Sep 22, 1948
95 min
Full-HD

Road House (1948)

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.

Category

Thriller Drama Romance

Country

United States of America

Companies

20th Century Fox

Ida Lupino

Lily Stevens

Cornel Wilde

Pete Morgan

Celeste Holm

Susie Smith

Richard Widmark

Jefferson T. 'Jefty' Robbins

O.Z. Whitehead

Arthur

Robert Karnes

Mike

George Beranger

Lefty

Ian MacDonald

Police captain

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