Roadhouse Girl (1953)

George Saunders is the middle-aged owner of a roadside garage and pub. Trouble is inevitable when his sexy young wife, Marilyn, gets involved with Tom, the new mechanic.

Director:

Wolf Rilla

Writer:

Wolf Rilla (screenplay)

Stars:

Maxwell Reed, Sandra Dorne, Leslie Dwyer

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Maxwell Reed	...	Tom Price
Sandra Dorne	...	Marilyn Saunders
Leslie Dwyer	...	George Saunders
Vida Hope	...	Rosie
Ferdy Mayne	...	Nicky Everton
Hugh Pryse	...	Coroner
Kenneth Connor	...	Customer in Roadhouse
Ben Williams	...	Jury Foreman
Gerald Rex	...	Minor Role
Hugh Munro	...	Minor Role

Storyline

George Saunders is the middle-aged owner of a roadside garage and pub. Trouble is inevitable when his sexy young wife, Marilyn, gets involved with Tom, the new mechanic.

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Plot Keywords:

young wife | mechanic | lesbian subtext | british noir | seduction | 

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Taglines:

NO ESCAPE...from this kind of woman!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1955 (USA)

Also Known As:

Roadhouse Girl

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Station, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nettlefold Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Opening credits: The Characters and events depicted in this Film are Fictitious, and any similarity to actual persons living or dead or events is purely coincidental.

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Goofs

The petrol pumps seen in the opening scene when Tom Price arrives at George Saunders' garage are a much older design than the ones seen from Tom's window when he looks over the forecourt,

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Quotes

Marilyn Saunders: Don't you dare touch me!
George Saunders: Dare? I'll 'touch' you so you'll remember it for the rest of your miserable days!

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Connections

Featured in Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008)

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Soundtracks

Let's Forget
Sung by Ray Burns

User Reviews

The Mechanic Always Rings Twice

This low budget British film is a version of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, about adultery, passion, a love triangle, and murder, all set around that most British of locations, an independent garage. An interesting cast go through the motions here although it's fair to say that the constraints of the budget mean that the film never really excites or innovates and instead sort of just plods along.

It doesn't help that we've seen this age-old story play out time and again. Maxwell Reed (BLACKOUT) is the heartthrob hero, a drifter who finds employment at the hands of a bad-tempered mechanic (Leslie Dwyer, great but underutilised in a character role). He soon falls for the comely charms of Dwyer's wife, Sandra Dorne, who is a Diana Dors-alike and not a bad actress at all. You can guess the rest of the story, but fun is added from Ferdy Mayne's stalwart suitor and the chance to see Kenneth Connor in a bit part. Although MARILYN is entirely devoid of originality, it's a relatively watchable little piece with plenty of character work going on.