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Lights of New York

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Original title

Lights of New York

Year

1928

Running time

57 min.

Country

United States

Director

Bryan Foy

Screenwriter

Hugh Herbert, Murray Roth

Cast

Cinematography

Edwin B. DuPar

Producer

Warner Bros., The Vitaphone Corporation

Genre

Drama | Crime

Synopsis

The plot of the film centers around Eddie (Cullen Landis), a young kid from upstate New York who is conned into fronting for a speakeasy on Broadway. There is a chorus-girl with a heart of gold (top-billed Helene Costello), a cop-killing gangster boss, Hawk Miller (Wheeler Oakman) and his downtrodden ex-girlfriend (Gladys Brockwell). With the cops closing in on him, Hawk needs a fall guy. Planting contraband in poor Eddie's shop, the gang leader then instructs his henchmen to "take him for a ride" But Eddie escapes his "ride," and there is a final confrontation. Just as all hope seems lost, Hawk is killed by persons unknown. The murder weapon, however, belongs to the chorus girl and she is about to be arrested by Detective Crosby (Robert Elliott), when the real murderer—Miller's downtrodden ex-girlfriend—gives herself up.

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Lights of New York

1928

Bryan Foy