Road House
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Road House is a 1948 American film noir drama directed by Jean Negulesco, known for its atmospheric small-town setting and tense love-triangle plot centered around a roadhouse nightclub.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Road House canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9329505 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Road House Context triple: [Jean Negulesco, notableWork, Road House]
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A.
Road House
Road House is a 1989 American action film starring Patrick Swayze as a bouncer hired to clean up a violent roadside bar.
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B.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
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C.
Burnt Offerings
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 supernatural horror film about a family menaced by a malevolent house, noted for its atmospheric dread and starring Karen Black and Oliver Reed.
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D.
The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints is a 1999 cult vigilante action film about two Irish-American brothers who embark on a violent mission to rid Boston of organized crime.
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E.
Two-Lane Blacktop
Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 cult road movie known for its minimalist style, existential themes, and portrayal of car-obsessed drifters racing across the American Southwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Road House Target entity description: Road House is a 1948 American film noir drama directed by Jean Negulesco, known for its atmospheric small-town setting and tense love-triangle plot centered around a roadhouse nightclub.
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A.
Road House
Road House is a 1989 American action film starring Patrick Swayze as a bouncer hired to clean up a violent roadside bar.
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B.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
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C.
Burnt Offerings
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 supernatural horror film about a family menaced by a malevolent house, noted for its atmospheric dread and starring Karen Black and Oliver Reed.
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D.
The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints is a 1999 cult vigilante action film about two Irish-American brothers who embark on a violent mission to rid Boston of organized crime.
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E.
Two-Lane Blacktop
Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 cult road movie known for its minimalist style, existential themes, and portrayal of car-obsessed drifters racing across the American Southwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Margaret Gruen ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Jefty Robbins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lily Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Susie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joseph LaShelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Jean Negulesco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
20th Century Fox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | J. Watson Webb Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white photography ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| includesElement |
crime
ⓘ
romantic jealousy ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainLocationType | roadhouse ⓘ |
| motionPictureRatingSystem | pre-MPAA ratings era ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leigh Harline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | love triangle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric small-town setting
ⓘ
nightclub sequences ⓘ tense love-triangle plot ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American film noir tradition ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A nightclub singer becomes involved in a tense love triangle with the owner of a roadhouse and his manager in a small town. ⓘ |
| producer | André Daven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1948-09-03 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Edward Chodorov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
roadhouse nightclub
ⓘ
small town ⓘ |
| starring |
Celeste Holm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornel Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida Lupino NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Widmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | contemporary late 1940s ⓘ |
| title | Road House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Road House Description of subject: Road House is a 1948 American film noir drama directed by Jean Negulesco, known for its atmospheric small-town setting and tense love-triangle plot centered around a roadhouse nightclub.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.