Highly Recommended. Road House is an enjoyable, noirish melodrama enlivened by outstanding performances from Ida Lupino as a world-weary lounge singer and Richard Widmark as the owner of the out-of-the-way lodge that is serving as her latest gig. A city mouse visiting the country, Lupino gets things boiling, attracting the attention of Widmark’s best pal, played with a good-guy toughness by Cornel Wilde. Once this love triangle begins sharpening its points, Road House turns into a deadly, feverish romp. — Jamie S. Rich

It’s a quarter to three
There’s no one in the place
Except you and me
So set ’em up Joe
I got a little story I think you oughtta know
We’re drinking my friend
To the end of a brief episode
So make it one for my baby
And one more for the road