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Road House (1989)

R 05/19/1989 Action, Thriller 1h 54m
67%
User
Score
6.7/10
44%
36/100

Dalton lives like a loner, fights like a professional. And loves like there's no tomorrow.

Overview

The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he's more than capable – busting the heads of troublemakers and turning the roadhouse into a jumping hot spot. But Dalton's romance with the gorgeous Dr. Clay puts him on the bad side of cutthroat local big shot Brad Wesley.

R. Lance Hill

Screenplay

Rowdy Herrington

Director

Hilary Henkin

Screenplay

Part of the Road House Collection

Includes Road House and other great movies.

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Top Billed Cast

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze

James Dalton

Kelly Lynch

Kelly Lynch

Dr. Elizabeth Clay

Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott

Wade Garrett

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara

Brad Wesley

Marshall R. Teague

Marshall R. Teague

Jimmy

Julie Michaels

Julie Michaels

Denise

Red West

Red West

Red Webster

Sunshine Parker

Sunshine Parker

Emmet

Kevin Tighe

Kevin Tighe

Frank Tilghman

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Media

Arrow UHD Unboxing

Arrow UHD Unboxing

Original Trailer

Original Trailer

Date With The Doctor

Date With The Doctor

Dalton Fires The Bartender

Dalton Fires The Bartender

Dalton Meets Brad

Dalton Meets Brad

Emmett's Farm

Emmett's Farm

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Promo Trailer

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Promo Trailer

You're Too Stupid to Have a Good Time

You're Too Stupid to Have a Good Time

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

"I Want You To Be Nice"

"I Want You To Be Nice"

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on March 16, 2019

The name is Dalton and we thought he would be bigger.

Dalton (Patrick Swayze) is a highly regarded professional cooler of bars and clubs. He is hired by Frank Tilghman (Kevin Tighe) to clean up his Double Deuce Road House down in Jasper, Missouri. A rough drunken and bloody place, the Double Deuce is just the start of Dalton's problems as he falls foul of town despot Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara).

I don't know if it's the same the world over, but here in Britain a bouncer is very different to that of a doorman. This is something that anyone who has been in and round the profession can attest to. So even though the casting of Swayze at first glance seemed an odd one, his character Dalton (wonderfully essayed by him actually) is the epitome of a doorman cooler, where violence is the last...

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