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Road House

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Original title

Road House

Year

1948

Running time

95 min.

Country

United States

Director

Jean Negulesco

Screenwriter

Edward Chodorov. Story: Margaret Gruen, Oscar Saul

Cast

Music

Cyril J. Mockridge

Cinematography

Joseph LaShelle (B&W)

Producer

20th Century Fox

Genre

Film noir. Drama. Romance | Friendship. Jealousy. Melodrama

Synopsis

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.

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Road House

1948

Jean Negulesco

6.8

(371)