Road House (1948)

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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.

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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>

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Richard Widmark follows 'The Street With No Name' in another tornado of thrills ! See more »


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22 September 1948 (USA)  »

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Road House was director Jean Negulesco's first film for Twentieth Century-Fox. See more »

Quotes

Pete: Now, baby, I'm not trying to rush you.
Lily: [Slaps his face] Silly boy!
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Edited into The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) See more »

Soundtracks

One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
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Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Sung by Ida Lupino
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Intriguing Noir with a Sultry Performance by Ida Lupino
24 October 2003 | by (Ottawa) – See all my reviews

A fascinating, quietly invigorating noir piece from director Jean Negulesco. Richard Widmark is fantastic as the owner of the roadhouse who spoils the marriage of Cornel Wilde and Ida Lupino in the quasi-idyllic setting located in the U.S.-Canadian border. There are two things that kept me fascinated by this odd and satisfying little noir. One is the sultry presence of Ida Lupino as the silky, smooth-voiced torch singer Lily (her rendition of "One for My Baby" is itself precious). Without a doubt this is one of Lupino's best performances. The other is director Negulesco's intriguingly stylish direction: the use of languorous long takes and deep focus, particularly in the misty, smoke-induced finale in the wilderness is quite haunting and expressive. This is the only Negulesco film I've seen. I'm looking forward to this other works.


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