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Road House (Fox Film Noir)

Ida Lupino (Actor), Cornel Wilde (Actor), Jean Negulesco (Director) Rated:

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Ida Lupino is a singer working at Richard Widmark's club. When she falls for Cornel Wilde, Widmark goes berserk.

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Road House has acquired a cult as a prime film noir. Certainly the title location is archetypal, a lounge and bowling alley up toward the Canadian border, and Ida Lupino and Richard Widmark make the most of flavorful roles that would qualify them as exemplary noir denizens even if they hadn't established that elsewhere. He's the second-generation owner of the place who's never been obliged to grow up. She's a somewhat shopworn dame he's brought back from Chicago to play the piano and sing. He--Jefty's the name, by the way--decides to marry her, and is unhinged enough not to realize he needs to ask first. She, meanwhile, has been rubbing Jefty's sobersides right-hand man (Cornel Wilde) the wrong way, and both of them are getting to like it. Fairly psychotic vengeance ensues.

This was director Jean Negulesco's first film for Fox, pretty much coinciding with his career peak of Johnny Belinda, a Warner Bros. picture that would bring him an Oscar nomination. Yet Road House is a frustratingly mixed bag. The writing boasts expert three-cushion dialogue--which Lupino delivers deftly--but the script is poorly structured overall. (Screenwriter-producer Edward Chodorov was appropriating material from another crazy-young-fellow movie he'd worked on, MGM's 1942 Rage in Heaven.) Cinematographer Joseph (Laura) LaShelle's lighting and setups are characteristically artful and glossy, but he's obliged to make too many studio "exteriors" look good--a standard cheat in that era, but more irksome than usual because the ostensible location cries out for legitimacy (couldn't they have gone to Lake Arrowhead at least?). Totally on the plus side, however, Ida really does sing and, for the first time in her career, is not dubbed; as Celeste Holm's character notes in admiration and envy, "She does more without a voice than anyone I ever heard." Musical highlights: "One for My Baby" and "Again." --Richard T. Jameson

Special features

Commentary by film noir historians Kim Morgan and Eddie Muller
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox featurette
Interactive pressbook
Still photo galleries

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Actors: Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark, Charles Flynn
Directors: Jean Negulesco
Format: Black & White, Subtitled
Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
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Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: September 2, 2008
Run Time: 95 minutes
Average Customer Review: 84 customer reviews
ASIN: B001CC7PM6
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Must see for anyone who loves fine old movies.

ByRussell Son March 23, 2017

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Cornel Wilde, Richard Widmark, Celeste Holm And Ida Lupino. The Roadhouse is a cabin/hotel/bowling alley/night clubby place situated up near the Canadian border on the American side. Widmark owns it, Wilde Manages it, Holm works there and Lupino comes on as the entertainment. Piano and singer and totally unimpressive. Just as unimpressive as she leaves her cigs burning everywhere and burns all the furniture. Well she is a hit and she romances Cornel even though, Widmark wants her and Celeste wants Cornel....such confusion. I loved the story even though it had its predictable moments and loved all the cast even the support except for Ida Lupino, I never cared for her as an actress. This is a definite must see for all film noir fans or even fans of just good old movies. I won't tell you what begins to happen but best buds, Cornel and Richard fall apart.

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Another good old film noir movie

ByAmazon Customeron January 22, 2015

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Really can't add much to the already several reviews of this movie, but did enjoy it...good "film noir" flick with great cast...one to add to anyone's collection of those types of movies. I am not sure why I didn't purchase this movie earlier, but glad that I did, and recommend it to others.

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Good movie

ByC Bon September 5, 2017

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I'm a fan of Cornel Wildes and Ida Lupino's, and I thought this was a good movie.
Also Richard Widmark did a very good bad guy, as usual.

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Good evenings entertainment

ByJess F.on April 10, 2017

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Great film noir. Fast delivery and great price.

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So-So Noir

ByK. Alexandrakison May 2, 2017

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I love film noir, which is why I bought this movie. It is all right, but seems to be missing some plot development. Roadhouse owner Jefty (Richard Widmark) entices a throaty-voiced cabaret singer Lily Stevens (Ida Lupino) from Chicago, to work at his rural establishment, a combination piano bar, bowling alley, and lodge. Generally known for loving-and-leaving his female companions in short order, he really falls for Lily. But she prefers his good-guy assistant Pete Morgan (Cornel Wilde), who in turn is idolized by another roadhouse employee, Susie Smith (Celeste Holm). Pete and Lily inevitably get together while Jefty's out of town on a hunting trip; when he returns, and finds out, his jealousy flares, especially since he's somehow arrived at the conclusion he & Lily are meant to marry. Jefty then sets-up Pete so that it looks like he's robbed the roadhouse of its weekly receipts, but asks for a suspended sentence, so he can keep Pete nearby and eventually wreak murderous revenge on him for 'stealing' Lily. Little is explained as to why Jefty (and Pete) are so crazy about Lily, we're just expected to accept they are. Personally, I thought Celeste Holm quite attractive, and wondered why neither of the men were interested in her. Maybe because she was so familiar, as to have become invisible? Who knows.

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Four Stars

ByUs Bank Gift Cardon June 28, 2017

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fantastic.

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JEAN NEGULESCO, OPUS 9

ByDaniel S.on November 11, 2008

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**** 1948. Directed by Jean Negulesco. When Lily Stevens is hired by Jefty to sing in his bar/bowling, everybody knows that Lily will soon be his mistress. But she's rather attracted by Jefty's friend and employee Pete Morgan. Jefty will imagine an ingenious scheme to get his revenge. ROAD HOUSE is a film I've always enjoyed very much for years. I particularly like the first part of the movie until Pete Morgan's trial. Ida Lupino clearly overshadows Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm and Richard Widmark then with her hoarse voice and her sexy wardrobe. I also like a lot the bowling lesson given to her by Cornel Wilde. The last part of ROAD HOUSE is more outdated and the final game hunting reminded me at times of The Most Dangerous Game - Criterion Collection. But, all in all, I highly recommend ROAD HOUSE, a film that will defintively stay in ma library.

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Nice acting from four major stars, two of them in their near-earliest roles.

Byscooterloveron July 18, 2015

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Very fast delivery--thank you, Amazon. Beautiful film quality and sound. Four first-rate actors turn out virtuoso performances in this drama. Richard Widmark was nearly brand new but already perfect as the wicked, giggling tormentor. Cornel Wilde shows he's not just a beautiful face--he can actually act! Celeste Holm should have made more movies than she did--she preferred the stage. And Ida Lupino's performance is among her best. On the negative side there are a lot of improbabilities. A ridiculous bar fight scene in which Wilde and another fool beat each other up, completely destroying everything that can be broken or shattered, while nobody tries to break up the fight--in fact customers and bar owners alike stand around and cheer. When the fight ends they shake Cornel's hand and smile, carefully stepping through 3 inches of broken glass on the floor. A touch of reality wouldn't have done this movie a bit of harm. But the acting from the four stars makes this worth watching.