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Road House (1948)

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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

Edward Chodorov

May 14, 2009

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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (0) | DVD (2)

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 | Comment
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 | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Road House

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
mjgildea

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Widmark gives a fantastic performance in this movie. That's mainly why I loved it, but the story is interesting and exciting as well.

September 5, 2010
ajv2688

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