Road House (1989 film)

Road House is a 1989 American action thriller film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze as a bouncer at a newly refurbished roadside bar who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. Sam Elliott also plays a bouncer, the mentor, friend and foil of Swayzes character. The cast also includes Kelly Lynch as Swayzes love interest, and Ben Gazzara as the main antagonist.

Arriving in Jasper, Dalton eventually takes lodging at a local farm owned by Emmett Sunshine Parker. He attracts attention driving his 1965 Buick Riviera and having a quiet demeanorcontrasting with the tough locals. Daltons real car is a 1986 Mercedes 560SEC with New York license plates, which he keeps hidden at a private garage and later under a car cover in his landlords barn in Jasper because it becomes a target for disgruntled bar patrons. Dalton is soon introduced to local business magnate and next door neighbor Brad Wesley Ben Gazzara, who appears to have a stranglehold on the town little happens without his knowledge and approval. In the course of cleaning up the violent nightclub, Dalton dismisses several unruly and corrupt employees, some of whom are connected with Wesley. After one particularly violent night where Dalton is forced to physically remove Wesleys henchmen, he suffers a knife wound. Going to the hospital for stitches, he strikes up a friendship with Dr. Elizabeth Doc Clay Kelly Lynch, which develops into a romantic relationship.Wesley summons Dalton to his home in a seemingly innocent attempt to make peace, but has an ulterior motive Wesley would like Dalton to work for him once he extorts Tilghmans club. When Dalton declines, Wesley begins an assault on Daltons friends, including interfering with liquor deliveries to the Double Deuce. Daltons mentor, legendary but aging cooler Wade Garrett Sam Elliott, arrives in town after a disconcerting phone call from Dalton and helps him defend a liquor shipment from Wesleys thugs. ........

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