Road House
Road House is a 1989 American action film directed by Rowdy Herrington and produced by Joel Silver. The film stars Patrick Swayze as the bouncer at a newly refurbished roadside bar, who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. The cast also features Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, and Sam Elliott.
Plot
James Dalton is a professional bouncer working security for a club in New York City. Although stoic and cool-headed, Dalton is tormented by memories of a man he killed in self-defense by ripping out his throat. Frank Tilghman, a businessman, recruits Dalton to take over security at his club Double Deuce in Jasper, Missouri. Tilghman plans to invest substantial funds into the dilapidated club and needs Dalton's highly regarded skills to tackle the endemic violence and rough customers. Dalton agrees in exchange for full authority over the club's operations, immediately firing several employees for poor behavior, theft, and drug dealing. For privacy, Dalton stays in a sparse barn owned by a farmer named Emmett, unaware that the mansion across the adjacent lake is owned by Brad Wesley, a crime lord controlling the town through bribery, intimidation, and violence.
More details
| author | Hilary Henkin R. Lance Hill |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Missouri |
| director | Rowdy Herrington |
| editor | Frank J. Urioste John F. Link |
| genre | action crime drama |
| keywords | bouncer crime lord drug dealing end even kill murder new york city nothing phone call |
| musicBy | Michael Kamen |
| nomination | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| producer | Joel Silver |
| productionCompany | AFI Catalog of Feature Films Silver Pictures |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | action drama independent martial arts |