Road House (1946)
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Features
• Black & White
• HiFi Sound
• NTSC
In Theaters : 22 September, 1948
Video Release : 01 January, 1998 |
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Road House (1946) Customer Reviews
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Mediocre menage a quatre
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Jean Negulesco's "Road House" is an average film noir melodrama that gains some credence due to the acting performances of Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino.
Widmark plays Jefty Robbins adolescent minded rich guy and owner of a roadhouse and bowling alley in the backwoods near the Canadian border. His best friend and manager of the place is Pete Morgan played by an athletic and muscular Cornel Wilde. Wilde doesn't approve when Widmark hires life hardened and gravelly voiced Lily Stevens played by Ida Lupino as entertainment for the club. Not a bad opinion as Lupino has no voice.
Widmark immediately falls for Lupino but the feeling isn't mutual when he proposes to her. She has deep feelings for Wilde who had previously been attached to roadhouse cashier Susie played by Celeste Holm. While Widmark is away on a hunting trip, Wilde and Lupino's relationship blooms. When Widmark learns of this he becomes insanely jealous.
Widmark frames Wilde for the theft of $2000 for which he's unjustly convicted. In lieu of a prison sentence , Widmark convinces the judge to parole Wilde to him. Now he can torment Wilde and Lupino holding them as virtual prisoners to cater to his psychotic whims.
Widmark, a film noir master, displays his talent in portraying another character with a twisted personality. Lupino also nicely plays a classic tough broad with a tender heart in this film. |
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