adultery   bathroom   black comedy   cigarette smoking   mirror   directorial debut   bar   jealousy   soul music   beating   slapstick comedy   fired from the job   stabbing   christmas   extortion   family relationships   fbi   captive   kidnapping   love   marriage   prologue   texas   hit by a car   thunderstorm   guard dog   brother sister relationship   character name in title   dancing   screening room   film within a film   father son relationship   hotel   los angeles california   blood   corpse   new york city   elevator   wig   fire   singing   homosexual   organized crime   mafia   new year's eve   naivety   crying   corruption   bus   male female relationship   snow   shaving   dancer   drink   girl   reference to j. edgar hoover   bare chested male   arrest   airport   car salesman   father daughter relationship   bribery   cult director   fraud   tears   briefcase   auto theft   infidelity   recording   taxi   confession   recording studio   midget   beautiful woman   cat   teenage girl   african american   piano   cell phone   guitar   divorce   airplane   casino   las vegas nevada   gospel music   race relations   assassin   money   heroin   glasses   1960s   brother brother relationship   surveillance   prejudice   color in title   punch   brunette   woman in jeopardy   blonde   friend   cruelty   jazz   jazz club   fbi agent   cocaine   flask   mobster   film making   audition   dead body   saxophone   microphone   show business   jazz music   bet   card playing   desperation   kitchen   gambling   applause   anger   crotch grab   disco   christmas tree   drug use   drug overdose   truck   burial   one day   product placement   surprise   no title at beginning   interpreter   price of fame   black humor   renovation   radio   psycho thriller   boxing   trapped   tv news   exploding building   manipulation   battered woman   female victim   break in   psycho   psycho killer   murder witness   book   camera   computer   stalking   fire extinguisher   wallet   flight attendant   stewardess   strip club   unrequited love   dressing room   band   snake   promise   scar   sniper rifle   coffin   subtitled scene   autograph   head butt   graveyard   fake identity   comedian   detroit michigan   veterinarian   thrown through a window   backstage   translator   rejection   fake gun   cadillac   comeback   celebrity   fame   miami florida   immigration   bra   stabbed in the throat   alleyway   black american   theatre audience   flash camera   flirting   informant   flight   cheating on one's girlfriend   flatulence   tie   hysteria   janitor   quitting a job   maggot   electric shock   guitarist   punched in the crotch   resume   musician   composer   primadonna   theatre   pianist   rehearsal   disguise   fast food restaurant   repressed homosexual   garage   stairway   farce   kicking in a door   aunt nephew relationship   concert   illiteracy   sleeping   hitchcockian   tour   father son estrangement   hotel manager   man dressed as woman   fake moustache   nurse uniform   rocket launcher   body landing on a car   single mother   crude humor   dallas texas   mouse   long hair   used car   music producer   deeply disturbed person   mysterious stranger   strange person   dachshund   vietnam war   building contractor   unwed pregnancy   selfishness   missile launcher   announcer   roman a clef   rags to riches   spinning newspaper   sandwich   knife murder   construction worker   plane   neo nazi   disaster   pager   ice cream   tape recording   racist joke   gay brother   electrical torture   passenger   pen   ego   songwriter   starting over   sick animal   held hostage   dart gun   musical quartet   pratfall   fear of flying   gangsta grip   based on stage musical   skinhead   absent father   courthouse   blinding light   immigration agent   liaison officer   snack food   stranded at airport   illegal alien   italian restaurant   wire   medical clinic   blues music   reference to dick clark   chaperone   trio   sleeping woman   pepper spray   reference to john f. kennedy   mile high club   sight gag   musical trio   tape player   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   pen stabbing   scare   theatrical manager   miami beach florida   talent contest   coast guard   45 recording   apollo theatre manhattan new york city   backup singer   fake fingernails   girl group   motown   musical performer   musical quintet   musical star   payola   photo session   pop chart   race riot   reference to cleopatra   reference to ed sullivan   reference to lyndon johnson   rhythm and blues   saxophonist   talent judge   tambourine   government official   airphone   field hockey   homeland security agency   loss of grandmother   scary stranger   stare   turbulence   control   friendship   actress   car accident   dog   cult favorite   betrayal   darkness   love triangle   cemetery   chase   death   doctor   faked death   escape   murder   nightclub   good versus evil   passport   hit with a baseball bat   restroom   spoof   brutality   gay slur   explosion   fear   1970s   held at gunpoint   suicide   hit in the crotch   knife   panic   paranoia   assassination attempt   speech   fishing boat   danger   undercover   fish out of water   one word title   kicked in the face   pilot   jumping through a window   pregnancy   monster   revenge   title appears in writing   companion   husband wife relationship   montage   shootout   telephone call   sister sister relationship   villain played by lead actor   title spoken by character   kiss   reporter   drinking   singer   song   security camera   woman in bra   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   gun   knocked out   photograph   swimming pool   friendship between women   limousine   undercover agent   wrath   party   press conference   threatened with a knife   mother daughter relationship   running   theft   robbery   sex   no opening credits   drugs   reference to martin luther king jr.   stupidity   unemployment   hallway   psychotic   stabbed in the neck   tv show   suspense   watching tv   tv studio   television news   painting   wedding   pistol