Movie
Road House
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1948-09-22
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ida Lupino as Lily Stevens
- Cornel Wilde as Pete Morgan
- Celeste Holm as Susie Smith
- Richard Widmark as Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins
- O.Z. Whitehead as Arthur
- Robert Karnes as Mike
- George Beranger as Lefty
- Ian MacDonald as Police captain
- Grandon Rhodes as Judge
- Ray Teal as Policeman
- Lee MacGregor as Man
- Heinie Conklin as Man with Newspaper /Court Clerk (uncredited)
Crew
- Jean Negulesco - Director
- Edward Chodorov - Screenplay
- Margaret Gruen - Story
- Oscar Saul - Story
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