Fifty Roads to Town

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Movie Info

In this film, Don Ameche is called upon to testify in his married friends' divorce case. Unwilling to take sides, he skips town and hides out at a country inn. A girl stumbles into Ameche's rural hideaway; she thinks he's an escaped gangster, while he thinks she's a process server.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Romance
Directed By:

Norman Taurog
Written By:

William Conselman, George Marion Jr.
Runtime:

81 minutes
Studio:

20th Century Fox

Cast

Don Ameche
as Peter Nostrand

Ann Sothern
as Millicent Kendall

George "Slim" Summerville
as Ed Henry

Douglas Fowley
as Dutch Nelson

Jane Darwell
as Mrs. Henry

John Qualen
as Sheriff Daw

Allan Lane
as Leroy Smedley

Alan Dinehart
as Jerome R.Q. Kendall

Stepin Fetchit
as Percy

Paul Hurst
as Tom

Spencer Charters
as George Hession

DeWitt Jennings
as Capt. Galloway

Bradley Page
as Pinelli

Oscar Apfel
as Smorgen

John Hamilton
as Captain Carroll

Russell Hicks
as Police Official

Arthur Ayleswofth
as Deputy

Jim Toney
as Deputy

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Critic Reviews for Fifty Roads to Town

All Critics (1) | Fresh (1)

Most of the situations and all the characters in Fifty Roads to Town have been seen before on the screen, but the director has recombined them with a speed and variety that helps to make up for their lack of originality.

Oct 11, 2019 | Full Review…

Ann Ross
Maclean's Magazine