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A bouncer hired to clean up the baddest honkytonk in a Missouri town. Armed with a black belt in karate and a degree in philosophy, Patrick Swayze sets out to tame the Double Deuce for its owner.

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James Dalton
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Dr. Elizabeth Clay
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Wade Garrett
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Brad Wesley
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Jimmy (as Marshall Teague)
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Denise
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Red Webster
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Emmet (as 'Sunshine' Parker)
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Cody
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Frank Tilghman
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Pat McGurn
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Carrie
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Jack
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Younger
Kurt James Stefka ...
Hank
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Steve
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Morgan
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O'Connor
John William Young ...
Tinker (as John Young)
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Ketchum (as Anthony DeLongis)
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Karpis
Tiny Ron ...
Mountain
Sheila Ryan ...
Judy (as Sheila Caan)
Jon Paul Jones ...
Stroudenmire
Lauri Crossman ...
Stella
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Ernie Bass
Ed DeFusco ...
Oscar
Joseph Rockman ...
Cody's Band
Thomas Stephen ...
Cody's Band
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Cruzados (as Humberto Larriva)
Tony Marsico ...
Cruzados (as Anthony Marsico)
Gonzalo Quintana III ...
Cruzados
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Cruzados
John Oldach ...
Bandstand Tough Guy
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Bandstand Tough Guy (as Joey Plewa)
Susan Lentini ...
Bandstand Babe
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Bandstand Babe
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Bandstand Bouncer (as Mike Fisher)
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Bandstand Bouncer (as Bob A. Jennings)
Dawn Ciccone ...
Steve's Girl
Julie Royer ...
Steve's Girl
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Barfly
Christopher Collins ...
Sharing Husband
Cheryl Baker ...
Well-Endowed Wife
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Gawker
Charlie Hawke ...
Heckler (as Charles Hawke)
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Chief of Police
Christine Anderson ...
Party Girl
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Party Girl (as Lisa Axelrod)
Debra Chase ...
Party Girl
Lisa Westman ...
Party Girl
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Party Girl
Kym Malin ...
Party Girl
Heidi Paine ...
Party Girl
Jacklyn Palmer ...
Party Girl
Marta Rinchusiuso ...
Party Girl
Meg Thayer ...
Party Girl
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Strip Joint Girl
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Strip Joint Girl
Jasae ...
Strip Joint Girl
Michele Burger ...
Strip Joint Girl
Pamela Jackson ...
Strip Joint Girl
Daryl Sandy Marsh ...
Strip Joint Bartender
Laura Lee Kasten ...
Nurse
Bill Dunnam ...
Car Salesman
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Loudmouth (as Terrance Scott)
Sylvia Baker ...
Table Dancer
Dennis Ott ...
Bar Character
Ancel Cook ...
Grillman
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Derelict
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
The Jeff Healey Band ...
Bar band
Louise Alvarez ...
Dancer (uncredited)
Arthur Lamont Berger ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Brittany ...
(uncredited)
Terri Lynn Doss ...
Cody's Girlfriend (uncredited)
T.Z. Garrison ...
Bandstand Bouncer (uncredited)
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Girl in Bar (uncredited)
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Dancer (uncredited)
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Girl in Nightclub (uncredited)
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Dancer (uncredited)
Laurette Kite ...
Pretty girl (uncredited)
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Marine in Strip Joint (uncredited)
Andrea Lund ...
Barfly (uncredited)
James McIntire ...
Bartender (Leaded or Unleaded) (uncredited)
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Restaurant patron (uncredited)
Monique Noel ...
Barfly (uncredited)
Alicia Patterakis ...
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Dancing Barfly (uncredited)
Theresa St. Clair ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Outside Doorman - NYC (uncredited)
Duff Tallahassee ...
Man in Fingerless Gloves (uncredited)
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Laughing Henchman (uncredited)
Tony Westbrook ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)

Directed by

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Rowdy Herrington

Written by

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R. Lance Hill ... (story) (as David Lee Henry)
 
R. Lance Hill ... (screenplay) (as David Lee Henry) and
Hilary Henkin ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Tim Moore ... executive producer
Steve Perry ... executive producer
Joel Silver ... producer

Music by

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Michael Kamen

Cinematography by

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Dean Cundey ... director of photography

Editing by

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John F. Link
Frank J. Urioste

Editorial Department

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Bryan H. Carroll ... assistant editor
Dale E. Grahn ... color timer
Edward Malone ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Jackie Burch

Art Direction by

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William J. Durrell Jr.

Set Decoration by

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Philip Leonard ... (as Phil M. Leonard)

Costume Design by

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Marilyn Vance ... (as Marilyn Vance-Straker)

Makeup Department

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Paul Abascal ... key hair stylist
Scott H. Eddo ... makeup department head

Production Management

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Steve Perry ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Steve Perry ... second unit director
Charlie Picerni ... second unit director (as Charles Picerni)

Art Department

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Mike Blaze ... assistant property master (as Michael Blaze)
Michael D. Combs ... greensman
Mark Fabus ... set designer (as Mark L. Fabus)
Joseph C. Fama ... construction foreman (as Joe Fama)
Bill Fannon Jr. ... leadman
Gus Feederle ... set dresser
George Gugler ... standby painter
Mark Hudson ... paint supervisor
Don Kaeding ... set dresser (as Donald Kaeding)
Patrick J. Marchese ... set dresser
Robert S. McDonald ... propmaker foreman
Michael Muscarella ... construction coordinator (as Michael A. Muscarella)
Michael Papac ... assistant property master
Ralph Peterson ... carpenter
Tommy Tomlinson ... property master
Jaymes Hinkle ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Richard N. McGuire ... carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Kevin Barlia ... assistant sound editor
Destiny Borden ... assistant sound editor
Christopher Flick ... sound editor
Bud Maffett ... sound mixer
Todd Overton ... playback operator
Gary D. Rogers ... adr mixer
Norman B. Schwartz ... post-production dialogue
Jerry Trent ... foley artist
Hugo Weng ... dialogue editor
David A. Whittaker ... sound editor
Rick Mitchell ... foley editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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William Aldridge ... special effects foreman
James Camomile ... special effects assistant
Al Di Sarro ... special effects coordinator
Patrick R. Gordon ... special effects transportation
Andrew Sebok ... special effects assistant (as Andrew Sebox)
Paul Stewart ... special effects assistant
Bruno Van Zeebroeck ... special effects assistant / special effects foreman

Stunts

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Pete Antico ... stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour ... stunts
Michael Barnett ... stunts
Simone Boisseree ... stunts
Janet Brady ... stunts
Bob Bralver ... stunts
Geoff Brewer ... stunts (as Geof Brewer)
Thomas Bruggemann ... stunts (as Tom Bergman)
Danny Castle ... stunts
Robert B. Chandler ... stunts
Gary Combs ... stunts
Jeff Dashnaw ... stunts (as Jeff Danshaw)
Gary Davis ... stunts
Leon Delaney ... stunts
David R. Ellis ... stunts (as David Ellis)
Danny Epper ... stunts
Gary Epper ... stunts
Jeannie Epper ... stunts
Tony Epper ... stunts
Donna Evans ... stunts
Donna Garrett ... stunts
Allan Graf ... stunts
Randy Hall ... stunts
James M. Halty ... stunts (as James Halty)
Buddy Joe Hooker ... stunts
Chris Howell ... stunts
Norman Howell ... stunts
Tommy J. Huff ... stunts (as Thomas J. Huff)
Jeff Imada ... stunts (as Jeffrey Imada)
Matt Johnston ... stunts
Henry Kingi ... stunts
Jim Kramer ... stunts (as James Kramer)
Jeff Langton ... stunts
Eric Mansker ... stunts (as Erik Mansker)
Gary McLarty ... stunts
Bob Orrison ... stunts
Frank Orsatti ... stunts
Chuck Picerni Jr. ... stunts
Charlie Picerni ... stunt coordinator (as Charles Picerni)
Steve Picerni ... stunts
Rex Pierson ... stunts
Branscombe Richmond ... stunts
Mic Rodgers ... stunts
Danny Rogers ... stunts
R.A. Rondell ... stunts
Andrew Sebok ... stunts (as Andy Sebox)
Georgiana Steele ... stunt double
Ron Stein ... stunts
Michael Tamburro ... stunts (as Mike Tamburro)
R.L. Tolbert ... stunts
Benny Urquidez ... stunts
Michael Sinclair Walter ... stunts (as Michael S. Walter)
Ric Roman Waugh ... stunts
Ted White ... stunts
Glenn R. Wilder ... stunts (as Glenn Wilder)
Anthony De Longis ... stunts (uncredited)
Myke Michaels ... stunts (uncredited)
Philip Romano ... stunt player (uncredited)
R.L. Tolbert ... stunt double Sam Elliott (uncredited)
Benny Urquidez ... fight trainer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Clyde E. Bryan ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Ron Cardarelli ... key grip
Steve Chandler ... set lighting technician (as Steve M. Chandler)
Brad Chelesvig ... musco light operator
Billy Clevenger ... camera assistant (as William Clevenger)
William Coss ... camera assistant (as William F. Coss)
Larry D. Davis ... camera assistant (as Larry Davis)
Anthony Di Mase ... grip (as Tony DiMase)
Marty Dobkousky ... grip
Roger Gebhard ... camera operator
Dustin A. Huber ... rigging gaffer (as Dustin Huber)
Kris Krosskove ... first assistant camera
Sid Lucero ... grip (as Sid B. Lucero)
James A. Lundin ... generator operator: Sequoia (as Jim Lundin)
Drain M. Marshall ... rigging electrician (as Drain Marshall)
Ted Marshall ... rigging electrician (as Teddy Marshall)
Thomas Marshall ... assistant chief lighting technician (as Thom H. Marshall)
John T. Martin ... grip
John Palka ... best boy grip
Peter Sorel ... still photographer
Roger Spurgeon ... musco light operator
Raymond Stella ... camera operator
Edward R. Thompson Jr. ... set lighting technician (as Edward R. Thompson)
Frank Tobin ... rigging electrician
Dave Wachtman ... dolly grip (as Dave 'Too Tall' Wachtman)
Mark Walthour ... chief set lighting technician (as Mark D. Walthour)
Jolanda R. Wipfli ... camera loader (as Jolanda Renata Wipfli)
Anthony Wong ... set lighting technician

Location Management

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Jack English ... location manager
Stephen Roland ... location assistant: daily crew

Music Department

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Chris Boardman ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert Fernandez ... scoring mixer
Jim Harrison ... supervising music editor
Jimmy Iovine ... music supervisor
Booker T. Jones ... musician: organ
Michael Kamen ... conductor
David Kershenbaum ... music supervisor
John X Volaitis ... music (as John x Volaitis)
Rick Baptist ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Tom Boyd ... musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Larry Bunker ... musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
Darius Campo ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Stuart Canin ... concertmaster (uncredited)
Jon Clarke ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Ronald Cooper ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Larry Corbett ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Franklyn d'Antonio ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Sandy De Crescent ... orchestra manager (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Drew Dembowski ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Harold Dicterow ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Bruce Dukov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Emmett Estren ... music librarian (uncredited)
Dominick Fera ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Julie Feves ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Richard Feves ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Elizabeth Finch ... music copyist (uncredited)
Ron Folsom ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Armen Garabedian ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Philip Giffin ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Pamela Goldsmith ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Steven Gordon ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Clayton Haslop ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Gwenn Heller ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Paula Hochhalter ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Carrie Holzman-Little ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson ... musician: tuba (uncredited)
Michael Kamen ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Jo Ann Kane ... supervising music copyist (uncredited)
Jim Kanter ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Alan Kaplan ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Dennis Karmazyn ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Peter Kent ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Russ Kunkel ... musician: drums (uncredited)
William Lane ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Dane Little ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Virginia Majewski ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Yvonne S. Moriarty ... music copyist (uncredited)
Carole Mukagawa ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Buell Neidlinger ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Dan Neufeld ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Mike Nowak ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Michael O'Donovan ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Kazi Pitelka ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Joe Porcaro ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Sue Ranney ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Bill Reichenbach ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: drums, percussion (uncredited)
David Riddles ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Anatoly Rosinsky ... musician: violin (uncredited)
David Shostac ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Haim Shtrum ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Henry Sigismonti ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Barry Socher ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Sheridon Stokes ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Margaret Storer ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Linn Subotnick ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Robert Sushel ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Phillip A. Teele ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
James Thatcher ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Sebastian Toettcher ... musician: cello (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Pamela Alessandrelli ... assistant to executive producer
Lisa Cogswell ... production coordinator (as Lisa M. Violé)
Jack Crain ... knife design/manufacturer
Riley Kathryn Ellis ... development executive
William M. Fannon Jr. ... technical advisor: tai chi
Rami Rivera Frankl ... production assistant
Rosa Gonzalez ... assistant production accountant
Pauline Gross Robles ... second assistant accountant
Andrew Charles Koch ... featured dancer
Andrew Lipschultz ... unit publicist
Gregory Manson ... assistant production accountant
Paul J. Memmi ... translator
Michael Papac ... armorer
Alicia Rivera Frankl ... production accountant
George C. Romero ... production assistant (as G. Cameron Romero)
Tamara Smith ... production associate
Michael Tamburro ... helicopter pilot (as Mike Tamburro)
Suzanne Todd ... production associate
Benny Urquidez ... technical advisor: martial arts
Ladd Vance ... assistant: Joel Silver (as Ladd Rosenberg-Vance)
J. David Williams ... financier
Ellen Wolff ... assistant production coordinator
Julie Adams ... dialect coach (uncredited)
RaeAnn Emery ... stand-in: Kelly Lynch (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Serene and laconic but powerful and lethal, expert martial artist Dalton is the best professional bouncer in the business. With his reputation preceding him, Dalton arrives in Jasper, Missouri, to clean up The Double Deuce, a seedy bar terrorised by troublemakers. However, Dalton is unaware that villainous local entrepreneur Brad Wesley wants things to stay as they are. As a result, the newcomer gets a deep stab wound from Wesley's hired goons, catching charming physician Dr Elizabeth Clay's eye. For this alone, corrupt Wesley has enough reason to get rid of Dalton at all costs. But a bouncer like Dalton always has the final say. Written by Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords
Taglines Dalton lives like a loner, fights like a professional. And loves like there's no tomorrow. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Bar routier (France)
  • De profesión: duro (Spain)
  • Il duro del Road House (Italy)
  • Road house - kuuma kapakka (Finland)
  • Volání po pomstě (Czechia)
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Runtime
  • 114 min
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Box Office

Budget $17,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $87,945,379

Did You Know?

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Trivia Patrick Swayze hurt a knee during filming. He chose to make Ghost (1990) next because it was less strenuous, turning down the roles of Gabriel Cash in Tango & Cash (1989) and Mike Harrigan in Predator 2 (1990). See more »
Goofs When Red is reaching for the replacement antenna for Dalton, you can see a prop man handing the antenna to him. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Jeff Healey (1991). See more »
Soundtracks Don't Throw Stones See more »
Crazy Credits While the end credits are rolling, the house band does one more number. See more »
Quotes Dalton: I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice.
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