Road House (1948 film)

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Road House
Road House movie poster
Directed by	Jean Negulesco
Produced by	Edward Chodorov
Written by	Edward Chodorov Margaret Gruen (story) Oscar Saul (story)
Starring	Ida Lupino Cornel Wilde
Cinematography	Joseph LaShelle
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s)	September 22, 1948 (U.S. release)
Running time	95 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

Road House is a 1948 film noir directed by Jean Negulesco for Twentieth Century-Fox. The story of Lily Stevens (Lupino) who takes a job as a singer at a roadhouse - complete with bowling alley. When Lily dumps the owner Jefty (Widmark) for his boyhood friend Pete Morgan (Wilde), problems begin. They only get worse when Jefty is rejected after proposing to Lily, causing Jefty to go on a murderous rage.

Lupino sings the classic Johnny Mercer song "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" in the film.

Contents 1 Reaction 2 Featured cast 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Reaction

Writer Spencer Selby calls the film an "interesting melodrama that has a crisp forties look and slowly builds to a noirish climax." ^[1]

Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward's Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference says the film "impresses first of all with its sharp dialogue exchanges between the characters and the bizarre look of the interiors" referring to the at once modern and rustic road house. ^[2]

[edit] Featured cast

Actor	Role
Ida Lupino	Lily Stevens
Cornel Wilde	Pete Morgan
Celeste Holm	Susie Smith
Richard Widmark	Jefty Robbins
O.Z. Whitehead	Arthur
Robert Karnes	Mike
George Beranger	Lefty
Ian MacDonald	Police captain
Grandon Rhodes	Judge
Jack G. Lee	Sam

[edit] External links

• Senses of Cinema review

• Film Noir Alley commentary

[edit] References

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