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Road House

1948 · 95 min

A brooding noir that tightens like a trap, mixing smoky torch songs with jealous obsession and a slow, uneasy dread.

Tagline
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.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • love
  • justice
  • isolation
Places
  • single country house
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, drama, romance
Directed by
Jean Negulesco
Written by
Edward Chodorov
Starring
Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark, O.Z. Whitehead, Robert Karnes, George Beranger, Ian MacDonald
Music
Alfred Newman, Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography
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Runtime
95 min
Country
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Languages
English

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