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Roadhouse Girl

1953 · 70 min

A taut little noir where desire and guilt simmer under everyday surfaces, pulling you along to a quietly bitter end.

Directed by
Wolf Rilla
Genres
Drama, Crime
Tagline
Bad but Beautiful
Overview
A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.

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Directed by
Wolf Rilla
Genres
Drama, Crime
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • obsession
  • love
  • crime
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Wolf Rilla
Written by
Wolf Rilla
Starring
Sandra Dorne, Maxwell Reed, Leslie Dwyer, Vida Hope, Ferdy Mayne, Hugh Pryse, Kenneth Connor, Ben Williams
Music
Wilfred Burns
Cinematography
Geoffrey Faithfull
Runtime
70 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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