Road House

Sep 22, 1948

1h 35m

★ 6.8

There's nothing like a woman to come between men!

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Road House Trailers

Cast

Lily Stevens

Ida Lupino

Pete Morgan

Cornel Wilde

Susie Smith

Celeste Holm

Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins

Richard Widmark

Arthur

O.Z. Whitehead

Mike

Robert Karnes

Lefty

George Beranger

Police captain

Ian MacDonald

Judge

Grandon Rhodes

Policeman

Ray Teal

Man

Lee MacGregor

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