Road to the Big House

Road to the Big House
Film poster
Directed byWalter Colmes
Written byAubrey Wisberg
Based onstory "The Dark Road" by Wisberg
Produced byexecutive
Robert L. Lippert
StarringJohn Shelton
Production
company
Somerset Productions
Distributed byScreen Guild Productions
Release date
  • December 13, 1947 (1947-12-13)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Road to the Big House is a 1947 American crime drama film directed by Walter Colmes. It was based on a script by Aubrey Wisberg.

It was also known as The Dark Road.

Plot

Cast

Production

The film was made by a new company, Somerset Pictures, established in 1947 by Walter Combes, Solly Levenstn and Jake Milstein. It followed their first film The Burning Cross.[1]

Somerset announced their third film would be about teachers' salaries. But it appears to have not been made.[2]

References

  1. ^ "FILMLAND BRIEFS". Los Angeles Times. May 21, 1947. ProQuest 165768143.
  2. ^ Scheuer, P. K. (Aug 21, 1947). "DRAMA AND FILM". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165747833.


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