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Road House

film by Negulesco [1948]

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In Jean Negulesco: Film noirs and Johnny Belinda
Negulesco returned to noirs with Road House (1948), which earned positive reviews, thanks in part to a strong cast, notably Richard Widmark as the vengeful owner of a roadhouse who becomes obsessed with a new singer (Lupino); Cornel Wilde and Celeste Holm also starred. The director’s last film of the…
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In Cornel Wilde
Summer (1946), Forever Amber (1947), Road House (1948), Shockproof (1949), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), and The Fifth Musketeer (1979). He also starred in and directed a series of action films, notably The Naked Prey (1966), Beach Red (1967), and Shark’s Treasure (1975). His last motion picture, My Very…
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