Road House
Summary:
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 contro... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Ida Lupino - (Lily Stevens)
Cornel Wilde - (Pete Morgan)
Celeste Holm - (Susie Smith)
Richard Widmark - (Jefty Robbins)
O.Z. Whitehead - (Arthur)
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Review:
Ida Lupino commissioned the script for this Jean Negulesco noir, and she and Richard Widmark make this otherwise run-of-the-mill feature something of a cult item. Lupino is at her best as the tough, sexy torch singer who Widmark brings in to give some class to his bar/bowling alley stuck incongruously in the middle of deer country... Continue >>
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