High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Road House is a 1989 action film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott as bouncers at a seedy roadside bar who protect a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. The film has gathered a cult following. James Dalton (Swayze) is a professional "cooler" with a mysterious past who is enticed from his current job in New York City by club owner Frank Tilghman (Kevin Tighe) to take over security at his club/bar, the Double Deuce, in Jasper, Missouri. Upon arriving in Jasper, Dalton anticipates his notoriety among some of the local townsfolk and buys a 1965 Buick Riviera, filling the trunk with spare tires. These come in handy when local thugs repeatedly puncture the tires and vandalize the car. Searching for a place to stay, he eventually takes lodging at a local farm. Dalton is introduced to local business magnate (and next door neighbor) Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara).