO Pictures. [1] [2] [3]
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