Don Castle

Peggy Knudsen

Patricia Knight

Joe Sawyer

Edward Keane

Jeff Chandler

Charles McGraw

Charles Lane

Paul Guilfoyle

Douglas Fowley

James Arness

Jody Gilbert

Ray Teal

Mary Gordon

Benjamin H. Kline

James Tinling

Irving Elman

Frank Baldridge

Rudy Schrager

Walter Koessler

Howard Sheehan

Maurice Vaccarino

Sol M. Wurtzel

Albert Greenwood

Perry Finnerman

Clifford R. Gans

John R. Carter

Drama

Crime

Roses Are Red

Sol M. Wurtzel Productions

United States of America

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B-lister Don Castle doubles up here as a paroled hoodlum ("Carney") who bears a striking resemblance to the local DA ("Thorne"). When the latter is kidnapped, the plan is for him to be substituted by the felon who can then do the bidding of local kingpin, the wheelchair bound "Locke" (Edward Keane). Before they can implement their cunning plan, though, the prisoner manages to free himself and assumes the role of of his own would-be impersonator, and just in the nick of time too. Now it is up to "Thorne" to set a trap for the criminals and to avoid detection - especially perilous when the other man's wife (Patricia Knight) shows up. Surely she will spot the difference and turn him in? We've seen the plot once or twice before so we don't get anything new, but the story is still quite a quickly paced, watchable affair with Jeff Chandler curiously cast as the baddie's enforcer-in-chief. Joe Sawyer is also quite effective as the copper "Lt. Rocky" and despite the rather unhelpful title, it kills an hour well enough.

English