bludgeoning   adultery   cigarette smoking   german   germany   bar   double cross   based on novel   baby   beating   1920s   adoption   ex convict   stabbing   fugitive   marriage   ladder   desert   movie with surprise ending   brother sister relationship   alcoholic   dancing   falling down stairs   1940s   face slap   beach   father son relationship   blood   corpse   mansion   nazi   jewish   lifting person in air   fire   singing   loss of brother   industry   boy   cafe   falling from height   business   crying   male female relationship   flashback   dancer   drink   airport   underwear   prostitute   greed   blood spatter   tears   dark comedy   female nudity   small town   bowling ball   bare breasts   actor shares first name with character   americana   gospel   baptism   church   1930s   impersonation   prayer   secret   chain gang   confession   great depression   money falling through the air   freak accident   oil tycoon   airplane   hammer   explosive   critically acclaimed   accidental death   blood on shirt   hunting   broken arm   money   famous line   milk   religion   god   brother brother relationship   nudity   alcoholism   broken leg   very little dialogue   railroad track   prostitution   rear entry sex   dress   striptease   arson   actor playing multiple roles   bowling alley   impotence   automobile   salvation   diary   flask   campfire   dead body   california   bicycle   pistol whip   director also cinematographer   bride and groom   childbirth   long take   waiter   1910s   1900s   arthritis   beaten to death with a bowling pin   blasphemy   bowling pin   building collapse   business associate   business deal   child abandonment   child romance   child uses gun   control freak   death in childbirth   digging grave   dragged by hair   drilling for oil   ear exam   evangelist   experimental soundtrack   faith healer   falling off a ladder   false promise   false prophet   firewood   fon du lac wisconsin   goat farmer   burial   businessman   construction   1890s   competition   half brother   adopted son   farmer   capitalism   cross   goat   gun held to head   camp   deafness   bible   farming   exploration   ambition   claim in title   dynamite   child abuse   parade   backpack   horse and wagon   food   ice cream parlor   interpreter   irrigation   jesus christ   kubrickian   land   land grabbing   lighting fuse   loss of hearing   male slaps male   milkshake   mine   mining   mining equipment   oil   oil derrick   oil gusher   oil industry   oil rig   pick axe   pickaxe   pipeline   port wyanimi california   preacher   price of fame   prospector   public speaking   quail   quail hunting   religious zealot   sermon   shock in the end   signal hill california   signature   silver city new mexico   silver mine   sinner   sparks   striking oil   sulphur   surrogate father   surrogate son   tool   train depot   turn of the century   twin brother   whistling   misanthrope   lantern   minister   religious fanatic   renovation   land surveying   tower   missionary   set on fire   oil well   religious intolerance   spiritual healing   hymn   telescope   napkin   injury   passing out   matches   tent   pacific ocean   uncle nephew relationship   san francisco california   twin   pipe smoking   tuberculosis   sign language   superstition   long underwear   mission   mud   reading   unconsciousness   rural setting   wealth   impostor   radio   mustache   rivalry   box office flop   kicking   bomb   journalist   thief   champagne   military officer   wallet   smuggling   subtitled scene   stripper   ss   general   film projector   jew   captain   world war two   bra   newsreel footage   boat   eating   concentration camp   jeep   cold war   sewer   cripple   stealing   chandelier   sex shop   notebook   death of husband   congressman   brick   berlin germany   post world war two   reference to hitler   gunshot   old flame   safe house   ear bleeding   legless man   film camera   hit with a brick   hit with a chair   rocket   scientist   scotch whiskey   reference to adolf eichmann   reference to josef stalin   female in bra and panties   reference to winston churchill   occupation   atomic bomb   rolling a cigarette   driver   arm injury   brandenburg germany   breaking an arm   ear wound   ex mistress   head held under water   musical combo   nightclub act   peace conference   potsdam brandenburg germany   potsdam conference   projection booth   rocket scientist   shoulder injury   the new republic   three narrators   war criminal   black market   informer   american   movie theater   train   circular staircase   ruins   chase   death   doctor   military   railway station   russian   hospital   murder   nightclub   shot in the back   soldier   beaten to death   explosion   butler   flash forward   single father   loss of father   revelation   mother son relationship   power   swimming   voice over narration   violence   restaurant   husband wife relationship   rape   telephone call   telephone   kiss   reporter   investigation   drinking   singer   song   rain   letter   knocked out with a gun butt   gun   map   photograph   punched in the face   presumed dead   stabbed in the back   underwater scene   girl in bra and panties   military uniform   horse   horse riding   suitcase   rifle   theft   epic   shooting   year 1945   u.s. army   sex   shot in the head   shotgun   panties   no opening credits   umbrella   threat   topless female nudity   reference to harry s truman   orphan   neo noir   wedding   pistol