Road House manager Pete (Cornell Wilde) falls in love with singer Lily (Ida Lupino) brought to entertain customers by Road House owner Jefty (Richard Widmark). However, Jefty has his own interest in Lily and intends to marry her. While Jefty is away getting a marriage license, Pete and Lily become involved and decide to go away together. Well, once Jefty discovers this, he is not happy and plans revenge against the pair and it's a good revenge, which leaves the pair only one real choice..........they make a run for it.......
Throughout the film, I felt a little sorry for Susie (Celeste Holm) as she is made out to be Pete's girlfriend but her feelings seem to be papered over. She gets a bum deal in this film. She even covers for her boyfriend's philandering with Lily once Jefty returns to claim Lily for his wife. There is some snappy dialogue between Susie and Lily and Lily and Pete and the most memorable line for me is delivered by Jefty on his entrance. He greets pal Pete with a cheeky delivery of the line "Hey, you son of a gun" on meeting Pete and Lily in the Road House office.
The cast do well with Richard Widmark being my favourite, despite being 4th billed. Ida Lupino sings a few songs with her gravelly voice and we have been pre-warned that she may not be much good at singing, so the outcome is not too bad. Overall, it's an interesting and enjoyable film with memorable scenes including every time Widmark appears and an interesting sparring between Lupino and Wilde while he is teaching her to bowl. You don't need to see a bedroom but you get the gist....
Throughout the film, I felt a little sorry for Susie (Celeste Holm) as she is made out to be Pete's girlfriend but her feelings seem to be papered over. She gets a bum deal in this film. She even covers for her boyfriend's philandering with Lily once Jefty returns to claim Lily for his wife. There is some snappy dialogue between Susie and Lily and Lily and Pete and the most memorable line for me is delivered by Jefty on his entrance. He greets pal Pete with a cheeky delivery of the line "Hey, you son of a gun" on meeting Pete and Lily in the Road House office.
The cast do well with Richard Widmark being my favourite, despite being 4th billed. Ida Lupino sings a few songs with her gravelly voice and we have been pre-warned that she may not be much good at singing, so the outcome is not too bad. Overall, it's an interesting and enjoyable film with memorable scenes including every time Widmark appears and an interesting sparring between Lupino and Wilde while he is teaching her to bowl. You don't need to see a bedroom but you get the gist....