
Possessed(1947)
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.


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

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

Grandon Rhodes
Judge

Ray Teal
Policeman
Road House is a thriller, drama, romance film released in 1948 exploring themes of bowling, nightclub, roadhouse, singer, film noir, framed for a crime. Directed by Jean Negulesco, it stars Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm. 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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