Road House (1948)

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Release Date: Sep 22, 1948 Wide

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Richard Widmark plays the borderline-psycho owner of a combination road house and bowling alley. Widmark's singer, Ida Lupino, begins exhibiting an interest in his manager, Cornel Wilde. To get even with Wilde, Widmark frames him on a robbery charge, then has the unlucky fellow released in his custody. The sadistic Widmark takes every opportunity to flaunt his control over Conte, but this only serves to deepen the relationship between Wilde and Lupino. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: Jean Negulesco

Written By: Edward Chodorov

In Theaters: Sep 22, 1948 Wide

On DVD: May 14, 2009

Cast

Ida Lupino
Lily Stevens
Cornel Wilde
Pete Morgan
Celeste Holm
Susie Smith
Richard Widmark
Jefty Robbins
O.Z. Whitehead
Arthur
Robert Karnes
Mike
George Andre Beranger
Lefty
Ian MacDonald
Police Captain
Grandon Rhodes
Judge
Robert Cherry
Pinboy
Charles "Heinie" Conklin
Court Clerk
Clancy Cooper
Policeman at Club
Jack Edwards
Charles Flynn
Policeman
Robert Foulk
Policeman
Douglas Gerrard
Waiter
Lee MacGregor
Man
Marion Marshall
Millie
Kathleen O'Malley
Woman
Harry Seymour
Desk Clerk
Ray Teal
Policeman
Cecil Weston
Woman
Tom Moore
Foreman
Don Kohler
Man
Edgar Caldwell
Man
Geraldine Jordan
Woman
Jack Lee
Sam
Blanche Taylor
Girl

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A minor classic of forties film noir with major pleasures, Road House is an unusual, and unusually fascinating, variation on the genre.

January 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Turner Classic Movies Online

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Sean Axmaker

Turner Classic Movies Online

A strange cultish love-triangle film noir directed by the gifted Jean Negulesco.

February 10, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Road House is kind of a tough movie for me to form an opinion of. It's not really noir, kind of but not really. It takes place in this claustrophobic bar/bowling alley/lodge place and this weird love triangle thing is going on, I don't know. Ida Lupino is great as usual and her singing voice serves as a parallel for

June 17, 2008