Roadhouse Nights

This movie was originally based on Dashiell Hammett's first book Red Harvest. However, multiple re-writes have led it to be nothing like the hard-boiled detective novel. I have read Red Harvest and thought I'd see how close this movie came. Aside from having bootleggers, coppers, and a female leading character, nothing is the same. I can't even be sure which movie character is supposed to represent which character in the book.

Even accounting for the movie's age, I did not find it that entertaining, although Jimmu Durante's first movie appearance was interesting and well done. For those under the age of 60, Jimmy Durante was a vaudeville and later movie comedian famous for his large nose.