History Film / RoadHouse1948

* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Susie (played by Celeste Holm).

* ShesGotLegs: We’re introduced to Lily via her legs on a desk. She then proceeds to wear shorts so short that Pete calls her “legs”.

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''Road House'' (1948) is a FilmNoir directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Creator/IdaLupino, Creator/RichardWidmark, Cornel Wilde, and Creator/CelesteHolm.

Jefty Robinson (Widmark) hires [[TheChanteuse a new singer]] for his rural road house, Lily Stevens (Lupino), much to the chagrin of his best friend, Pete Morgan (Wilde). Jefty has a tendency to hire girls from the big city and then dumping them in a few weeks' time, but Lily is different.

At first, [[BelligerentSexualTension Pete and Lily dislike each other]], but they warm up to each other and eventually fall in love while Jefty is away from town. The problem, however, is that Jefty thinks that he can marry Lily even if she’s clearly not interested. Coming back with a marriage licence in hand, Jefty starts to slowly turn from cocky hothead to delusional psycho and is so jealous and angry that he frames Pete for theft and makes sure that Pete and Lily can never be together.

After leaving Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/IdaLupino found this story (called ''The Dark Love'') and sold it to Darryl Zanuck at [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]] as a film with her in the leading role.

''Road House'' (1948) is a FilmNoir directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Creator/IdaLupino, Creator/RichardWidmark, Cornel Wilde, and Celeste Holm.

Not to be confused with the [[Film/RoadHouse similarly named film]] starring Creator/PatrickSwayze.

''Road House'' (1948) is a FilmNoir directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Creator/IdaLupino, Richard Widmark, Cornel Wilde, and Celeste Holm.

* HandsOnTechnique: Lily invokes this by requesting bowling lessons from Pete, much to his annoyance.

After leaving Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/IdaLupino found this story (called ''The Dark Love'') and sold it to Darryl Zanuck at [[TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]] as a film with her in the leading role.

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Jefty Robinson (Widmark) hires [[TheChanteuse a new singer]] for his rural road house, Lily Stevens (Lupino), much to the chagrin of his best friend, Pete Morgan (Wilde). Jefty has a tendency to hire girls from the big city and having them dumped in a few weeks' time.

''Road House'' (1948) is a FilmNoir directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Creator/IdaLupino, Robert Widmark, Cornel Wilde, and Celeste Holm.

Jefty Robinson (Widmark) hires [[TheChanteuse a new singer]] for his rural road house, Lily Stevens (Lupino), much to the chagrin of his best friend, Pete Morgan (Wilde). Jefty has a tendency to hire a singer from a big city and having her dumped in a few weeks after he got bored.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Jefty is this to Lily. Lily is not interested in him, but he still thinks that he can force her to marry him. [[spoiler: He takes this to extremes when he finds out that she’s in love with Pete by framing him for theft.]]

* {{Blackmail}}: How Jefty decides to keep Pete and Lily in line. [[spoiler: He manages to

* FrameUp: Jealous about Pete and Lily’s relationship, Jefty frames Pete for grand larceny and presses charges against him even though Pete only took the money that belonged to him, not the whole amount. Jefty then convinces the judge to make him Pete’s parole officer, so he can control Pete’s every move and make sure he doesn’t run away with Lily.

* RunForTheBorder: Jefty forces Susie, Pete, and Lily to come up to his cabin near the Canadian border. He teases them that the border is very close, but he won’t let them get away. Stupidly, he gets plastered and gives Pete and Lily a real chance to run away from him.

Jefty Robinson (Widmark) hires a new entertainer for his rural road house, Lily Stevens (Lupino), much to the chagrin of his best friend, Pete Morgan (Wilde), since Jefty’s hired many of them before only to make Pete dump them as soon as he got bored of them.

At first, [[BelligerentSexualTension Pete and Lily dislike each other]], but they eventually warm up to each other and eventually fall in love while Jefty is away from town. The problem, however, is that Jefty thinks that he can marry Lily even if she’s clearly not interested. Coming back with a marriage licence in hand, Jefty starts to slowly turn from cocky hothead to delusional psycho and is so jealous and angry that he frames Pete for theft and makes sure that Pete and Lily can never be together.

After leaving Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/IdaLupino found this story (then called The Dark Love) and sold it to Darryl Zanuck at Fox as a film with her as the star.

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Wanting to get away from her ingenue roles and leaving Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/IdaLupino found this story (then called The Dark Love) and sold it to Darryl Zanuck at Fox as a film with her as the star.

At first, [[BelligerentSexualTension Pete and Lily dislike each other]], but they eventually warm up to each other and eventually fall in love while Jefty is away from town. The problem, however, is that Jefty thinks that he can marry Lily even if she’s clearly not interested.

Coming back with a marriage licence in hand, Jefty starts to slowly turn from cocky hothead to delusional psycho and is so jealous and angry that he frames Pete for theft and makes sure that Pete and Lily can never be together.

* OnlyKnownForTheirNickname: Jefty. His name is Jefferson Ribbons.

* EverbodySmokes: Lily smokes so much that everyone mentions that she should take it down a notch.

* RunToTheBorder: Jefty forces Susie, Pete, and Lily to come up to his cabin near the Canadian border. He teases them that the border is very close, but he won’t let them get away. Stupidly, he gets plastered and gives Pete and Lily a real chance to run away from him.