adultery   bartender   cigarette smoking   bar   animal   based on novel   1920s   christmas   blackmail   marriage   movie with surprise ending   character name in title   political corruption   dancing   police corruption   face slap   father son relationship   hotel   1950s   los angeles california   man with glasses   picnic   blood   corpse   new york city   mansion   lifting person in air   fire   gangster   hat   organized crime   editor   journalism   mob   business   corruption   male female relationship   snow   cigar smoking   flashback   dancer   drink   sacrifice   suicide attempt   musical number   convertible   millionaire   election   governor   infidelity   1930s   taxi   great depression   beautiful woman   piano   tragedy   divorce   trophy   obesity   no music   dinner party   guilt   money   scene during end credits   famous line   memoir   alienation   bed   apartment   chicken   suit   storytelling   tragic hero   enigma   imagery   revolver   experimental film   disfigurement   obsession   melancholy   beer   punch   crime boss   kissing   lipstick   friend   frustration   hotel room   telephone booth   director cameo   fireplace   dead body   based on true story   atlantic city new jersey   policeman   shadow   coffee   banquet   long take   visual metaphor   control freak   1890s   ambition   attempted suicide   deathbed   price of fame   furnace   pipe smoking   wealth   metronome   business tycoon   rich snob   zoo   decadence   isolation   multiple perspectives   philosophy   eyeglasses   loneliness   book   maid   housekeeper   journalist   anonymous telephone call   puzzle   rope   champagne   politics   arrogance   actor director writer   junkyard   macguffin   poetic justice   mislaid trust   dying words   scar   alternative history   vendetta   teacher   cigarette case   chicago illinois   broken glass   film in film   1870s   scandal   adulterer   insult   poker   car bomb   bandage   opera house   mob boss   hidden truth   fedora   fence   balcony   decolletage   materialism   overcoat   pearl necklace   fur coat   cityscape   fire fight   tie   pajamas   bodyguard   narcissism   singing lesson   good deed   longing   semiautomatic pistol   extravagance   scalding   directed by star   telephone box   aunt nephew relationship   concert   death of wife   poverty   shadow play   apathy   earring   morality   secret past   mistress   widow   weakness   robe   venetian blind   lamp   fist fight   politician   scarf   irony   gunshot   conversation with character playing piano   based on play   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   comb   murder of wife   horoscope   gay subtext   homosexual subtext   roommate   steak   altar   champagne glass   chest   contempt   crime and punishment   cutting hand   deliberately leaving something behind   ego   hidden corpse   housemaster   intellectual   leopold loeb case   loeb leopold   nightfall   perfect murder   preparatory school   privilege   reference to cary grant   reference to errol flynn   reference to james mason   reference to mary pickford   schoolmate   selectivity   single set production   skyline   strangling a chicken   supper   trunk   unedited cinematic style   dressing gown   male male relationship   morbidity   assumed superiority   waiting in line   real time   nightgown   portrait   cuff links   grandfather clock   vest   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   friendship   cult favorite   death   doctor   hospital   murder   nightclub   shot in the back   fog   writer   explosion   fear   butler   suicide   dark hero   dark past   octopus   mother son relationship   power   little girl   megalomaniac   revenge   teacher student relationship   cane   voice over narration   violence   husband wife relationship   telephone call   nurse   title spoken by character   reporter   drinking   singer   florida   newspaper   letter   liquor   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   drunkenness   femme fatale   strangulation   limousine   loss of wife   torture   library   party   opera   psychopath   vigilante justice   police   publisher   colorado   no opening credits   unemployment   piano player   unhappiness   suspense   staircase   police officer   suspicion   murderer   police detective