Red Lights Ahead

Overview

A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian Andy Clyde starred as Grandpa Tom Hopkins who, after selling his junk business, moves in with daughter Molly (Lucille Gleason), her husband Ed (Roger Imhof), and their children Mary (Ann Doran), Edna (Paula Stone), George (Ben Alexander, and Willie (Frank Coghlan Jr.). Ed, who is a member of the town lodge "the Whales," is persuaded by Whitney (Sam Flint) the "Grand Harpoon," to buy $5,000 worth of shares in a promising gold mine, mortgaging the family home to do so. Soon the family is rich and everyone except Molly takes on airs.

Cast

Andy Clyde

Grandpa Hopkins

Lucile Gleason

Molly 'Ma' Wallace

Roger Imhof

Ed "Pa" Wallace

Ben Alexander

George Wallace

Ann Doran

Mary Wallace

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Willie Wallace

Paula Stone

Edna Wallace

Jack Randall

Nordingham

Sam Flint

Franklin Q. Whitney

Eleanor Stewart

Celeste - the Maid

N/A

Herbert Clifton

Perkins