adultery   bartender   cigarette smoking   directorial debut   bar   jealousy   animal   based on novel   beating   slapstick comedy   1920s   christmas   blackmail   fbi   marriage   prologue   guard dog   movie with surprise ending   character name in title   political corruption   dancing   police corruption   father son relationship   hotel   1950s   los angeles california   man with glasses   picnic   corpse   new york city   mansion   lifting person in air   fire   gangster   singing   homosexual   organized crime   mafia   editor   journalism   mob   business   corruption   male female relationship   snow   cigar smoking   flashback   dancer   drink   reference to j. edgar hoover   bare chested male   suicide attempt   musical number   briefcase   convertible   millionaire   election   governor   infidelity   1930s   taxi   confession   midget   great depression   beautiful woman   cat   tragedy   divorce   casino   trophy   obesity   money   scene during end credits   famous line   memoir   alienation   bed   suit   brother brother relationship   tragic hero   surveillance   enigma   imagery   revolver   disfigurement   obsession   melancholy   beer   punch   crime boss   kissing   lipstick   frustration   hotel room   telephone booth   fbi agent   cocaine   fireplace   mobster   atlantic city new jersey   policeman   shadow   coffee   crotch grab   long take   visual metaphor   control freak   1890s   ambition   attempted suicide   deathbed   price of fame   furnace   pipe smoking   wealth   business tycoon   rich snob   zoo   isolation   multiple perspectives   break in   eyeglasses   loneliness   journalist   anonymous telephone call   puzzle   politics   actor director writer   junkyard   macguffin   poetic justice   mislaid trust   strip club   dying words   snake   scar   sniper rifle   alternative history   vendetta   subtitled scene   fake identity   veterinarian   chicago illinois   thrown through a window   translator   fake gun   film in film   1870s   scandal   adulterer   insult   poker   car bomb   bandage   opera house   mob boss   informant   hidden truth   fedora   fence   balcony   decolletage   materialism   overcoat   pearl necklace   flatulence   fur coat   cityscape   fire fight   tie   hysteria   pajamas   bodyguard   maggot   electric shock   punched in the crotch   resume   narcissism   singing lesson   good deed   disguise   longing   repressed homosexual   semiautomatic pistol   farce   extravagance   scalding   directed by star   telephone box   kicking in a door   death of wife   illiteracy   shadow play   father son estrangement   apathy   earring   secret past   man dressed as woman   mistress   fake moustache   nurse uniform   body landing on a car   widow   robe   venetian blind   crude humor   mouse   lamp   fist fight   politician   dachshund   scarf   irony   breakfast   career   deathbed talk   deep focus   egoist   exotica   fictional biography   giraffe   gondola   influence   kublai khan   landmark   last words   leitmotif   media mogul   mist   newspaper editor   newspaper headline montage   newspaper publisher   newsreel   newsreel in plot   newsreel spoof   poignant   reference to coleridge   rise to power   roman a clef   rosebud   second marriage   second wife   abused child   guardian   estate   rags to riches   hall of mirrors   jigsaw puzzle   nursing home   boarding house   sled   snowglobe   spanish american war   spinning newspaper   theater critic   toothache   trustee   unknown   waiting for love   watching newsreel   xanadu   stock market crash   neo nazi   ice cream   comb   murder of wife   gay brother   electrical torture   steak   dressing gown   nightgown   portrait   cuff links   sick animal   held hostage   grandfather clock   pratfall   vest   gangsta grip   skinhead   arm twisted   b girl   barmaid   boutonnière   burn   burned with a cigarette   choker necklace   cocktail bar   lame woman   patrol car   scalded face   shot in body   show handkerchief   soda pop   squadroom   struggle   suspended policeman   throwing coffee   watch chain   wrecking yard   face burn   teletype   courthouse   wire   pepper spray   sight gag   bald wig   dying father   falling on someone   family portrait   girl scout   hiding evidence   inability to read   performing cpr on an animal   posing as a fbi agent   pulling a snake out of one's pants   friendship   car accident   dog   cult favorite   death   doctor   faked death   hospital   murder   nightclub   shot in the back   hit with a baseball bat   spoof   gay slur   fog   explosion   butler   held at gunpoint   suicide   hit in the crotch   dark hero   speech   dark past   undercover   fish out of water   kicked in the face   octopus   jumping through a window   mother son relationship   power   little girl   megalomaniac   revenge   cane   title appears in writing   voice over narration   violence   husband wife relationship   shootout   nurse   title spoken by character   reporter   drinking   singer   florida   newspaper   letter   liquor   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   knocked out   drunkenness   photograph   femme fatale   limousine   loss of wife   undercover agent   torture   library   party   opera   threatened with a knife   psychopath   vigilante justice   police   publisher   colorado   no opening credits   stupidity   unhappiness   staircase   police officer   wedding   pistol   police detective