bludgeoning   adultery   independent film   based on novel   thanksgiving   ex convict   stabbing   christmas   extortion   blackmail   family relationships   marriage proposal   ethnic slur   safe   mob hit   movie with surprise ending   character name in title   subjective camera   dancing   falling down stairs   father son relationship   anti semitism   man with glasses   blood   new york city   elevator   jewish   gangster   singing   organized crime   urban setting   mafia   manhattan new york city   flashback   dancer   airport   dysfunctional family   father daughter relationship   blood spatter   female nudity   shot in the face   racial slur   paraplegic   female frontal nudity   winter   infidelity   escaped convict   taxi   district attorney   ex husband ex wife relationship   teenage girl   divorce   actor   jailbreak   jogging   x ray   dutch angle   go go dancer   crime boss   one last job   cocaine   engagement   ghost   pool party   interracial romance   disco   reference to napoleon   unwanted kiss   long take   waiter   wealth   anti hero   halloween   maid   stepbrother stepsister relationship   entrepreneur   interracial sex   champagne   tape recorder   directed by co star   death of protagonist   cocaine snorting   strip club   chinese american   knife in chest   stripper   exotic dancer   pool hall   courtroom   informant   reference to gustav mahler   broken engagement   autumn   escalator   engagement ring   atheist   lingerie slip   narration from the grave   opposites attract   dance studio   tourist   wake   secret passage   affair   jewelry store   death of hero   reference to adolf hitler   venice italy   wiretap   cocaine addict   billboard   buoy   crooked lawyer   east river   first person narrative   friend turned foe   latinos versus italians   puerto rican   sex in public   spanish harlem manhattan new york city   steadicam   topless dancing   rikers island new york city   pole dancing   unwed pregnancy   grand central station manhattan new york city   christmas eve   gondola   funeral home   ensemble film   parolee   fiancee   canal   diamond ring   jumping rope   ex wife   german american   stepfather   grandfather   reference to noel coward   senility   trick or treating   marx brothers   fancy restaurant   half brother half sister relationship   liberal   central park   written and directed by cast member   peephole   reference to vincent van gogh   reference to edgar allan poe   benefit   cracker jacks   father son antagonism   gondolier   groucho marx impersonator   harpo marx impersonator   impromptu dancing   impromptu singing   marx brothers costume party   painting in museum   park avenue   political conservatism   racehorse   rap concert   reference to bernardo bertolucci   reference to helen of troy   reference to kirk douglas   reference to lochinvar   reference to petrarch   reference to polo grounds   reference to tintoretto   upper east side manhattan new york city   jeweler   reference to william faulkner   white lingerie slip   informer   betrayal   train   chase   death   railway station   hospital   murder   nightclub   shot to death   mistaken identity   cult film   1970s   subway   revenge   voice over narration   stabbed in the chest   violence   restaurant   shootout   tragic event   yacht   throat slitting   song   wearing a sound wire   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   premarital sex   shot in the chest   party   redemption   train station   wheelchair   psychopath   police   robbery   shot in the head   paris france   drugs   stable   topless female nudity   neo noir   prison escape   pistol   prison