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Road House

There's nothing like a woman to come between men!

1948 · 1h 35m · PASSED Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by Jean Negulesco

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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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Fresh

This lurid 1948 melodrama by Jean Negulesco has built up a considerable underground reputation.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Framed within a realistically intimate roadhouse setting, yarn reconstructs the triangle with an arrestingly psychotic twist supplied by Richard Widmark.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

List first the fact that Widmark, though he stands in danger of being typed as the screen's prime psychotic, does an excellent job (complete with chilling laughter).

A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Fresh

Mad, perhaps, but memorable too.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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