Road House

Road House

6.7IMDb Score
Released:1948-09-22
Genre:Thriller, Drama, Romance
Duration:95 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Jean Negulesco
Actors:Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark, O.Z. Whitehead
Production:20th Century Fox

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.

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