Road House (1948) 7.3
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him. Director:Jean Negulesco |
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Road House (1948) 7.3
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him. Director:Jean Negulesco |
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| Ida Lupino | ... |
Lily Stevens
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| Cornel Wilde | ... |
Pete Morgan
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| Celeste Holm | ... |
Susie Smith
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| Richard Widmark | ... |
Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins
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O.Z. Whitehead | ... |
Arthur
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Robert Karnes | ... |
Mike
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George Beranger | ... |
Lefty
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Ian MacDonald | ... |
Police Captain
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Grandon Rhodes | ... |
Judge
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Jefty, owner of a roadhouse in a backwoods town, hires sultry, tough-talking torch singer Lily Stevens against the advice of his manager Pete Morgan. Jefty is smitten with Lily, who in turn exerts her charms on the more resistant Pete. When Pete finally falls for her and she turns down Jefty's marriage proposal, they must face Jefty's murderous jealousy and his twisted plots to "punish" the two. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Currently I'm taking a Film Noir class in college and I must say this is one fine piece of work. Ida Lupino is so overwhelming there are no words to express it but Richard Widmark is surely the finest actor in Noir! He was soooooooo creepy - a real human monster. The fight scene in the bar was hysterically funny though. It looked like it had been lifted out of a Western. Cornel Wilde was also sensational and I wish I'd seen this before meeting him years ago.